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One of my favorite birds and the reason I bought my Canon 600 f/4 prime lens - I found this drake hooded merganser at Lake Artemesia today with another drake and two hens. Little did he know that I had finally calibrated my Canon 2x tele-converter on my 7D2 and 600 using my lens align system and was going to test it out on some unsuspecting birds. So, Mr. Hoodie became my first test subject to see if I could focus with an astonishing 1920mm effective (7D2 body, 2.0 extender, and 600mm lens is 1.6 X 2.0 X 600 = 1920) and actually get a nice photo out of it. Why do this at all? Well, most of the hooded mergansers I've met aren't really a sociable lot. They seem uncomfortable around humans and they like to stay far far away towards the middle of the lake if they can. But the 2X introduces another problem and it's a huge consideration. Can I keep the camera and lens stable enough so that I didn't get a blurry photography. The longer the effective the more of a problem this is and this is as long as I can get and still use autofocus on my 7D2 body. I was shooting this camera combination on a tripod with a Wimberly head.
Well, you be the judge! How do you think it all worked out? Did I nail it or get a blurry photo? Thank you for looking and giving me feedback my friends!
Taken 6 February 2017 at Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland.
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There is an interesting tangle of long tree roots along the bank of the lake and it is not always easy or obvious to identify which tree they belong to...
A single RAW file processed mainly in Lightroom with a little work in CS6.
The role of 'The Joker' is a solo aircraft performing aerobatics to entertain the crowd whilst a larger formation of aircraft forms up, out of sight, for a fly past. Although the 'main event' is the mass flypast, The Joker often steals the show - especially with John Romain at the controls.
A band of waders feed along the San Francisco Bay shoreline. I just love dem long pointy beaks.
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The winter heat wave continued here in the Driftless Region today as we topped 50 F yet again. This extended stretch of hot January weather here has never happened before and I'm betting this black-capped chickadee thinks it's spring!
Esta especie está extendida por el Noroeste de África y por toda Europa, a través de Oriente Medio, Próximo Oriente, Asia (30-70ºN) hasta Japón. Ausente en las islas atlánticas y Británicas excepto un área restringida del SE de Inglaterra (Norkfold). En Norteamérica hay subespecies diferentes. Las alas posteriores van provistas de cola.
Según los factores altitud y latitud, nos podemos encontrar con uno, dos o tres vuelos, de febrero a octubre.
Puede aparecer en lugares tan variados como pastizales de montaña, zonas de cultivo, barrancos, ruderales, parques…. Puede presentarse desde el nivel del mar hasta más de 2000 m. Son frecuentes las concentraciones de machos en las cumbres de las montañas.
Its a way up there but I will make it .
This is the smallest tree frog I've ever seen.
The Pacific Treefrog is a very appealing little frog,
and quite common in B.C. They are small frogs,
up to 5 centimeters long, and may be any colour from
pale grey or tan to bronze or bright emerald green.
Pacific Treefrogs have a conspicuous dark “mask”
or stripe extending from the nostrils through the
eye as far as the shoulder.
Didim-Akbük, Saplı Adası, Turkey.
Sunset behind a tree.
The island "Saplı Adası" lies in the bay of Akbük and can be reached on foot through shallow water. The island was formed by ash accumulation after a large volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea in the 16th century.
According to a rumor, the life of the person who collects 10 pebbles from the island will be extended by 10 years.
Spending my last evening of an extended summer break trackside, PEA102 returns to Mykawa Yard through the center of Pearland. The H3 paint on this pair of Geeps looked sharp in the evening light.
Pearland, TX 8/21/2020
Igniting throughout her soul and mind, the fire spread uncontrollably causing her to drop down on one knee, completely out of her control. Screams of pain, loud heartbeat and excruciating accusations all in her own voice full of blame, hatred and distaste.
It was getting harder to lift herself back up. How much she wanted to be able to look at the sky again, follow dreams that were lost behind her and detach herself from being bound by what she shouldn't any longer. Mistakes are redundant and repetitive. Disguised in the form of excuses and self inflicted obligations. For the greater cause? Or just for her own demise? Wilting away countless images until it is left at the foot of being just an 'idea', never a reality.
"Get up!" said a voice. much to her surprise. With barely any strength left, she focused on that voice, the one that seemed to grow louder and louder compared to the rest.
"You came this far, no giving up now.." the voice continued. "This is just the beginning!" it shouted even more in a sheer determined encouragement.
The burning sensation through her self shifted into the air around her that just made her exhale a breath. A sudden drop of water was felt on the back of her neck, followed by more drops as the rain broke whatever the fire was doing inside of her. The smell of fresh soil danced along her senses, the heavy weight slowly lifted from her back.
The shattering of something inside her gave birth to a new horizon, gave reason to move on and it was oddly not that difficult to...spread her wings.
P.S. Kintsugi is going to be closed soon. I'll surely miss this place.
SLURL: Kintsugi; Spirited Beyond
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The "Pacific Flyway" is a major north-south route for migratory birds in America, extending from Alaska to South America. Each year, migratory birds travel some or all of this distance both in spring and in late fall, following food sources, heading to breeding grounds, or traveling to overwintering sites. Any given bird species travels roughly the same route every year, at almost the same time.
Along the Flyway, there are many rest stops where birds gather to feed and regain their strength. Part of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex in central California, managed by the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, is known as the Merced National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge plays host to the largest wintering populations of lesser sandhill cranes and Ross's geese within the Pacific Flyway. In the winter over 20,000 cranes and 60,000 arctic-nesting geese terminate their annual migrations from Alaska and Canada to make this area their home for six months. Here they mingle with thousands of other visiting waterfowl, waterbirds and shorebirds making this place a true winter phenomenon and a nature photographers delight.
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A USAF KC-10 arrives at a wet Prestwick Airport. This particular aircraft 83-0080 is part of the 60th Air Material Wing at Travis AFB, California.
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters.
Kerala’s rich in fish, fertile unique backwaters, South India, a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
A Thannermukkom Salt Water Barrier, preventing salt water from the sea is entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Numerous unique aquatic species including mudskippers, crabs, frogs, water birds such as kingfishers, darters, terns, darters & cormorants, animals like otters & turtles live in the backwaters area. Palm trees, pandanus bushes & other leafy plants grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green shade to the surrounding landscape.
📌….The unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
In the middle of this landscape there are a number of towns & cities, which serve as the starting & end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters are one of the noticeable tourist attractions in Kerala.
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A minute or so before sunrise atop the grassy cliffs of Cape Spear, Newfoundland.
While work and family were the focus of this past summer and left little time for photography for a good while, I did manage to get out a couple of times while in different locations with my wife and various extended family members. One of these quick trips with family was to the St. John's area and a few other places in Newfoundland.
Newfoundland's cliff-lined coasts and other natural beauties were absolutely magnificent--and I'd love to go back tomorrow to see more--but just as enthralling was the unparalleled friendliness of the people and the vibrant music and culture. I didn't go out to shoot any sunsets because the summer's main music festival was in town that week, and we were eating in open air cafes, sampling the local Quidi Vidi brews, and listening to great Celtic-inspired live music every evening.
Just a short drive from St. John's is this beautiful rocky headland known as Cape Spear, which is somewhat well known for being the easternmost point in North America (so long as you don't count Greenland as a part of North America), and is thus a place at which many visitors congregate each morning to gaze out into the vast ocean and be among the first on our continent to see the sun begin its daily arc across the sky.
We had gotten up the day before and headed out, only to find that the Cape here was completely socked in with thick, thick fog. But here it was this morning, absolutely beautiful weather and almost completely clear. Yet I found myself thinking it would be cool if somehow the view could include a few wisps of fog blowing through the scene or mist rising off the cold north Atlantic waters. So as I tried out some different shots awaiting the imminent sunrise, I noticed some slight "fog" in the lower portions of a couple of images. A brief investigation revealed a very thin, and somewhat surprisingly patchy film of condensation forming on the lower portions of the soft grad I was using to hold back the brightness of the sky just a bit.
I almost dried the filter reflexively before I realized that the faint effect seemed kind of cool in this instance, so I held off and took a few more longer exposure shots with this "fog" effect from the condensation before finally wiping the filter clean. Not an approach I would use very often, but this image with this fog effect turned out to be one of my personal favorites from that morning, probably just because it was a little different.
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The beach extends over the distant horizon, while the sun dips lower behind the clouds.... and sea foam dances for an instant at your feet.
Photographer and tripod moved into the surf so I could catch the waves' backwash as they receeded from the beach.
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** David de Groot and I have had to cancel our 'Basic Portrait Workshop' today, due to poor weather, please visit our group here for more details. **
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I've not posted an HDR in a while, this is a extreme HDR, the colour is not too pushed, but the dark tones are one of the techniques I use to create 'Mood'
I've posted the basic HDR settings below.... David and I are planning an HDR workshop - same format as our Portrait one (which is canceled due to weather), please visit our group and discus ideas.
Thanks everyone.
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f11, 1/30, 10mm
- Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- HDR from 3 RAW images -2,0,+1 (simple 3 shot auto bracket)
- Saturation.
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
- Strength: 90
- Saturation: 82
- Lim: 8
- Black point: 6
- White point: 1
About The Pacific Ring of Fire
The Pacific Ring of Fire (or sometimes just the Ring of fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. The next most seismic region (5–6% of earthquakes and 17% of the world's largest earthquakes) is the Alpide belt, which extends from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the third most prominent earthquake belt.
Part 1 of a series of photos of photos taken at Vivid Sydney 2018 - Light, Music, Ideas Festival. These shots were taken from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Some feature extended exposure photography generating light trails from boats on the harbour and spotlights being used for Vivid. Others capture the Sydney Opera House and the designs being projected on its sails. The aim was to create an essay in light and colour.
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