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I was down at the lake, when I heard a commotion behind me.
I spun around to see this Grey Heron taking off. I zoomed in and tried to get it in frame. But my panning was only partially successful, as I didn't get it all in frame.
At 1/320s, I obviously wasn't set up for an action shot? So wasn't expecting it to be any good? But the slow shutter speed gave some nice motion blur in the wings, and to my surprise, the details of the head were better than I expected?
Pentax K-3 mk lll
HD Pentax-DA- 55-300mm f4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE
300mm- f6.3- ISO 200- 1/320s
After reading about a unique waterfall located within what was described as a slot canyon less than 90 minutes from home, I knew I had to see it for myself.
Directions ended with: "At the end of the trail, follow the manway (unofficial trail) up, around the first waterfall, climb a small rock wall, and hike the remainder of the way to the next falls in the streambed". This translated into: Geezers like me will be sore the next day and will need to make an offering of a full dose of Ibuprofen to the trail gods.
Bailey Falls is located near Greeneville, TN in Cherokee National Forest, past Margarette Falls on the West Fork Dry Creek and is further divided into an upper and lower falls. The lower falls are shown here, with the top of the upper falls visible here as the first drop. The Lower Falls are 20 feet in height and the canyon section surrounding the plunge pool being perhaps 8 feet in width. With the rhododendrons overhanging the canyon from both sides it had a cave-like appearance. What it lacks in size it makes up for in beauty. There is only here. There is only now, and it is good. Off Trail Zen.
8F 48151 makes a vigorous departure from Llandudno Junc with the returning Welsh Mountaineer on 28/7/2010
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Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns, their steely blue-green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Tree Swallows nest in tree cavities; they also readily take up residence in nest boxes.
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As I was editing the image I noticed that there are small drops of water that are falling off the pelicans wings as he was taking off. I think this one is going to be printed.
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TODAY, WE ARE OFF TO JAPAN, the land of the rising sun...
A BIG tick on our bucket list!
Look forward to some superb images? Fingers crossed eh.
SAYONARA, M, (*_*)
I captured this wonderful old log cabin way up in the mountains of South Central Montana.
I would love to live there off the grid for a period of time. It would be great to "disconnect" for awhile. :-)
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Explore #407 April 4th 2009. Thx Brendamb
Just a wee picture of Asha showing off her portrait apron she created for a previous Saint Patrick's Day shoot. This picture was taken on her last St. Patrick's shoot around 6 months before she left us but she left us this legacy.
Here's another shot from Wednesday. I was at my delivery in Salt Lake City, trailer was being unloaded and I of course noticed the cool looking clouds. Stood on the top step outside of the truck cab and began taking pictures. Wasn't thrilled with my foreground until this express train came rushing by. Fortunately I was ready, as I was already shooting this exact composition, just had to time my shot. Only one chance, and I think I got it about right.
The thing I really liked and caught my eye was the cloud with a big hole in the middle. Kinda reminded me of one of the arches in Zion National Park. So lucky that train came by when it did. My other shots had the great sky and clouds, but damn I liked getting that train in there, completes the shot. Also, lucky it was very bright and used a pretty fast shutter speed. Like they say, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
Drove just short of 600 miles today and in Barstow California tonight, delivering in Anaheim tomorrow at noon. Only a hundred miles away. 11 PM now, going to spend about 30 minutes on Flickr then off to dreamland.
Oh, and happy fence Friday, though it's a pretty ugly fence as fences go.
FrontRunner Commuter Train, here a link if you're interested in that sort of thing.
As we were walking back from the High Bridge Anita spotted something glowing in the sun and we discovered telephone poles with these brilliant glass insulators. Well, of the five poles we found, only this one had the glass ones. These were set down below the pathway on what must have once been a road but was now nearly lost in the trees and brush. I just liked how these were sparkling in the bright sun that day.
2/3 I went to the beach on a foggy afternoon and spotted this Western Gull with a clam. It flew away three times, only to come back each time to drop the clam onto hard-packed sand from a height of about sixty feet. On the third try the clamshell opened and the gull got its meal.
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