Oh boy!! My hubby bought me a new lens for Christmas... I have even more to learn now! But this was one of the first shots with the new lens. Still not perfect but holy smokes...I actually got a fairly decent shot of a bird!!! I'm very excited! Not bad for not knowing what the heck I'm doing yet.

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Alba personale, lago privato, entroterra toscano !!!

alcuni amici mi hanno scritto

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KINGHORN PARISH CHURCH

Starling waiting for breakfast this morning

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Blue Jay at the feeder.

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hummingbird feeding

Green-tailed Sunbird or Aethopyga nipalensis in Sikkim Himalaya India.

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Reddish Egrets

A pair of sandhill cranes foraging in a snow covered field on the edge of Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area south of the small community of Waukau, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

Although it's possible that we'll get another round of snow this April, it's may be a good bet that this was the last of the season.

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Québec

Still working on the lizard in the previous picture.

Thanks so much for the visit!

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

A different view of the castle. I'd been warned so I knew that between 9am & 6pm you are not allowed to fly a drone near the castle but I have to commend the owners for not putting a blanket ban on drones. I suspect this way people are more likely to obey the rules and come early or late like I did.

Again I hope to reshoot this in Oct or March and think sun set may be better. It is an epic view though!

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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,

and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Henry Ward Beecher

I always like to strive for something pleasing about an image. Sometimes it's the clarity, or the intimacy, and sometimes it's the magical feeling. It's important to have something stand out. I'm not always successful at that but I usually try!

Soulis: Bird in Stone.

It's not always the prettiest of birds that catches my eye. Patterns and bird behaviour is so much fun to watch and capture too. The bright light and the height of the perch helped a lot here.

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November Sunrise Bird Point, Alaska