Picture-A-Week-2016 - Week 35

Pictures taken between Monday, August 22 and Sunday, August 28.

Life is good when you have this much belly overhang.

Cat told me it was hair not belly fat lol. great shot.

Tom :cool:

Love both pictures.

August it a month of many birthdays for us and the fate of this slice of banana cream cheesecake seemed like a humorous and fitting finale for a hectic month.

Dave

Fun at the Oregon State Fair.

bad hare day?

Vic

Sunrise over Holgate, Long Beach Island, NJ.

Sitting in my pool, cooling off after a day out in the wetlands, this squirrel was curious to see if I had any peanuts, but was a little wary to get close to the strange person who was waist deep in the water:

this squirrel was curious to see if I had any peanuts

great shot! I assume you didn't have the 70-300mm in the pool with you!

I did actually have the A6300 and FE70-300mm with me. Shooting from the pool is great because my eye is right at ground level with the birds and squirrels - so you get a neat perspective on them. It's a weekend tradition all summer and fall during the hot weather to head out to the wetlands, get all sweaty and coated in bugs, then come home, load up a cooler of drinks, and bring the camera out with me. The cooler and camera sit poolside, so I can grab and shoot if there's any backyard action. I either lean on the rim of the pool and shoot, or I use a foam pool float to rest the camera and lens on (the float is doubled over so it sits a good 4 inches out of the water). I've been doing that with my NEX-5N and A6000 too for years now...I'm actually a little more secure with the A6300 and FE70-300mm because they're both lightly weather-resistant, so they could handle a little accidental splash, unlike my past camera/lens combos!