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starling
Star
[Sturnus vulgaris]
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I watched this flock of pelicans across a bay in Horicon Marsh when they all rose together and flew over the cattails.
How did they coordinate that move? Nobody spooked them, They lifted off the water in surreal slow motion. It was a moment of graceful motion. Nature amazes me!
I had my Pentax telephoto at full extension; the pelicans were a long way off.
graceful birds
lifting in a slow dance
all of one mind
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
European goldfinch / Češljugar / Carduelis carduelis
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I shot this with 200mm lens. because the hills were very far away. It is important for me to have telephoto lens for landscapes.
A cyclist takes a morning spin through Buriram Province, Thailand.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 140, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/500s
• Shiny cowbird
• Tordo común
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Icteridae
Genus:Molothrus
Species:M. bonariensis
Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Taken with a Sigma 150-600mm telephoto lens along a pond.
I find dragonflies interesting so I tried to get a shot of this fellow before he took off.
Its not a perfect image as per say with a macro lens but I thought I'd share it anyway.
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Just as I was preparing to shoot, a flock of Canadian geese passed by the moon. Of the hundreds of frames captured, only one captured them as the glided by.
shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a sigma 150-600mm contemporary telephoto zoom lens, using a fringer ef-fx pro ii smart adapter
While carrying my heavy telephoto lens and camera around the dike at Terrell's Island looking for snowy owls, I came across these sandhills that were gathering on a small island. The late day sun was lighting them and they were making a lot of noise.
Then just before dark they got up in flocks of six or eight and flew over me. Off they went to the west into the sunset. It was a wonderful wild moment in nature.
I found two snowies by they were too far off to make a decent image. Two days later I hit the jackpot and walked right up to two snowies in the same area.
sandhill meet and greet
in the middle of a frozen pond
at the end of the day
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a sigma 150-600mm contemporary telephoto zoom lens, using a fringer ef-fx pro ii smart adapter
Hadina is a pond in the Pelhřimov district in the Vysočina Region. It is located on the outskirts of the town of Humpolec near the Hadina section. The pond lies at an altitude of 495 m.
Picture was taken from Orlík Castle - was built at the end of the 14th century, it included a 22-metre high prismatic tower, half of its height was walled, half of it was hollow with a staircase. The castle was damaged during the Thirty Years' War and became a ruin during the 19th century. In 2014 a lookout tower was opened here.
This photo of the Prenj mountain was taken from a distance of about 60 km from the object. The location from which the photo was taken is Mount Matokit in Croatia.
Light Patterns depth of field results from a telephoto lens creates this broken appearance in the back ground, late Summer shadows, found in North Carolina.
shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a sigma 150-600mm contemporary telephoto zoom lens, using a fringer ef-fx pro ii smart adapter
kagu or cagou
Kagu
[Rhynochetos jubatus]
The kagu is a flightless bird living in New Caledonia on or near the ground.
Captured at the bird park "Weltvogelpark Walsrode".
Because the birds don’t always avail themselves to my lens I get bored and start photographing more compliant subjects 😂
How many times were you awe struck by towering, majestic mountains or dunes, and overwhelmed by their incredible vertical scale? Yet, when you return home and look at your images, they don't seem to convey the grandeur? In my article I explain and illustrate with examples how you can use your telephoto to convey a sense of that vertical scale. Please feel free to read the article at this link. I hope you enjoy!
This image: A sail boat emerges from the shadow of a towering cliff face as it makes its way through the outer limits of the awe inspiring O-Fjord in East Greenland's Scoresby Sund. I hope this image conveys the incredible scales of this wild place!
Despite not getting out for railroad photography like I used to, I still quietly make it out for full days every now and then. Though April and May are a couple of my favorite months to get out, with baby #3 coming in May I made it a point to take a day off in early March this year.
What I had planned to be just a low-key day on the old B&M West End (now B&E) for old time's sake turned interesting quickly. I may or may not have indulged in shooting the infamous Lehigh Valley heritage unit when I just happened to stumble upon it (it turned out to be leading MOED for what must have been at least the 20th time). But, since that's a cliche right now, I'll save some of those shots for another time and share one from later in the day.
The New England Central's Brattleboro to Palmer turn, Train 611, happened to be a bit late coming back out of Palmer on this day. Since I had already made it all the way out to East Deerfield and the sun was still shining, I thought, "Why not give chase?"
After getting them at Millers Falls, MA, I headed north to Vernon, VT. The train's progress was briefly slowed by having to wait for Amtrak, which gave me time to park at the Vernon Historical Museum and walk down for this telephoto view. The last time I tried this specific angle, I was chasing ST Train EDBF with a Guilford GP40 leading. On that occasion, I spent a fair amount of time listening to the engines idle away and watching the sun disappear as the NECR stuck it to them. So, it was nice to finally see what this composition looked like with a train in it...
NECR Train 611
Vernon, Vermont
March 9, 2026
Downy is a Maine Coon Cat. He is big but not heavy. And he is still very much a kitten, but aren't they all?
#sliderssunday
Something sunny to warm you up during these freezing winter days ;) Another sunset image from last November, taken with the phone camera, which gave me enough range to zoom into the scene. Zooming into the telephoto range on the phone is a mixed bag, and for me, the best use cases are wide-to-normal-range shots and close-ups. But it's good to have.
The "Golden Girl" of the title refers to the statue in the background, the Siegessäule (Berlin Victory Column), one of Germany's most important national monuments, that depicts the mythological goddess of victory, Victoria (obviously). The Berliners affectionately call the monument "Goldelse" (the closest translation is "Golden Elisa").
Today, its rather problematic (war and victory-related) origins in Prussian history have been overlaid by its function as a symbol of the Love Parade music festival (which originated in West Berlin in 1989 and took place in Berlin until 2003). "Siegessäule" is also the name of our biggest monthly, free publication of the queer/LGBTQ community.
Wishing you a nice weekend, dear Flickr friends, and stay warm (or cool, if you are on the summer side of Earth).
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone!
Shot at the same location as yesterday's river view...
This may be a challenging image. We all want to see detail in wildlife shots, and this isn't about detail. It's butt-simple by design, yet immensely complex due to the layered textures: a dense stand of Red Alder through a telephoto lens, with a million falling snowflakes (each one different, they say) filling (clogging?) the gap between camera and subject. Almost abstract, but not. Definitely a sense of "otherness".
And the placement of the Bald Eagle, at the intersection of imaginary horizontal and vertical "thirds lines", was intentional. I've been known to rant against blindly adhering to rules, so let's say this conforms to recognized principles of visual design.
Tomorrow, a little further up the road...
Photographed along the Taylor River on central Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2009 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Hiking among mountains, hills, waterfalls, and rivers always reminds me of the magic of the world. It may not be quite the same magic as a fire wielding mage in epic fantasy, but it makes it easy to imagine that world of high magic.
Sony A7RIV
Sony LA-EA5
Minolta AF 75–300 mm f/4.5–5.6
Watching and waiting...
Known for their intelligence and ability to plan, these two crows seem to be surveying the horizon, thinking about their next move.
Here's hoping you have a wonderful New Year and that your hopes and plans come to fruition!
(This is a re-post from a few years back. They were together on some driftwood along the shoreline of Lake Michigan.)
Just after I took this shot, I was watching this kookaburra intently for another minute or two as it sat on its favourite perch up a tree when suddenly its gaze locked onto to something off in the distance. It took off in a rush and flew a straight line to an open patch of grass about 100 metres away, grabbed up what turned out to be a large worm, and returned to the perch! I could not even see the worm at all until I got the long lens back on him again. Amazing eyesight!
I was between two overseas trips and found myself in DC at the time of a full moon. I grabbed my gear and went to the monument. Of course I wasn't the only one there. Real estate for tripods was a rare commodity. I raced home the next morning to pack and off again. The memory card was replaced for a higher capacity one and I just now encountered the one containing this image. Lost to the ages and now back. Takes me back to that evening, which was cold, crisp, and clear.