BeltedKingfisher_02.
Kingfishers are very hard to get close to in Kalifornia. I see these little guy's fairly often, but they refuse to allow me to get close enough to get a decent photo. I think they may believe I'm trying to steal their soul or something? :^ P
I must have just wore this guy down, because he kept flying back and forth between two branches about 100 yds apart, for half an hour or so, before I was able to get this shot. ( I did get the exercise I needed that day however.) Which of course is by no means perfect. But it just maybe the closest thing to perfect this old man can manage, because he was waring me down way more than himself. :^ P
If you can picture what an old man of nearly 80 years old might look like in the brush, carrying a 10 lb. giant lens, and a 3 lb. camera with two torn rotator cuffs that I can barely host it to my eye and then hold it steady enough to squeeze off a shot while trembling so bad the whole thing isn't just a blur. Wearing camouflage of course, because we have to show the birds we are willing to through lots of money into our efforts to photograph them, while they sit in the trees laughing at us. Birds can see 10 times better than people, we aren't fooling them. But we are impressing the heck out of the fashion police. : ^ )
The best way of course get a great shot of these little guy's is to purchase a small camouflage blind (tent) and set it up where we know he's going to be an hour or so before the sun comes up. However, where I go to take photos usually you aren't allowed to be there before the sun comes up and they will not allow you to put up a blind. So my friends this is my best effort to date, but I will keep trying to get the perfect shot, I hope you like it?
------------------------------ JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS ALONE!
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so they might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH! Because JESUS LOVES YOU! ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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BeltedKingfisher_02.
Kingfishers are very hard to get close to in Kalifornia. I see these little guy's fairly often, but they refuse to allow me to get close enough to get a decent photo. I think they may believe I'm trying to steal their soul or something? :^ P
I must have just wore this guy down, because he kept flying back and forth between two branches about 100 yds apart, for half an hour or so, before I was able to get this shot. ( I did get the exercise I needed that day however.) Which of course is by no means perfect. But it just maybe the closest thing to perfect this old man can manage, because he was waring me down way more than himself. :^ P
If you can picture what an old man of nearly 80 years old might look like in the brush, carrying a 10 lb. giant lens, and a 3 lb. camera with two torn rotator cuffs that I can barely host it to my eye and then hold it steady enough to squeeze off a shot while trembling so bad the whole thing isn't just a blur. Wearing camouflage of course, because we have to show the birds we are willing to through lots of money into our efforts to photograph them, while they sit in the trees laughing at us. Birds can see 10 times better than people, we aren't fooling them. But we are impressing the heck out of the fashion police. : ^ )
The best way of course get a great shot of these little guy's is to purchase a small camouflage blind (tent) and set it up where we know he's going to be an hour or so before the sun comes up. However, where I go to take photos usually you aren't allowed to be there before the sun comes up and they will not allow you to put up a blind. So my friends this is my best effort to date, but I will keep trying to get the perfect shot, I hope you like it?
------------------------------ JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS ALONE!
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so they might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH! Because JESUS LOVES YOU! ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
For the best Biblical teaching in the last 2 centuries! Please listen to and down load these FREE audio files that were created with YOU in mind. It's ALL FREE, if you like it, please share it with others. ❤️
archive.org/details/PeopleToPeopleByBobGeorgeFREE-ARCHIVE...
CLICK THE LETTER "L" TO ENLARGE OR
CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE.
My THANK'S in advance to all who fave and/or comment on my photos I very much appreciate it! ❤️
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