Where are all the people? The Ocean City, NJ Boardwalk looks so different off-season in November!
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Photo of the Day November 2018
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The camera was set for the dense scrub growth where didn't want the shallow depth of field that typically wasn't full tele anyway. This was a total surprise as suddenly landed on the post in full daylight. Ideally, I would have has ISO 100 rather than 400 and the f4.5 minimum aperture for that lens but happened so fast. Tomorrow will post a picture of the trail and you will see the scrub vegetation the birds typically hid and darted around in.Figured it must have been a rare bird, as I haven't seen one before, and wasn't quite able to look it up either.
I realize, with a rare opportunity like this, sometimes we're overwhelmed when it finally happens.
Easy to say from afar, but was there any reason you were at f9? Like you said, the bokeh might have been more pleasant at say f4...
Either way, as I'm building my collection of birds, I'm happy to get any shot at first to ID the bird and be able to prepare for a better opportunity to get a good picture to put in the collection.
Currently there is a bird around my feeder that could either be a black headed grosbeak or an eastern towhee.
But he's not around long enough to properly ID, and once I scramble for the camera, he's usually gone.
Can't wait for the moment I'm ready to take his picture
Well, unfortunately I have no clue
Well, I have no clue either.
It does remind me though, I need to get back out there to a Cars & Coffee event and check out some cars.
I believe there is a grip case that helps make it more camera-like. I had aLumia 1020 with the grip add onyears ago. It was a great camera in its day, even if it was a little slow.
That's what I figured had happened. Looking forward to tomorrows picture!
Well, I have no clue either.
It does remind me though, I need to get back out there to a Cars & Coffee event and check out some cars.
I found a clue on the museum’s website
It’s 1924 Amilcar.If you google images by those keywords - even this specific car, which is in the museum, will come up in some pictures.
There is. I saw it on DPreview a while back. But tbh by the time you add the bulk, I’d rather stick with my real camera.
As noted from yesterday's discussion of the Florida Scrub Jay posted yesterday and the day prior, this is their habitat, and the reason for their "threatened" status as they don't adapt to alternative habitats which are disappearing due to either development or (ironically) successful fire prevention. Note the poor quality of the soil with limited nutrient material and porous 'sugar sand' which doesn't retain water. Vegetation is dense with a specialized variety of oak that is more bush like. It is bordered by grassy prairieland and a special variety of short needle pine known as sand pine. That dens vegetation provides ample acorn food supply and protection from predators. You can hear and occasionally see the scrub jays hopping around but impossible to get an unobscured photo unless along the edge (Monday's photo) of briefly in the open (yesterdays photo).
While it doesn't look it, this is actually a very urban setting. Lyonia Preserve is actually a relatively large 360 acre preserve attached to the back of a public library supporting one of the commuter cities (Deltona) for the area. It is not like I had to go out in the wilderness to find, and obviously is very popular.
While it doesn't look it, this is actually a very urban setting. Lyonia Preserve is actually a relatively large 360 acre preserve attached to the back of a public library supporting one of the commuter cities (Deltona) for the area. It is not like I had to go out in the wilderness to find, and obviously is very popular.
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Thanks @tizeye, appreciate the back story! I can see how finding this bird in the brush and getting a good picture would be a challenge. But that's part of the game, right?
Today's picture is a first for me. I never had seen a wild owl in habitat.
So I was really excited to sign up for one of the owling classes during the Festival of Cranes at Bosque del Apache.
Well, here is a western screech owl, for your viewing pleasure.
Conditions were tricky, the bird is only lit by a flashlight, so noise is an issue...
WesternScreechOwl by Martin Fuchs, on Flickr
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Chapel in Verbania, Italy
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XT3 and XF16-55mm and the abstract penguins
- from last week.The image is generated by an assortment of security lights interacting with safety railings and concrete columns.
Thanks for looking,
Ed
Another image from Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
Nikon D80, Nikkor 18–200 VR lens
Nikon D80, Nikkor 18–200 VR lens
The Music Pier at Ocean City, NJ, all dressed up for the holiday season!
That was shot the first afternoon (November 23rd) I was there, and the sun was out...... The following day, which is when I spent most of my time on the Boardwalk, was grey and gloomy with rain looming on the horizon. Actually, my timing was pretty good -- eventually I got tired and so returned to the hotel and hadn't been there all that long before sure enough, the rain started. That evening the rain was torrential, with very high winds, too. I was lucky, my umbrella survived it, but some unfortunate people had their umbrellas turn inside out and break.
The final day i was there, Sunday the 25th, again we had sunshine and pleasant temperatures but of course then I had to be heading home!
Yes, thankfully for that, especially on the Friday, as that is when they were having the outdoor "Miracle on Asbury Avenue" holiday festivities with entertainment and later, as darkness began to fall, the arrival of Santa Claus and the lighting of the town's Christmas tree.
Bloody hell. We just have tea and coffee in our office! I’m surprised you get any work done!
Pimms in the US... wow! How classy....
[doublepost=1543444955][/doublepost]So wandering around Seville again tonight. Went to see the Metropol Parasol.
Hope you like it.
Untitled by Ken OHagan, on Flickr