Rare pierces Posted July 15, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Pictures taken between Monday, July 16 and Sunday, July 22. Rules: This isn't a contest. All photos are welcome (not just cruising). Prizes will not be awarded. The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacation and toddler birthdays. Post one. Post many. Up to you. Have fun with your camera. Share your fun with others. The fun is your reward and it's a good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Finally got to take pictures of the last of our regular lilies: These are still hardy: This is the only one we got from several stems -- which you can see near it -- guess we will lose this plant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyPenguin Posted July 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Bumblebees gathering pollen on a teasel bloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 20, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Great pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 20, 2018 #5 Share Posted July 20, 2018 A butterfly visited us while we were sitting outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 20, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 20, 2018 The one type of flower that the butterfly is sitting on is Verbena -- I planted them in May and this is all I have gotten so far for flowers -- won't buy them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted July 20, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Flowers and bees and butterflies. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruises42 Posted July 21, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Deer in our pond. Pilated woodpecker My attempt at a lightening bug Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted July 22, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted July 22, 2018 While walking down a Chicago side street on my way to the office, I was performing my normal mental inventory of the surroundings. You know...threats, things not to step in and of course, photo-ops. While no threats or non-steppables interrupted the journey, this bit of color grabbed my attention. I’m not a fan of litter. It shows a lack of self-respect in the people who do it and a lack of pride in those who fail to control it. That said, I had to thank the circumstances that left this patriotically decorated, partially full cup of beer (looked like beer) sitting on this bright red fire hydrant for an eye-catching splash of color in the middle of a concrete jungle. A Trash of Color Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruises42 Posted July 26, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Pictures taken between Monday, July 16 and Sunday, July 22.Rules: This isn't a contest. All photos are welcome (not just cruising). Prizes will not be awarded. The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacation and toddler birthdays. Post one. Post many. Up to you. Have fun with your camera. Share your fun with others. The fun is your reward and it's a good one! Is there going to be a picture thread for week 30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted July 26, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Yes... Now that you reminded me... :o Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted July 27, 2018 #12 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Well I'm still working on week 29 here! My third and final 'catch-up' to the weekly threads, with some shots from July 21 here in the Florida wetlands: A yellow-crowned night heron trying to sleep during the hot daytime, hiding in the shade of a cypress tree, and being annoyed by a nearby blue jay screaming his head off: A red-bellied woodpecker, working on a palm tree: The cute juvenile pied-billed grebe - very quickly the chicks grow to the size of the parent, given the full-grown birds are very tiny to begin with - but the juveniles still have much more color and stripes in their faces which give them away: Here you can see the parent, on the left, being pursued by the chick on the right - the parent has just surfaced from a dive, and the chick assumes it's time to be fed: A young green iguana perched in a tree - the younger ones have so much more vivid, bright green color than the adults: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenevenpar Posted July 27, 2018 #13 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Outstanding as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MObeachbaby Posted July 28, 2018 #14 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Justin, your bird pictures are amazing! Would you mind sharing the lens are you using? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted July 28, 2018 #15 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Thank you. I have used a lot of different lenses over the years - some have come and gone with different cameras or systems...most of what I've shot over this past year has been with the same lens on my Sony A6300 - the Sony FE100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens. I sometimes pair it with the matched 1.4x Teleconverter too. This lens is a beauty, and I've actually sold off some other very good lenses for my DSLR system over the past year or two just because this lens matches or exceeds them, and the system is smaller and lighter to boot. I do still also have a Tamron 150-600mm lens, which was mostly for my DSLR, but I sometimes stick it on the A6300 just for fun...it's a good lens, but not as good as the 100-400mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted July 28, 2018 #16 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Great pictures. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted July 29, 2018 #17 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Lagging behind as usual ... A different view at the Sydney Harbour Bridge (taken through a bus window) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MObeachbaby Posted July 29, 2018 #18 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Thank you. I have used a lot of different lenses over the years - some have come and gone with different cameras or systems...most of what I've shot over this past year has been with the same lens on my Sony A6300 - the Sony FE100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens. I sometimes pair it with the matched 1.4x Teleconverter too. This lens is a beauty, and I've actually sold off some other very good lenses for my DSLR system over the past year or two just because this lens matches or exceeds them, and the system is smaller and lighter to boot. I do still also have a Tamron 150-600mm lens, which was mostly for my DSLR, but I sometimes stick it on the A6300 just for fun...it's a good lens, but not as good as the 100-400mm. Thanks! That lens is not something I would probably ever purchase, so I will have to live vicariously through your photos. Your portfolio is amazing. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Tar Posted July 29, 2018 #19 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Went to Pulborough Brooks, well what water is left after our heatwave...so, not much about, got these though Now you see me.... Now you don't Goldfinch House Sparrow Juvenile House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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