Picture-A-Week-2016 - Week 53

Pictures taken between Monday, December 26 and Sunday, January 1.

Bonus week! The combination of Leap Year and the annual first-day-of-the-year drift has left us with an "extra" week in 2016. Grab your cameras and make good use of it!

Our Christmas present to each other

Blue merle Mini Australian Shepard:

Tom

Cute!

Is your plan to corner the market on cute little beasts, Tom?

If so, you have a good start!

Merry Christmas!

Dave

Build an aquarium in the desert? Sure, why not...

Manually focusing the Rokinon was interesting, but the f2 was required...

Lovely little pup - adorable!

Some more wildlife from me, since Monday was a day off, I actually have some shots from the first day of the thread rather than the last...

Green heron standing on a reed over the water:

Ugly baby - a great blue heron chick popping out of the nest, with mom's legs towering over to the right:

Great blue heron showing off his wingspan as he comes in to his nest to land with more sticks to build it up:

Birds in flight at dusk are challenging - but fun. Cranked up to ISO6400 for this ibis coming in over the water to land:

Taken in my backyard yesterday ...

The Moonshine was part of a Christmas gift basket from Kassi and Ronnie. After I read "Blue Flame" and "128 Proof", it was literally impossible for me to resist trying this. Yay, science!

Hotter Toddy

Wishing you all the Happiest of New Years!

Dave

I am no longer able to get out and about to take pictures any more.

Thus I love seeing all the great pictures posted weekly.

Atlas at Rockefeller Center.

Finally got around to uploading some New Years Day photos ~

Conowingo Dam in Maryland:

Immature Bald Eagle

Bald Eagles

Ken