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This shot was taken earlier this year. Reddish are certainly my favorite of the waders. When they are feeding, they run, dance over the water, just barely fly over it, pop into the air, use their wings to for shade it to spot their prey, do what we call shake and bakes, shaking their feathers all over. In sum, they are fun to watch. My bucket list is to observe a young juvenile, which surprises me that I’ve never seen. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I’d be very grateful. This guy was fishing this area of a lagoon and spotted what looks like a ballyhoo to me, and the chase was on. Typically, Reddish catch their prey but this little fish got away. Nice of it to show itself. (Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens) (Sony a1, 200-600 lens @ 600mm, 1/4000 second, f/6.3, ISO 640) (Brief technical note: If anyone wonders why the aperture you often see in my images with this lens is f/6.3, it’s because this is its maximum aperture once you’ve zoomed out a bit. I pretty much live with this lens at f/6.3 unless there is a specific need for a wider depth of field. The ISO 640 is what I treat as my base ISO for fast moving subjects. With the a1, the cleanest ISOs are 100, 500 and 640. I used to use auto ISO about 20% of the time for all but flying birds. But now, because I want to park at a specific ISO, I rarely use it.
Last Thursday and Friday, I had no school because of the big snowstorm. The NECR was running really late on Friday, so Dad and I went up for a quick chase. 611 departed Brattleboro just after 12:30 and we waited in Northfield in the warm truck, the temperature was about 15 below with the wind. NECR 3474-3405-3478-3475 are about to cross Upper Farms Rd in Northfield, MA on January 5, 2018. Photo by Zachary Carlson
An image from my last day of solo chasing... Now nI'm with some of the best in the biz and I'm elated to get to look for intense storms with them.
We have been coming to the Shuswap area for many years. While the rest enjoy the numerous amenities the beach offers, I typically go off investigating for something to photograph. Holiday time seems to divide people into two camps. Those who enjoy the leisurely time to do so, and those who wish to adventure out. I am the latter of the two.
This Water Falls can be found in the town of Chase and is about 30 minutes from our holiday place on the Shuswap. It was very exciting to see this Falls for the first time, even though it is only half an hour away. Thanks to my daughter we were delivered to the Chase Creek Falls because she too enjoys an adventure. I will return.
Wounded words from sharpened tongues
Are spewing from our mouths
Without a translation
We're just making sounds
The pride of a lion is your disguise
But the fear of a coward's in your eyes
Taken at Sunnys
This dusk moment has a mysterious allure that evokes a sense of belonging and attraction to the glamorous elements of nature.
The radiant evening sky painted in deep rich reds and blazing colors reveals the hidden layers of captivating beauty.
It’s a declaration of the transition from day to night in a dramatic twist, with an invitation to observe and contemplate the majesty of our universe.
I keep on chasing butterflies
They never come to me
My heart is always breaking
but no one’s around to see
I keep on chasing butterflies
They always fly away
And though they know I love them
I can’t seem to make them stay
I keep on chasing butterflies
Why do I need them so?
If I were a better person
Maybe then they wouldn’t go
~by Margaret Hart
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
Vince Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 - September 3, 1970) was an American football coach, and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he had led the team to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Source Wikipedia.
TD : 1/400 f/8 ISO 1000 @200 mm
The early afternoon turn to Dynamic Steel in Bent Oak, MS is a shove out/pull back deal. Yesterday's post was the return, this one I'm chasing the rear of the train, which is just fine since the sun is positioned just right!
It's now or never as the sun disappears below the hilltops at Peak Forest Junction while I stand waiting on the lunchtime departure from Dowlow quarry to turn up.
Sadly the sun had disappeared by the time the train arrived resulting in a fairly standard approach shot. At least the glint highlights the condition of the bullhead track here and suggests a fairly bumpy ride over this speed-restricted section.
7th December 2015
Clouds in front of us, the sun setting behind the clouds, the beloved Mediterranean underneath us, attached with the sky like one divine piece of art, what possibly could be more fascinating?
If you looked closely to the sea in the bottom right corner you can actually see the waves look so cute and little from that height :)
Oh the Mediterranean, how much I love it!
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Great Blue Herons often chase other Great Blues from what they consider their territory. I’ve witnessed this many times during breeding season. Eventually, things settle down they often end up nesting quite close to one another. I’ve read that this is referred to as a “heronry”, a more specific term than rookery. They are large and quite imposing looking. What I don’t like is their fishing style. I’ve been known to keep my eye fixed to my camera for very extended periods of time, waiting for action I expect to occur. But when Great Blues are hunting, I usually don’t wait for a strike. They hunt while wading and can stand stock still in the water for a long time with their neck poised to strike. Did I say long time? Longer than I can usually tolerate. On the plus side, they do often give a short tell prior to striking, extending their neck a bit toward the intended target. The strike is fast and usually successful. Beautiful birds that are used to us here in Florida and tolerate our close presence well. (Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias) (Sony a1, 400mm, f/2.8, 1/2500 second, ISO 640)
The Chase Is On - An adult male Golden Eagle pursues a California Ground Squirrel after missing his initial strike.
I was fortunate to witness an amazing moment of natural history when a Golden Eagle dropped down on this squirrel and actually chased his prey down on foot in an attempt to catch it.
This is the first image of the sequence that I captured of the eagle generating momentum with his wings and lunging at the squirrel. Typically, I see Golden Eagles moving rather awkwardly on land but this individual moved with agility and purpose.
I have been photographing Golden Eagles since 2013 and spent countless hours watching them soar, hunt and rest. At last I managed to document a hunting sequence in the wild last Christmas Eve.
Species: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) + California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
Location: San Benito County, CA, USA
Equipment: Nikon D850 + 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR, Handheld
Settings: 1/1600s, ISO: 360, f/5.6, +0.3 EV
Mt Eliza - Vic - Explore 7 Oct #39
Heading into the office today I found myself driving down backstreets toward the beach trying to find a location to grab this rainbow before it disappeared.
A very far shot, just like the interaction of the juvenile Bald Eagle chasing Osprey with treat !
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In places like here in the Grand Canyon or the Redwoods, one can get the feeling of chasing the ancients, humbling to say the least. South Rim, Grand Canyon NP, April, 2024.
When my ball chasing gets wild enough my ball starts chasing me!
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What stuck me in this scene was the presence of the elements reaching forward toward the viewer against the block elements horizontally across the back of the frame. —- and the clarity (which should not be confused with sharpness) communicates well through that organization and crisp bright light and interwoven colors.
SOOC
Near Four Winds Car Park, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK
This is the third in what could be called ‘The Four Winds Trilogy’
My previous two posts focus on the same set of stones in the foreground with Hound Tor in the background. Now just around the time I shot the previous shot ‘Sidelight’ a light shower fell and I’m thinking “where did that come from? It wasn’t in the forecast at this time!”
Chasing these thought through my head and overtaking them fast was the ‘R’ word. I quickly glanced behind me and there it was shining brightly. I turned the tripod head quickly and just shot it in case it faded. Having done that I thought about a proper composition but conscious rainbows mostly don’t last long. I immediately spotted the stone you can see and quickly lined up this shot shooting it both as a single image and then as a focus stacked one. The version below is the focus stacked one.
Yet another case of Togs needing eyes in the back of our heads or owl type necks…maybe we will evolve that way eventually!
This is probably my last post before spending a week up in the Wirral on a bit of a family trip. I hope to make use of it to shoot a few locations that are not normally on my travels like New Brighton Lighthouse. Wish me luck!
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We’re chasing stars, through the endless night,
Running faster, hearts ignite.
Through the galaxies, where the echoes rise,
We’ll find our way, just you and I.
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The goose in the rear kept chasing after others... a mating season behavior? Jerkidute? And BTW my second photo of the species, they're fairly rare around here but those that come to California do like Bodega Bay. They just usually keep their distance from cameras.
Bodega Bay, Jan. 2022.