Canon Thursday Photo 2011: #43

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<p>Happy Thursday everyone! Apparently the northern lights have been visible here in Indiana the past two nights and as far south as Tennessee and Alabama. I unfortunately did not know about this until today and it's raining now so I won't be seeing it tonight, if it's still showing anyways. If anyone got photos I'd love to see them. I got out yesterday to try to find some wildlife near a local stream. I saw several wood ducks and this female kingfisher. This is a hefty crop, but a testament to the 1D IV and to the 1.4x tele-converter for maintaining sharpness, even when cropped.</p><div></div>

<p>A Fall picture from last year as this year's colors are so poor in NY</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://spirer.com/images/skunkfighter.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>Saturday Night at the Fights, Copyright 2011 Jeff Spirer</em></p>

5D2, Contax Zeiss 50/1.4 Planar, about f2 at 1/40, ISO 400<div></div>

<p>Quick view from the Deck after the snowfall on Sunday morning</p><div></div>

<p><a href=" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6275964724_1d1e8f813c_z.jpg" alt="Andy & Nina" width="427" height="640" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Andy & Nina</strong><br /><br />Camera: Canon EOS 50D<br />Lens: Canon EF50mm f/1.4 USM<br />Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE<br />Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)<br />Aperture: f/1.4<br />Focal Length: 50 mm<br />ISO Speed: 160<br />Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV<br />Flash: Off, Did not fire</p>

<p><img src="http://www.ocwildlife.com/Photography/Canon-Mark-IV/i-jFsjsqF/0/L/mkivGE-2-8x10U-XL.jpg" alt="" />Nathan I feel the same as you, lucky to have my new 1D MKIV, and a noticeable difference in my teleconverters! Nice job on the Kingfisher. Great start off of the thurs. thread, alll so beautiful, the snow, Fall, model and kickboxer. The food is fantasic in clarity.<br>

I'll add a lucky day shot. I found a Golden Eagle, really rare here. MKIV+ 500f4IS</p>

 

<p>I love those colors Robin, fortunately I'm in Oregon so I get to see a bit of them right now!</p>

<p>I finally got to take a trip up to the coast after living in Oregon for almost a year. Here's one of my more favorite shots. It's a handheld 3 shot panorama, tried to fix distortion as much as possible...<br>

Canon 40D w/ 17-85mm: @17mm - f/13 - 1/160s - ISO 100<br>

<img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6283515363_5d8d5cf8c3_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="349" /></p>

From a fashion shoot this past Sunday afternoon :)<div></div>

<p>We may not have super colorful autumns here in Puget Sound, but we sure do have wonderful fungi.</p>

<p><strong>Over Easy</strong><br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-zdpTbkx/0/L/i-zdpTbkx-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

7D, Sigma 70mm macro, f16 @ 1/2, ISO 200 + cheap LED ringlight</p>

<p>ME</p>

<p>Looking good folks! So many awesome shots already.</p>

<p>I'm sharing my first ever stab at HDR - from three frames (-2,0,2), Picturenaut HDR freeware. This is a dry lake bed in Ironwood National Monument where my friends and I like to go exploring and do some target practice.</p><div></div>

<p>Some of my aviation photos were on display at a local flying club this week and I went down to see a lecture by someone who flew a biplane from the UK to South Africa.<br />This is one of the members listening to the lecture.<br>

<a title="West London Aero Club by Peter Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6280623067_13065792f9.jpg" alt="West London Aero Club" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>

<p>here's one from a week or 2 back. Rosebud in rain. I was trying to capture the raindrop that was sitting on top of the rosebud.</p><div></div>

<p>Nice one, Nathan! I shot a kingfisher this past weekend, but it was so small in the frame, I abandoned the image.</p>

<p>Couple of standouts to me...<br>

Lupo - for the sake of my waistline, I try not to look at your photos very long.<br>

Jeff Spirer - I feel like I'm in the cage, just a few feet from the fighters. Very nicely done against that strong overhead light.<br>

Linda Jones - Excellent capture of the Golden Eagle. Composition is perfect.<br>

A very nice start for this week.</p>

<p>Was traveling to a favorite spot this past weekend and rounded a corner to see this nice bit of sunlight streaming through the trees. Felt compelled to pull over and capture the scene.</p><div></div>

From a day when we found a lot of deer skulls on a rock in the woods. Creepy, but couldn't leave them alone. Maybe early, but Happy Halloween.<div></div>

<p>The high school fall sports are getting to the critical time of the season. Championships will be decided and the playoffs will start. This was from a very close game with team in white ekeing out an 11 - 8 win.</p><div></div>

<p>Another shot from the "World's Largest Truck Convoy" fundraiser for the Special Olympics. This was one of two entries from Mountaire Farms.</p><div></div>

<p>This is a photo of my friend "Coach" (In yellow and black). While in Gainesville for a weekend of bicycle riding, I had the opportunity to watch him race in the Gainesville Senior Games (it was 39 degrees at the start of the first race). Coach is 72 years old. He won gold medals in both time trial events he entered. Also, this is my first attempt at motion photography.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi Lupo, great shot..<br>

I was looking why you called Coriander(rest of world) Cilantro (US, derived from tha spanish name for the plant.) and came across this: <a href="http://www.ihatecilantro.com/">http://www.ihatecilantro.com/</a><br>

enjoy.</p>

<p>Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico</p><div></div>

<p>This week I saw this pair of herons dancing in the water. Unfortunately I was shooting into the sun, but seeing more than 1 at a time is rare for our area (South East Ohio.)</p><div></div>

<p>camping by the river</p>

<p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KOI_w4LgrCI/TqSAxDXvvZI/AAAAAAABCpc/7Qfxm0eTyPI/s700/IMG_0029-2.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="467" /></p>

<p>Fall colors reflected in a pond at <a href="http://www.rosesberryfarm.com">Rose's Berry Farm</a> in South Glastonbury, CT. Canon 40D, ISO 200, F8,1/100th, Canon 70-200 2.8.</p><div></div>

<p>The sky was soooo boring, i had to play with textures and blending modes.</p><div></div>

<p>the face in Shawnee Creek....</p><div></div>