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Photo of the day May 2020
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My most-used lens is definitely my P100-300ii, which on a M43 is the equivalent of 600mm at 35mm. Ironic, since it’s the cheapest lens in my fold. The nice thing about this lens is the ability to take shots of things at ground level without having to stoop down, which would likely scare this little guy away. Min focal distance is around 4’, so it’s not perfect. I’m often right at the edge of that so I can get caught in “too close” range if I slouch just a little bit.
Is this in Cape Coral? It was on my to-do list. Had campsite reserved a little north in Myakka River State Park, but then they closed the park and campgrounds.More of the Burrowing Owl. This is with the Sigma's cousin, the Tamron 150-600. The fact that the owl isn't pin sharp is not the fault of the lens but that of the photographer and his autofocus settings, his hand-holding skills, the temperature and the very windy day. Mostly the photographer.
Watching by Ray Harrison, on Flickr
White-breasted Nuthatch after a rain.
f/6.3. 1/400 sec.
f/6.3. 1/400 sec.
Might be a house wren. Don't know where you are but they are prevalent in Georgia. Fact is I have a pair that made a nest in a shelf in my garage. Two eggs at least, I get "zoomed" by the mother leaving the nest when I venture close.Flowers were what I first used the technique for as well. It's easily one of my favorite techniques and I use it quite a bit. Another favorite of mine is to remove anything that gives reference from a picture of flowers, so you don't know just how large or how small the flowers actually are.
My mother's the same way. She loves birds and is really good at identifying them. I'm ok at identifying them, but I'm nowhere nearly as good as her. Crows are really funny to watch. They just sort of hang around the yard and act like they own the place.
I forget what bird this is exactly, it has a bug in its mouth though
f/5.6, 1/50 sec/ ISO 200
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I'd like to shoot some film soon, but sadly the weather hasn't been really conducive to that as of late. It either is hot/cold enough to make me uncomfortable or it's really windy which, in addition to being unpleasent even in moderate temperatures, also makes it really hard to take clear pictures.
Instead of a birthday cake I got a birthday cinnamon bun.
This is Denver out at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. This area of it is covered in prairie dog mounds, and the owls love to use them for nests.
Unfortunately I haven't had much time to take photos nor visit this forum (one of my favorites) since the beginning of the year. I had a little time to take some pictures recently but I'm not sure they are very interesting. I decided I will post some anyway.
Wheel by Lance Randall, on Flickr
Wheel by Lance Randall, on Flickr
Another shot of mamma duck and her 10 ducklings from today’s walk, after a close brush with a brown-furred creature that took a nip at her hind end. I almost caught it with the camera.
Just as the sun set I snapped this, the light sorted of "bloomed" from the horizon - this is the intracoastal side of our neighborhood (the other side is the ocean). That's a small municipal airport over on that side (if you look carefully, you can see the control tower).
840mm + APS-C mode (~1200mm) + a lot of wind + cropping, cropping, cropping ...
Pacifica-129-200510.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Hooded Warbler at Turtle Pond in Central Park
Osprey high up in a tree. From sometime back in February.
Actually hung around long enough for manual focus!
Pacifica-62-200510.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Any Functioning Adult by Ray Harrison, on Flickr