This is amazing! I guess from what I read it's not that easy to see one of these.
May I ask where did you see it? If you don't want to share the exact location, I understand
Just to know the latitude.. in case I have a chance to see it one day ?
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Photo of the Day - May 2022
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May I ask where did you see it? If you don't want to share the exact location, I understand
Just to know the latitude.. in case I have a chance to see it one day ?
Thanks, it was my backyard in the Central Valley (CA) luck played a huge role in this as it just showed up outside as I was taking the dogs out before the sun came up, I couldn't actually see it. The challenge was getting the camera settings right for the conditions and as I shoot hummingbirds all the time I had a general idea, just really needed to open up the ISO.
I can tell you that it did spend up to a full minute on my honeysuckle though, that's what seemed to attract it to my yard but it appears they'll only show when it's dark, I've never seen one before nor since.
I’ve seen them here in the Midwest as well, western Missouri, in a mixed garden (food and flowers). Like so many other creatures, they seem to like zinnias.
I get them occassionally in Virginia, but they are brown, not multicolored like Eric's.
LOL! Nope! I decided that it would be fun to do a shot of "rose-colored glasses," taking advantage of those gorgeous pink azaleas outside the window... I set the glasses on top of two stacked glass shelves and fired away. Later, in processing, my finger slipped when I was in the middle of an adjustment, and I thought, "huh, that's interesting!" and deliberately repeated the mistake.
Long story short. Got bored, sold my camera stuff, got even more bored, bought a Canon R6 with the 85 f/1.2 (again)
Sold the R6 and currently waiting for my R5 (again) and a RF 15-35 f/2.8 (again), RF 70-200 f/2.8 (haven't had this one) and a RF 100mm f/2.8 macro (haven't had this one either)
Well well, it seems like I'm back in business soon again
R6 - 85mm f/1.2 below
Sold the R6 and currently waiting for my R5 (again) and a RF 15-35 f/2.8 (again), RF 70-200 f/2.8 (haven't had this one) and a RF 100mm f/2.8 macro (haven't had this one either)
Well well, it seems like I'm back in business soon again
R6 - 85mm f/1.2 below
I knew you wouldn't stay away! But sorry for your wallet. ?Long story short. Got bored, sold my camera stuff, got even more bored, bought a Canon R6 with the 85 f/1.2 (again)
Sold the R6 and currently waiting for my R5 (again) and a RF 15-35 f/2.8 (again), RF 70-200 f/2.8 (haven't had this one) and a RF 100mm f/2.8 macro (haven't had this one either)
Well well, it seems like I'm back in business soon again
R6 - 85mm f/1.2 below
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Long story short.
Well well, it seems like I'm back in business soon again
R6 - 85mm f/1.2 below
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Whatever equipment you use, good to see your work.
I didn't want to deal with the large R5 files and purchased the R6 last year. Most off the photos I take during the summer are of wildlife plus a few macro-shots, but the wildlife ones increase in numbers quite rapidly when setting the camera in "burst" mode. During the weekend I photographed a moose in my backyard, and a few seconds I had taken over 100 photos, this the reason why I prefer the R6 smaller images than the R5's.Long story short. Got bored, sold my camera stuff, got even more bored, bought a Canon R6 with the 85 f/1.2 (again)
Sold the R6 and currently waiting for my R5 (again) and a RF 15-35 f/2.8 (again), RF 70-200 f/2.8 (haven't had this one) and a RF 100mm f/2.8 macro (haven't had this one either)
Well well, it seems like I'm back in business soon again
R6 - 85mm f/1.2 below
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The shot was taken in the center span, the break-even point of The Golden Gate Bridge.
Right in the middle, you can see the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. During this time, It may not seem like it was cold but it was freezing. Thankful, the SFO fog had cleared up and I was able to capture the Alcatraz island openly at the ocean.
Right in the middle, you can see the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. During this time, It may not seem like it was cold but it was freezing. Thankful, the SFO fog had cleared up and I was able to capture the Alcatraz island openly at the ocean.
Some nature morte in my kitchen
R6 - 85mm f/1.2
R6 - 85mm f/1.2
Just some old stairs in Boone, NC I thought were worthy of a snap. The house they belonged to is long since passed.
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Boulder, Colorado, US is only 30 miles away from Denver where we live but I've interestingly not spent a ton of time there since graduating university zillions of years ago. We spent time there over the weekend reacquainting ourselves with the town and I spent some time walking around the campus, which is lovely.
