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This pigeon was quite a distance from me but the Kenko 1.4 extender helped me get close. The extender is very useful when the light is good especially when coupled with a prime lens. When the subject is in bright sunshine there will be a barely discernable fall in sharpness and just a marginal loss of contrast. Things that can easily be corrected with the right software. The biggest fault with extenders though is that focusing becomes less accurate. The EF 300mm f/4L lens is great for pin point focusing but coupled with the extender it becomes less accurate. A great buy nevertheless for those looking to extend their reach with just a minimal additional expence.
Cat Among the Pigeons is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1959.
Happy 2015! I shot this image of Pigeon Pt Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA last week while visiting family in the Bay Area.
Canon 5D mkIII, Canon 17-40 f4@22mm, f16@1/6th sec, ISO 100, Polarizer
[Best viewed in lightbox format]
More information about Pigeon Point Lighthouse is available here
From our one-day trip to the California coast celebrating 16 years since our first meeting, August 2022
Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, some of which remain from its earliest incarnation as a work camp for the Florida East Coast Railway. Today these buildings serve a variety of purposes, ranging from housing for educational groups to administrative offices for the non-profit Pigeon Key Foundation. The former Assistant Bridge Tender's House has been converted into a small museum featuring artifacts and images from Pigeon Key's colorful past. It is located off the old Seven Mile Bridge, at approximately mile marker 45, west of Knight's Key, (city of Marathon in the middle Florida Keys) and just east of Moser Channel, which is the deepest section of the 7-mile (11 km) span.
The island was originally known as "Cayo Paloma" (literally translated as "Pigeon Key") on many old Spanish charts - said[by whom?] to have been named for large flocks of white-crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala Linnaeus) which once roosted there. During the building of Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad Key West Extension between 1908 and 1912, there were at times as many as 400 workers housed on the island. While these workers built many bridges along the route through the lower keys, the Seven Mile Bridge, spanning the gap between Knight's Key and Little Duck Key remains the largest and most impressive component of what was once referred to as "the 8th Wonder of the World". A number of buildings from the Flagler era remain on the island and are now part of the Pigeon Key Historic District.
Pigeon Key was one of the locations for the "Bal Harbor Institute" in the 1995 series of Flipper. It was seen in three episodes during season one including the pilot episode. It was also the site of the Finish Line of The Amazing Race 18 "Unfinished Business" in 2011.[2]
Yes, I have stooped to a new low - actually posting an image of a Pigeon, but before you judge, keep in mind that the Pigeon is in the same family as the Dove.
Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae, which includes about 310 species. Pigeons are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and short, slender bills They primarily feed on seeds, fruits, and plants
Pigeons are actually beautiful birds, but do tend to have a bad reputation because they congregate in urban areas where they can find abundant food and nest in and around the roofs of buildings where their droppings become problematic for people. But regardless, they are special birds - at least to me.
Pickering, Ontario
Canada
Brisbane
In flight - vigorous burst of whistling wingbeats. So you'll know when they are around :-)
It's little hard to see in my pic... iridescent green, violet and gold, edged with white in its wing
Pigeon on the park.
Los Angeles. California. U.S.A.
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Another one from a beautiful atumn rainy day.
@ Córdoba, Argentina
Taken on the 22-02-14 with a Canon 600D fitted with a Canon F4 IS L 70-200mm Zoom Lens. Image cropped a lot