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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.
Kingfisher at the top of a dive ... less than a second later it was in the water.
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Osprey diving for fish, just outside Newburgh Aberdeenshire. a wonderful bird, the whole sequence from hovering to hitting the water is over so quickly, you don't get a chance to appreciate the power of these birds!
Sadly, trefor pier is being demolished as this pic was taken. No doubt, all that is left by now is an empty space. Very sad. If you check out my photostream. I have put a pic up from the 24/5/17. So different now. A very popular diving site as well.
Found a cell phone at the docks at Moss Bay in Kirkland Washington on Earth Day. Frank Poole took the shot.
Most ducks give you no warning when they are about to dive. You try to capture the moment and you end up with a splash and a duck butt. The Red Breasted Merganser is different. They give you a sign when they arch their back then rise up and dive. Its only a few seconds but its enough. This was captured on the second try.
A fun shot from the archives today. This Black-headed Gull was one of 50 or so that were diving into a small flood plain. The water was no more than about 12-18 inches deep so it is amazing that they did not harm themselves on the bottom lol.
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I think all of Blakeley's Olympic hopefuls deserve a gold medal for making today's hike so enjoyable!
Have a blessing-filled Sunday, everyone!!!
My entry for the MOCer Cup Round 2 on MOCpages. Item: Memories of the Ocean So it's a spontaneous fantasy, a mix of really experienced things and already known ones by video/pics. Enjoy and have FUN!
Diving with Euro Divers in Kandooma resort in the Maldives (I know… life is tough!). Last dive of the trip and we went to the Canyon. Reef sharks like to rest on the sand and I was able to slowly move up closer to it from the side. Came out well for a 5 year old camera/housing. My new RX100iii couldn’t be used as the housing took 6 WEEKS to arrive ie. it arrived after I left. Not happy :-(
Should be able to practice in Sydney now before a trip in April to Ningaloo in Western Australia.
www.euro-divers.com/scuba-diving-maldives/holiday-inn-res...
Yesterday in the park :-).
One of many ladybird pictures, now I've enough for the next five years ;-)!
I'm not sure with the ID of the plant it doesn't look like lavender, possibly sage?
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