Rare pierces Posted August 20, 2018 #1 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Pictures taken between Monday, August 20 and Sunday, August 26. Rules: See above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruises42 Posted August 24, 2018 #2 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 25, 2018 #3 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Great pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahitianbigkahuna Posted August 25, 2018 #4 Share Posted August 25, 2018 6400-ISO Was losing light and I didn't have any off-camera flash setup so I cracked up the ISO on my 5D MIII with a 70-200L f/4 IS lens wide open. Shutter was 1/1600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted August 25, 2018 #5 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Great pictures. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommui987 Posted August 25, 2018 #6 Share Posted August 25, 2018 6400-ISO WOW! Great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted August 26, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Shortly after I posted this to Facebook as part of our August Birthday Extravaganza celebration, I knew I had the picture of the week. Little Miss Jackie's birthday is in June but that flaming mass of whipped cream, Angel Food and strawberries in front of her is her Mother's cake of choice, so there is a sort of a genetic ownership she can claim. For someone who generally avoids “people pictures”, I have certainly taken more the usual number of them this year with several making the P-A-W list. I guess when you have a wildly photogenic gaggle of cute grand-creatures and a new camera insisting that it gets some use, these things are bound to happen. Cute is a photo magnet, after all. Nacho Birthday Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted August 27, 2018 #8 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Cute is a photo magnet, after all. C-U-T-E as can be :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted August 27, 2018 #9 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Looks like Spring is not too far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted August 27, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Looks like Spring is not too far away Looks like it may have already sprung! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted August 27, 2018 #11 Share Posted August 27, 2018 kOiwhKJY4xI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahitianbigkahuna Posted August 27, 2018 #12 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Just a pretty Sunday morning around my neck of the woods .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted August 28, 2018 #13 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Some bird life around the local wetlands...plus a few shots from a more relaxing and cool spot - sitting in my swimming pool! All of these birds are wild, free roaming birds out in nature, not in a zoo or aviary. Florida birds are famous for letting people walk right up to them...the two closeups were shot from within 8 feet with a 100-400mm lens. Closeup with a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron - some birds have amazing eye colors: And upping the game on the eye-color competition, here's a double-crested cormorant closeup to see his even more stunning ocean of an eye: A green heron, stalking through the shallow plant-covered waters to sneak up on fish. The iridescent colors on their backs can get quite stunning, even on this overcast day: If you ever want to really challenge yourself - find an opening around a dense stand of trees where the barn swallows swoop in on little gnats and bugs a few hours before sunset. These are extremely difficult birds to shoot in flight because they fly incredibly fast, change directions erratically, and when you're surrounded by trees you can't see them coming until they're within 100 feet and closing. Still, it's fun to try, and very stress-free when you're soaking up to your chest in a swimming pool resting your elbows on a pool float to keep the camera and lens out of the water: Oh, and they're quite small too...did I mention that: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenevenpar Posted August 28, 2018 #14 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The eyes are amazing. I can see how close you were by the narrow focus range. I gotta meet your birds for some close up work, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted August 28, 2018 #15 Share Posted August 28, 2018 In both of those closeups, in the full-res versions, you can zoom to 200% and actually see me and my lens in the pupils, along with the fence rail of the boardwalk. The cormorants love to jump up on the handrails and hang out to dry - despite people walking past them. The boardwalk is about 4 feet wide, so you have to squeeze past the birds on the rail, keeping an eye on their tails. If the tail starts to go up as you're about to pass...STOP! There will be a white creamy stream coming across the boardwalk very very soon. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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