Canon Thursday Photo 2012: #31

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<p>Happy Thursday everyone! I've been watching the Olympics all week and am watching the men's gymnastics competition as I write this. Being in the U.S. there is a delay in the air times so we have to be careful not to see the results before we watch the contests. I absolutely love the Olympics and have enjoyed sitting on the couch each night with a beer and watching whatever competitions are on. </p>

<p>I saw on a local birding forum that there was a wood stork spotted here in Louisville, KY on Monday, which is an extremely rare bird for this area. I woke up early this morning to hopefully photograph it, but it had moved on and I didn't get to shoot it and mark it on my bird checklist. I guess that's how it goes sometimes. I did, however, manage to get this shot of an indigo bunting on the walk this morning.</p><div></div>

<p>Fern study.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://spirer.com/samchaseindependent/content/images/large/_57P9466.jpg" alt="" /></p>

Chess for Gummies<div></div>

<p>Another shot from our trip down the upper Missouri River In Montana.</p><div></div>

<p>Midwestern Robin with a death wish ... and a mouthful. Sorry, need to repost.</p>

<p>Here's the image.</p><div></div>

<p><strong>The One That Got Away...</strong><br>

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<strong><br /></strong>Well, I did not expect him to do a 180 at lift. This would have bee great with an eye, or even a head! Try, try, try again, I suppose this is what it is like birding though. Beautiful images by everyone else this week...</p>

<p>-Dave</p><div></div>

<p>Sunflowers are out in full force in the south of France now - its easy to see why they have been such an inspiration to artists. Here is a shot converted with the Pixel Bender plug-in for CS5 into an oil painting. 5D2 / EF 24-105L; 1/50s @ f/22.0 ISO 200. Tripod.</p><div></div>

<p>10 Year old highjump .</p><div></div>

<p>Tuesday evening when we were playing a bit of recreational tennis it started raining. So when i got home i spotted this in the front garden.<br>

5d2, 100 2.8Lis macro. Changed the AWB to daylight in post. (yes i caved, started shooting raw)<br>

nothing else done to it.</p><div></div>

<p>Nathan, you may have missed the stork, but you nailed the bunting. We have buntings in the western part of the state, but I've never seen one here locally.<br>

Robin, it's hard to get a bad photo of ferns, but this one is especially nice. I like the highlights and muted areas; gives a layered look to the image.<br>

Jeff, I don't know how you focus in that light. Great color in this shot.<br>

Laura, love it! Great idea/concept.<br>

Doug, nice capture! Is that a Golden Eagle?<br>

Phil, I must have missed something; why does this robin have a death wish?<br>

DL, I could publish a book of my shots like this. Next time.<br>

Lupo, that soup looks a little dry. Good lighting (as usual).<br>

Rick, that should be framed on a wall somewhere. I like the oil painting effect.<br>

Justin, I see a future Olympian!<br>

Jan, I think you'll find shooting RAW will give you more lattitude for adjustments during post.</p>

<p>Didn't shoot anything this past week. Here's one from a few weeks back.</p>

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<p>I had never heard Chris Smither before. I'm not going to miss another opportunity.</p><div></div>

<p>Trump Tower in Chicago.</p><div></div>

<p>Two deliveries, eagle with fish, plane with packages. I was so focused in on shooting the eagle I never saw the plane until I downloaded the images.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/7675691966/in/photostream" alt="" /><br />1810 Replica sloop 'Friends Good Will' sails out into Lake Michigan from the South Haven Harbor. The sloop runs tours a few times a day, including this popular sunset tour.</p><div></div>

<p>Been indoors all week printing and matting photos, so this one is from a morning walk a few weeks ago.</p><div></div>

<p>Rainbow at the beach.</p><div></div>

<p>We went out to shoot clouds the other day. Then this came along.</p><div></div>

<p>Great photos all. I really like the sunflower one! </p>

<p>Mine is of an old chapel building that was in use about 30 years ago, but time appears to have moved on past it...</p>

<p>Rich</p><div></div>

<p>5D2, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, ISO 400</p><div></div>

<p>Just like a flower but it's on a vine.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://cetan.org/images/20120726224924_img_6682-lightroom-flickr-sm.jpg" alt="" /><br>

350D, 35mm f/2 @ f/2.5</p>

 

<p>View from my balcony:<br>

Canon 5D MkIII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 45MM, AE mode, ISO 200, +2/3EV, f/10 resulting in 1/50-sec:</p>

<p><a title="Sunset from my balcony by dcstep, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7688799178_7ecd9cce28_c.jpg" alt="Sunset from my balcony" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p>Beautiful little Cuckoo Wasp on a mint plant. 5DM2, MP-E 65mm @2X, Diffused Flash.</p><div></div>