Nikon Wednesday 2013: #19

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<p>Hello Nikonistas, and a good Wednesday to all.<br /><br /><em><strong>DON'T WORRY!</strong></em> This young squirrel was seen the next morning looking a lot less unhappy. But at twighlight, on the evening when we saw the little guy sitting unhappily on his rock, he appeared to have been in a scrap with one of the very territorial adult squirrels that police the ground below the bird feeder.<br>

<br />After he spent an hour or so recovering from his full-contact encounter, he was back to foraging for seeds. We've seen him regularly since, looking bigger every day. I think his dueling scar will get him lots of dates when he hits squirrel puberty.<br /><br />So, got any shots that are worse than they look? Share!<br>

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<p>So I saw this hawk in a tree</p><div></div>

<p>and got a nice shot while he was flying</p><div></div>

<p>and went back a took pictures of the frogs in the pond under the tree</p><div></div>

<p>A new member of my family.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi I'm so looking forward to everyone's photos. It's a joy to see what everyone posts every week. I don't always participate, but I always look. I hope my sizing is OK - I "played" with my cropping this time & I know the longest side is OK as well as the size of the files. But they look "strange". If I need to change or correct - - just let me know...<br>

I've continued to work on my birds in my new location & these are my offers this week. Still the D300 with the Sigmonster 300-800mm f/5.6 Sigma<br>

1. Phainopepla male<br>

<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v93/p1586006958-5.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>NIKON D300, f/5.6 @ 800 mm, 1/1600, ISO 400</strong><br>

2. Northern Mockingbird<br>

<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v86/p1586006996-5.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>NIKON D300, f/5.6 @ 800 mm, 1/1600, ISO 400</strong><br>

3. Black Phoebe<br>

<img src="http://lilknytt.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v87/p1586007032-5.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>NIKON D300, f/5.6 @ 800 mm, 1/1600, ISO 400</strong></p>

<p>Oh Matt - - he looks so hurting.... So happy to hear the little squirrel is growing & doing well. But there he looks somewhat forlorn...</p>

<p>And Elliot - congratulations on the new family member :) Cute little guy</p>

<p>This a side of view of a granite sculpture by artist Ellen Rothenber, erected in 1996 and located in Lowell Massachusetts, America's first industrialized city. The front of the sculpture is an analog clock face showing fourteen hours and the complete side text is from a labor petition dating from January 15, 1845, and reads as follows:</p>

<p><em>We the undersigned peaceable, industrious and hardworking men and women of Lowell, in view of our condition --- the evils already come upon us by toiling from 13 to 14 hours per day, confined in unhealthy apartments, exposed to the contagion of air . . . hastening upon us through pain, disease and privation, down to a premature grave, pray the legislature to institute a 10 hour working day in all of the factories of the state.</em><br>

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<em>Signed </em><br /><em>J.Q. Adams Thayer</em><br /><em>Sarah G. Bagley</em><br /><em>James Carle </em><br /><em>and 2000 others, mostly women</em><br>

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At the same time those jobs in Lowell paid well, and offered many women and immigrants the chance for their own American dreams, not to mention providing a great deal of world trade and development in the 19th century and spawning technical innovation. As with anything it's a complicated story, but I also like the appearance of the sculpture and this photo.</p><div></div>

<p>Three memories of Santa Barbara - late April: sunset, Mission Santa Barbara on a Sunday morning (still an active church though founded in 1786), and the Santa Barbara County Courthouse (built in 1929).</p><div></div>

<p>Good Wednesday, everybody! <br>

Here is a snapshot of a Yorkie I took during my daily dog walk.</p><div></div>

<p>Image #2</p><div></div>

<p>Image #3</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Nikon Wednesday.</p><div></div>

<p>Another one</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17202353" alt="" />Good morning - some lovely shots indeed. I like the bird and the dog images.<br>

I traveled from Montreal to Brooklyn New york this past week-end. The spring blossoms were at their peak at the Botanical Gardens and I grabbed a few shots. Here is one.</p><div></div>

<p>Family portraits from last studio session, enjoy!<br /><br /><br>

<img src="http://www.elisanet.fi/juhofoto/photo/kasket09sepia.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="527" /></p>

<p><img src="http://www.elisanet.fi/juhofoto/photo/kasket23sepia.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="700" /></p>

<p><img src="http://www.elisanet.fi/juhofoto/photo/kasket40sepia.jpg" alt="" width="527" height="700" /><br>

ps. was it allowed to attach all photos to one post? :)</p>

<p>Spring and wind - so a daffodil on the move.</p><div></div>

<p>Tried the same thing on trees, and found that when pixel-peeping there was a kind of pseudo-solarisation effect due to the multiple exposure on moving branches. So here's a very heavy crop. </p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17263032" alt="" />Another one from the botanical gardens in Brooklyn (NY)</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/17214366" alt="" />This colorful young lady was enjoying a Spring day at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden</p><div></div>

<p>Please don't feed the birds.</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Nikon Wednesday! Beautiful images. Here's my contribution:<br /> Northern Cardinal (male)<br /> <a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/user/audiophileman2002/media/Birds/DSC_1685_zpsa813957f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/audiophileman2002/Birds/DSC_1685_zpsa813957f.jpg" alt=" photo DSC_1685_zpsa813957f.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>

<p>Hello Nikon family.....<br>

It was such a great morning today so I decided to take my motorcycle for a spin....<br>

Here are a few shots up in the mountains......</p><div></div>

<p>Another shots with the mountains as bg. Still cover with snow. The last snow was on April 19th</p><div></div>

<p>One last shot....... A mobile tunnel......</p><div></div>