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Ever since I became a Flickr member I've enjoyed the gorgeous Bald Eagle pictures of, for instance Imtoootall, Doug LLoyd, Nikographer, Fella-1 and Garnite (to name a few...).
I long to go to the places they live/visit, see the eagles with my own eyes, but it seems that my wishlist of 'must see before I die'-places only grows longer since I'm on Flickr and the time left only becomes shorter.. :-)
But.... there are vague plans to go to Vancouver Island in autumn. I've heard from a friend that there seem to be a lot of these flying beauties around there.....
Meanwhile, last sunday I went with friends and their kids to Beekse Bergen in Holland. Apart from it being a lovely day which really lifted the spirits of us sunstarved people in the Netherlands (:-), they had a wonderful show with birds of prey.
So here was my chance to practice a little! You might call it a small miracle that I haven't hit anyone on the head with the camera and lens but I was só eager to get at least one shot right!
Ok, it might not (yet) be the real stuff, and it doesn't come near the quality of the above mentioned gentlemen's shots, but still I've enjoyed seeing this wonderful eagle fly enormously. (and at least it felt real !!! :-) )
This is my youngest. He knocked out some 80's rock for me while posing and letting me practice with my lighting. Oddly enough, he wasn't posing here, he was just looking at something behind him. I ended up liking it the best even though he's not playing his guitar here. I liked it so much when I took it I had him do several poses similar to this one.
Strobist:
Canon 6D, 24-70mm lens, Canon 580ex II camera left behind subject with a blue gel, at 1/8th, Canon 430ex in 24" softbox camera right, 1/2 power. ISO 200, shutter 1/500, f/3.5
Explore #118 March 2nd, 2009
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I've put a 'CANON 70-200mm f/4L USM Lens' on lay buy, so I thought I'd do some practice shots at around 70mm with my trusty kit lens!
I don't plan on using the new glass for landscapes, but there will be sometimes when I will, and I want to challenge myself to work within this focal length, tighter crops etc
- ISO 100, f9, 1/320, 70mm
- Canon 75-300 Kit lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- Off camera.
- 'Landscape' calibration in Lightroom 2.2.
- A small 'photoshopped' bird for a bit of fun, (bird shots are taken at same location).
Heavy winter rains create seasonal creeks that cascade down hillsides in unexpected places. This one was off OR-99 south of Oregon City.
With the recent onset of true, winterlike temperatures in our area, the thistle sock has seen an increase in activity. Seems there's at least one or two Goldfinches on it whenever I look outside.
However, on this rather rainy day, while doing some birdwatching, I noticed there were lots of Goldfinches on the thistle sock, so I grabbed a shot before they flew off. I caught eight of them in this shot.
As we await the arrival of Winter Storm Ezra tomorrow, it's a good thing the Goldfinches were practicing their clinging and sharing skills, as those skills may be put to the test over the next two days.
And yes, there's a squirrel photobomber in the background, scarfing up the whole peanuts I'd tossed out earlier.
"Practice makes perfect". When not deployed, Tier 1 operators from the Special Operations Group spend countless hours on the range to perfect their shooting.
Methinks yesterday’s HS sailing team’s practice was partially how to recover from heeling over (is that the correct term?) Also I think I need to bring my BGC to the lake, too
Can't wear this yet under "combat" conditions--too wintry out! But at least I can see if it works or not.
The actual training here had to do with rescuing people from cars swept away due to flash floods. This is the instructor from Northern Virginia.
One more pic below with the following description: Mr. Zoom and I took a nice bike ride down to what is usually the rocky part of the river yesterday. Because of the rains from the remnants of Hurricane Hanna, the water was high. Goochland County was taking advantage of the rushing water to train their new Swift Water Rescue Team.
Blue Angels Practice in Pensacola FL, 2015....to see many more visit timslens.smugmug.com/Blue-Angels/
First time taking the Phantom 4 Pro+ out for ferroequine pursuits, with the intention of capturing the 'purple boi'. If only I'd taken it a split second earlier...
EMR's unique purple powercar, 43274, leads 1C61 (the 1431 Leeds - London St. Pancras Int'l HST) over Fourteen Arches Viaduct, Wellingborough, with fellow celeb powercar 43102 "The Journey Shrinker" in tow.
This is another one of the "gone wild" experiments my friends. And I was thinking to call it: "Going up, and up, and up", but decided for the one above after all. I find it funny looking, and what is a better way to start the week than with fun? Enjoy your day and the week ahead :D
BTW, I am with a normal length - 1.75m or 5.9 ft {{{HUGS}}}
I'm trying a new technique, i kinda like it and editing this girl was super fun, how does the hair look? and does this style look cute?
Just some practice with fixing the mesh on the face, makeup, and shadows.
Me.
Taken at my home; edited with GIMP.
A water polo player takes a practice shot to warm up for the UC Irvine vs Cal Lutheran match.
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Ashtanga Yoga Practice during the 200 hour yoga teacher training at AYM Yoga School in Rishikesh, India
#India #Yoga #Rishikesh
Young athletes of Canoe-Kayak Sprint ( Larnaka Nautical Club) followed by their coach while practicing.
This is dedicated to my son Harry, a member of the team, now in the U.K. for his studies.
Just a bit more Harry.......
Santander has one of the most recognized schools in the world of sailing in Spain.
It is vibrant to see the activity on land and the "dribbling" in the sea of all kinds of boats.
This owlet wasn't quite ready to leave the nest. Here he is exploring the top of the dead tree which contains the nest, and practicing for his first flight, which would occur two days after this image was taken. Eagle Creek Park. You can see his first flight with mom supervising here: flic.kr/p/HkHhng and this is what he looked like after crash landing: flic.kr/p/HiiJL9