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Pied-billed grebes are often seen floating or diving on Florida’s lakes and ponds. This small pigeon-sized grebe has a short, blunt bill, which is encircled by a black band. These grebes are rarely seen flying, they usually dive and swim underwater when threatened. They feed on small fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
Some pied-billed grebes are year-round residents in Florida, and have an extended breeding season. Others migrate to northern states to breed and return to Florida for the winter.
Folk names of this grebe include Dabchick, Devil-diver, Dive-dapper, Hell-diver, and Water Witch.
I found this one along Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve. Polk County Florida.
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) diving into a pond as it draws a bead on a fish. This one really has its eye on the prize! Image taken in Colorado in Larimer County.
Location: Somewhere along the East coast of Zanzibar.
Description: Here is another Vertorama from last year’s (dream) holiday in Zanzibar.
I’m not sure that I’d be willing to climb up onto the top level of this rickety diving platform at high-tide... I certainly wouldn’t climb it at low tide... not even if you bribed me with a case of ice-cold Kilimanjaros (the local beer)!!
Of course, there was just no way that you could have stopped me from photographing it!! :)
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Equipment: Nikon D300 (Sigma 10-20mm)
Date: April 2009
I watched these gulls dive repeatly in the shallow riverbed for dead salmon. They would haul the dead salmon up to the surface to eat.
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
The dive for the Yabby featured a couple of days ago.
Had a great morning with the Ospreys at Gordons Hide in Aviemore - we must have had around 10 dives ... this was my favourite shot by far ...
The Aeroshell stunt team performs a dive in formation at an airshow in Vero Beach, Florida. See this, and more, on my website at tom-claud.pixels.com.
Anyone dumb enough to jump probably wouldn't see that sign and say "Damn, I thought they were cool with it."
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I was so thrilled to get the Northern Harrier doing its dive for prey. It's not like an Osprey dive where you have time to capture the image. The Harrier just flips its body in a second. I don't think I will get this shot again.
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the finest bird photography slideshow of the Kevin Mahoney Collection:
youtu.be/A6WqvMzRNcQHummingbirds reach a speed of 60mph/ 96kph while in a dive.
After an Epic climb up Half Dome with two of my best friends. Im chillin in the little cubby hole under Scott and the diving board.
Stone Town, Zanzibar. I ragazzi si tuffano, vestiti, dal pontile e fanno a gara fra loro su chi è più bravo e temerario
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High Speed Shooting Series
Dragonflies are among the fastest flying insects. When diving towards a plant or during other high-speed maneuvers, they can reach speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (approximately 48 kilometers per hour). This incredible speed, combined with their agility, makes them highly effective predators and efficient at evading predators themselves.
17 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) named "Tatqiq". San Diego Zoo at San Diego Zoo - a special enrichment morning catching live fish. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Nothing but blue skies...for one day which was helpful in getting my shutter speed up and ISO down...plus I believe the sun helps our mental state, the grey days can be a little much week after week. The Eagles appeared to be very happy soaring back and forth feathers dry, unlimited salmon to eat and lots of time to enjoy our sunny day..
1/1250, ISO 400, f/8, 560mm, no cropping
British Diving Team training at Florida State University, Morcom Aquatics Center. Tallahassee, Florida.
Half Dome and the "Diving Board" viewed from Glacier Point
Yosemite National Park, CA.
A new attempt to process an old shot from a 2014 trip to Yosemite. Admittedly, this is a composite. Unfortunately, the sky was cloud free and very unappealing as taken. While I am not typically a fan of replacing skies, this shot certainly benefits from the addition. While replacing a sky is not too difficult in and of itself, doing it correctly is much tougher as there is quite a bit of refinement to the mask to ensure that there are no visible artifacts or ghosting that would detract from the shot and scream out that its a composite. It is also very important not to use just any old replacement sky. Instead, the replacement sky must match the color and tonality of the original or the picture just won't look natural. I think this one works pretty well.
Whether your a fan of composites or not, this exercise allowed me to practice some new blending and masking techniques that will be able to put into use when blending bracketed exposures (and hopefully improve upon past efforts). I hope you like the shot(s) and as always, thanks for visiting.