Picture-A-Week-2016 - Week 51

Pictures taken between Monday, December 12 and Sunday, December 18.

Winter in Norway

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Brrrrr

I don't even want to think of the snow that is headed our way this afternoon.

Love those pictures. I've been out two days in a row with the snow blower about 6 inches each day.

Allan

Thanks!

We are still waiting for the REAL snow to come, but this "powder" is at least pretty to look at..

Winter in Florida:

Winter in Florida:

 

Wanna trade?

 

Cool photos!

Folks are on a roll this week!

Dave

Winter in Florida:

 

Wanna trade?

 

Cool photos!

 

As great as your photos make the snow look, I've lived in Florida too long to be able to handle cold weather. But you are welcome to come visit anytime.

Our flight from Orlando has been delayed so I thought I'd post this photo I took as we were returning to Port Canaveral this morning.

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Great shot.

Allan

We don't usually get much snow in the NW but this week we did. I tried to get the laser lights reflecting on the snow as it was falling. I must admit, I didn't stay outside very long to try!

As they don't plow or even sand the side streets here we spent a lot of time at home since Weds afternoon!

Vic

More Florida winter scenes - these ones from Disney World:

Great backstory from Santa's Village Employee: "With all the new toys out there, Santa tried upgrading to his new Dump Truck. Turned out it was just too much for the eight tiny reindeer...and the first house he landed on."

Dave

I had to throw in one more, just because it was a cool scene and very rare for my area. Some of you are lucky enough to live in places where bald eagles are commonly sighted - not down here in South Florida. They are few and far between - just one or two might come down this way and good luck figuring out where they are...so in all my years of bird photography, I've gotten 3 photos of a bald eagle, all taken from distances of up to a mile away, where they look like dust specs on my photo.

Saturday, I was out shooting the birds and wildlife, and heard one of our common fishing birds calling out bloody murder in the sky - an osprey sounded like he was in a total panic. So I looked up to find out what was going on, and noticed a much larger raptor-like bird hot on his tail and chasing him. I rattled off a few shots, and realized as I was snapping them that the pursuing bird was a bald eagle. Only once I got home and checked out the photos blown up a bit more did I see why the eagle was chasing the osprey - the osprey was clutching a half-eaten fish and the eagle apparently wanted to steal it:

This was a cool and rare thing for me, and finally I was able to see and photograph an eagle that could actually be identified in the photo as more than a dust speck. Here's a closer look at the eagle:

Both shots taken with my Sony A6300 and FE70-300mm lens, and cropped quite a bit. Still, it's the closest I've ever gotten to an eagle down here in Florida.

I thought I'd post a couple of photos from our shore excursion at Great Stirrup Cay. I really enjoyed Stingray City.

Great shots of the rays.

Allan

Great catch, Justin!

Too close for missles Goose...I'm switching to guns!

Dave

Thanks Dave - you know, that quote really matches the scene well - given the much larger and heavier eagle following behind the smaller and more nimble osprey, yet managing to keep up with him. It does make you think of the big F14 Tomcat tailing those smaller A4 Skyhawks!

Thanks Dave - you know, that quote really matches the scene well - given the much larger and heavier eagle following behind the smaller and more nimble osprey, yet managing to keep up with him. It does make you think of the big F14 Tomcat tailing those smaller A4 Skyhawks!

That was the scene I saw in my head when I saw your picture! :)

Dave

Great shots of the rays.

Allan

Thank you. I used a cheap Nikon S33 which takes adequate pictures but the view screen is terrible underwater in daylight. Half the time I was just pointing the camera in the direction of the rays and hoped for the best.

A number of my pictures turned out like this one. :D

I am just trying to test this out...

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I am just trying to test this out...

 

 

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Please forgive me... I am going to try to add narrative to a couple of photos.

This was the icon for the a major sporting event.

This is part of a model of the vast city of Shanghai.

This is a funny little dog. We loved this puppy so much, we got one just like him when we returned home from China!

This was a cool and rare thing for me, and finally I was able to see and photograph an eagle that could actually be identified in the photo as more than a dust speck. Here's a closer look at the eagle:

 

Both shots taken with my Sony A6300 and FE70-300mm lens, and cropped quite a bit. Still, it's the closest I've ever gotten to an eagle down here in Florida.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, JUSTIN!

Great shot - and Dave, great comment!