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This shot, as you can see below, was terrible. Taken during heavy rains outside my house, through a slider window, there wasn't much clarity to the shot, but I knew I could salvage it with a little work.
I added a canvas texture so it would look more like a painting, and threw in some bokeh lights for effect, and used both the Advanced HDR-like filter and the HDR picture filter from iPiccy, and an Orton-like filter to bring back the color and depth the shot lost because of the rain. Adjustments to the exposure and a paper filter for color added to the effect.
House finches are common year-round resident birds once found only in the western United States but now also prominent from coast to coast. They live in a wide range of habitats including deserts, open woodlands and shrubby fields, in urban and suburban areas.
Look for these songbirds as they travel in flocks and perch among trees in urban backyards and parks. You’ll hear them singing in high, throaty warbles or calling to each other in sharp, raspy cheeps.
They have short, stout beaks but may be difficult to spot because they are tiny (only about 5- to 6-inches long). Looking for the vibrant red surrounding the male’s face and upper breast may help you catch a peek. As often is the case in the animal kingdom, females are plainer and the female house finch is no exception with its plain, gray-brown coloring.
They feed on seeds, insects and fruits. You can attract them to your yard by filling your feeder with wild birdseed or their favorite: black-oil sunflower seed.
Taken at Frank Lake, Alberta.
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Reminiscent of a troupe of wide-eyed clowns, Acorn Woodpeckers live in large groups in western oak woodlands. Their social lives are endlessly fascinating: they store thousands of acorns each year by jamming them into specially made holes in trees. A group member is always on alert to guard the hoard from thieves, while others race through the trees giving parrotlike waka-waka calls. Their breeding behavior is equally complicated, with multiple males and females combining efforts to raise young in a single nest.
Male Pine Grosbeak perched on a branch. A good morning playing with my new 200-600, looking forward to really pushing this lens. Shot on an overcast morning thus the high ISO. It's not not my Canon 300 2.8L IS Ver2 BUT I am enjoying it thus far. :)
Shot handheld btw.
Michel JS Soucy
The bearded barbet is an African barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills
Redfeather, the Merryman is in town! Listen to his latest songs, admire his juggling monkey, or enjoy his other animals. Never seen such a hare before!
And what a cute servant!
My entry for CCC XXII "Crazy Carnival"
March 10, 2017
Heavy snow is falling as a red-bellied woodpecker pecks away on a block of suet.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
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Shot with a Canon 7D.
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this was my view fishing last weekend - it was so horrible! :)
The fishing was fantastic! Started a little slow then just went crazy. We had a great fish fry that Saturday and have enough for another one!
tip for the day: If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives. Then you'll be afraid to cough.
useless fact: I remember my first movie in a movie theater when I was around 5.
And again please help with the title! Thanks gwendolyn!!
I loved this!!! I picture a married couple having an argument about this kids, money, house cleaning, etc. (maybe my wife and I lol) This may not be one of my best photos, but this is life!! This female cardinal was squawking at the male cardinal. I'm not sure why, he had picked up food and given it to her, then a bit later he ate some food himself. I think she was telling him to stop being selfish that he needs to remember the kids back home in the nest hahahaha
I was focusing on this bird which was perched on a telephone line. Then he took off!
As a very casual birdwatcher, I have enjoyed the bright red plummage of Northern Cardinals for many years. This photo brought howm to me how their wings and tails are partially black!
Houston Texas on July 07,2017. Went there looking for ducks as Great Grandson was with us. Turned out to be turtles there in the small pond and only a few ducks. 50/100 turtles and all hungry. I had bird seed with us also so until the grackles showed up we had a good time.
Love these little red finches -- so pretty and expressive. Thank you all for stopping by today -- much appreciated!
Male Pine Grosbeak perched on a branch. A good morning playing with the 200-600!
Shot handheld btw.
© Michel JS Soucy
Really digging these particular #LEGO shoulder pieces. Nice and simple. Wish more third-party accessory designers would make shoulders that don't cover up the front of the torso. Fortunately, LEGO has been making some nice ones.
(featuring my #Wulfgard character minifigs, Brenna and Redfeather)
Can you believe it’s the Opening Day for ski season! Where did Summer/Fall go?
This was taken last week at the annual guys only (because the girls are way too smart to spend a weekend in the cold) camping/fishing/drinking trip! We only had two light dustings of snow and had the fire going 24/7. But with all the antifreeze (alcohol) it was a awesome time! And the fishing was great!
thought for the day:
Okay, one would think after you hit a certain age that you would know how to chew but yet here I sit after biting my lip and chocking – come on! You would think after all that practice you would stop biting yourself!
useless fact:
Spent most of my life in Colorado but born in New Mexico.
need help with a title again!
From Bellaire lake near Red Feather last night, a last second trip with Tom, wanted to do more light painting but I failed to charge my flashlight beforehand :( So I went for max stars instead. I found that the D90 can go up to ISO 2000 with very little noise at 30 seconds, anything above that gets a bit messy though. This was at 1000 though for 2 minutes. Thoughts?
Best Viewed Large On Black
On a raw, rainy spring day in New England, this male cardinal fluffs up for warmth and shakes some water off his feathers.
I saw a great egret getting rid his feathers, so I picked up a few. They are quite smooth.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fashion designers used nuptial feathers of egrets to adorn women's hats. This triggered large-scale exploitation of egrets throughout the world. The hunting of the adults resulted in abandonment of the nests and thus reproductive failure and later to population decline. Despite subsequent bans on egret hunting, prices as high as $50-60 per ounce (37.8 g, which required the nuptial plumes of six birds) were an important stimulus for poachers. The fashion was abandoned only when Queen Alexandra of England prohibited the use of the feather-adorned hats in the court.
I was quite unprepared with my camera on my way close to home when I saw an Anna's Hummingbird in the Mountain Ash Trees up above my head. My lens was not in focus but I had to shoot fast, got several shots but none were in focus and this was the best one as he flew away.
NB: Today, Oct. 1st, I was at the same spot and captured him again, but this time my lens was ready for clearer shots, to be uploaded later.