i think this one is a little sharper than the last one and still have the golden hour light.

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I went out early this morning to try to catch my resident hummer in action. Laughed in my face, posed while I was fumbling with my camera realizing my battery was dead, dead, dead! So I'll take solace in the fact that you captured these.

Great shots, Andy!

Thanks Woody.

And extreme crop, but still was able to get something out of this fly by.

Sometimes the sky is just plain blue. Light direction is still a factor. And so a pigeon in flight with pleasing light and very directional a better shot it will make. Here is to wings on fire!

What I thought was a pretty bland sky was turned into an opportunity for a high-key type of image. Even with all the noice and imperfections there is something quite satisfying about the this.

This image came off a Sony A6600 with the FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 lens. 600mm F/9.0 1/2000 sec ISO 6400

Late afternoon arrival!

DRwyoming said:

I was discussing panning, background blur images with another photographer and dug around my LR collection a bit to find some examples. Here's one I liked,

Bald Eagle over Prince William Sound
Nikon D200, 70-200mm f/2.8 @125mm, f/7.1, 1/90", ISO 160
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Thanks Mike!

Everyone seems to have parking issues!

Nikon Z7ii + 500 mm f5.6 PF

At the foreshore again this morning.

Black Faced Cormorant


Crested Tern


White Faced Heron

Keeping an eye on you!
Nikon D850 with Nikon 200-500 zoom.

Came across some Swallows feeding on insects over a pond covered in duckweed and captured this image of a Violet Green Swallow banking my way.

D500, 300mm PF + TC-14 iii, f/5.6, 1/2500", ISO 280

Haven't got to see many birds since I got my new camera and lens. But have gone to the lake a couple times to shoot gulls. Here is another one from this morning.
I want to take a chair, tripod and gimbal head down there tomorrow. It's now my goal to get decent shots of Terns diving.


Sony A1 200-600mm G

Forsters Tern in smoke hazed skies
Sony A1 200-600mm

Greater Yellow-legs
I feel like I am missing the exposure on everything. I am used to dialing the exposure compensation down 1/3 to 2/3rd with Auto ISO on, but I may need to rethink things.

Sony A1 200-600mm

Just one more from this morning, Ring-billed Gull

Sony A1, 200-600mm

Great Blue Heron I shot a couple years ago. D810, Nikkor 200-500.

Z6ii and 500pf

I shot this right out side my front door. I kept hearing a raven make a lot of noise so I took my camera and went out to see what was happening.

Herring gull with breakfast.

D500, 500pf, f/5.6, 1/2000, iso 400

Herring gull by Jochen Maes