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Captive - taken at the excellent Celtic Reptile and Amphibian facility on one of their photography days
Incoming tide at Saltburn last night. ICM, camera tripod mounted and panned horizontally. Exposure 0.5 sec.
Sorry folks, another long exposure water shot :-)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II
OLYMPUS M.14-150mm F4.0-5.6 II
Aperture ƒ/9.0
Focal length 14.0 mm
Shutter 15 secs
ISO 64
During the afternoon, a steady stream of showers and thunderstorms swept along the Dutch west coast. Many of them had a high cloud base and looked fairly smooth.
Occasionally, a bright flash of lightning shot from the cloud base to the ground.
Even in the subterranean gloom of Birmingham New Street a class 220 Voyager has presence as it stands at platform 9 waiting on departure time.
The train is Cross Country's 9.46am Southampton Central - Newcastle service (1E36), in the hands of unit 220009.
5th June 2017
“The White-crowned Sparrow is a large sparrow with a small bill and a long tail. The head can look distinctly peaked or smooth and flat, depending on the bird’s attitude…. You’ll see White-crowned Sparrows low at the edges of brushy habitat, hopping on the ground or on branches usually below waist level. They’re also found in open ground (particularly on their breeding grounds) but typically with the safety of shrubs or trees nearby…. Look for White-crowned Sparrows in places where safe tangles of brush mix with open or grassy ground for foraging. For much of the United States, White-crowned Sparrows are most likely in winter (although two races live year round in the West, along the coast and in the mountains.”
Status : Least Concern
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Brown Acres – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
al tramonto, il sole, da abile e saggio pittore, regala il suo splendente colore, che rende magico il paesaggio. ...
in...... large .....merita
Let's talk. Believe it or not, I rarely use audio callers to attract birds. The birder who was out there in the field did it and enabled me to get this photo. If I used callers I would be more of a species photographer. I've spent a lot of vacation time in Lake Tahoe where I never used a caller. But once I have the opportunity, I have to get the best photo that I can. I will alter my focus points, aperture and ISO in the field. Once that is done, I will crop the photo and ask myself, "How does the crop feel?" "Are my colors off?" "Do I like the colors?" If I really want the photo, I will visualize it in my mind weeks before I get the photo. That's something I rarely do also. I'd rather just enjoy the outdoors and capture some good photos.
black guillemot or tystie (Cepphus grylle)
Oban - Scotland
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Today we went to the Four Mile Beach north of Santa Cruz, California. It was a beautiful afternoon, no clouds. I took this long exposure shot in the blue hour 30 minutes after sunset using an ND8 neutral density filter on the vintage Dream Lens.
I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and the curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/8.0, 50 mm, 30 sec, ISO 400, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC3940_hdr1bal1pho1b.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
These pair of birds from two different but related species showed up in Fort De Sotto to delight all birders. Very chill and indifferent to human gawkers.
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