Canon Thursday 2015 #1

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<p>Happy new year to all photonetters and welcome to the 1st EOS thread of the year. Let's see your new shots for a new year.</p><div></div>

<p>Another year done...</p><div></div>

<p>Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2014 was good to you and that 2015 will be even better.<br>

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I'm on the road, as always, and was gone for both Christmas and New Year's, just like most holidays for the past 30 years, but at least I got some interesting photos during this last week. This is a Shinkansen bullet train stopped at Hakata Station in Fukuoka, Japan. We had a day off so we hopped on the bullet train to Hiroshima to see the museum and the Peace Park. The train will do 200 mph, but I'm guessing we only got up to about 130 mph or so on our short 80-mile trip. The ride was amazingly smooth and quiet, and, being Japan, the train was immaculate. No litter or graffiti anywhere in sight on the train or in any of the stations.</p><div></div>

<p>This is the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. It was the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall in 1945 and the Bomb detonated 2,000 feet almost directly overhead. Since the blast was coming down from above, it didn't knock the building over. Every three years the City of Hiroshima does a soundness survey on the building, which is why it's surrounded by scaffolding right now. The Peace Park and museum are nearby with memorials, exhibits and calls for world peace and the abolishment of nuclear weapons. You can even ring the Peace Bell, which we did. (Fun Fact: South Africa is the only country to voluntarily give up nuclear weapons.)</p><div></div>

<p>Here are some lighted trees and an illuminated gazebo at the entrance to the Hakata train station. There were actually some Christmas decorations nearby that I refused to photograph. You see Christmas decorations all over Japan these days and it just seems wrong, just like all the Starbucks, McDonalds and KFC stores seem wrong in this beautiful country too.</p><div></div>

<center><img src="http://spirer.com/images/reignwolf1.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="467" /></center><center><em>Reignwolf, Independent San Francisco</em></center>

<p>Happy New Year to you all<br>

The horse my wife rides threw a shoe last week and I was able to take some photos of the farrier fitting the replacement<br>

Apollo<br /> 7D+70-200/2.8 IS<br>

<a title="Farrier photography by Pete Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/16136970141_de52ffbe27_c.jpg" alt="Farrier photography" width="533" height="800" /></a><br>

<a title="Farrier photography by Pete Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8597/15516539374_f90d27932f_c.jpg" alt="Farrier photography" width="533" height="800" /></a><br /><a title="Farrier photography by Pete Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8631/16138889015_c6e2ef0721_c.jpg" alt="Farrier photography" width="533" height="800" /></a></p>

Happy New Year to everyone.

Sorry, got a tad confused uploading the photo (too large).<div></div>

<p>Reflection from 2014.</p><div></div>

<p>more fungi color</p><div></div>

<p>2</p><div></div>

<p>all of these were from the same tree including the one from Monday's Nature thread</p><div></div>

<p>Very nice Thom. <br>

Happy New Year to all the folks on the Canon Thursday thread.</p>

 

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<p><strong>Ring-necked Pheasant On Snow</strong></p>

<p>Canon 7D MkII, EF 500mm f/4L IS, EF 1.4x TC-III, Av Mode, ISO 400, 0EV, f/8.0, resulting in 1/2000-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 10.1</p>

<p><a title="Pheasant On Snow by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8663/16133027132_d7eed9fb8d_c.jpg" alt="Pheasant On Snow" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Western Coyote</strong></p>

<p>Canon 7D MkII, EF 500mm f/4L IS, EF 1.4x TC-III, Av Mode, 0EV, f/8.0, resulting 1/1600-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 10.1:</p>

<p><a title="What next? by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7548/15511428634_f5499d1bcc_c.jpg" alt="What next?" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Leaping Coyote After Sunset</strong></p>

<p>Canon 7D MkII, EF 500mm f/4L IS, EF 1.4x TC-III, Av Mode, ISO 3200, f/7.1, resulting in 1/800-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 10.1:</p>

<p><a title="Leaping For Prey by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/15942204878_dce681f68e_c.jpg" alt="Leaping For Prey" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p>After a long absence from this forum...<br>

As the sun sets upon the year 2014,</p><div></div>

<p>We reflect upon the wonders we have seen,</p><div></div>

<p>And gaze out on the limitless horizon of our future.<br>

Happy 2015 everyone!</p><div></div>

<p>Happy new year to all here on Photo.net.<br>

My contribution is from yesterday, so the last photo of the year;</p><div></div>

<p>Happy new year to all! I shot this morning at the end of the winter storm that passed last night through California and the Southwest. I shot this from Cottonwood, AZ, looking north toward Flagstaff (which, of course, you can't see.)</p>

<p>Looking at some of the beautiful shots here, it occurred to me that, maybe, in a world going mad, we have an opportunity to use our art to help stem the tide during the new year. As Enya sings, "May It Be"...</p><div></div>

<p>Back to The Future -</p><div></div>

<p>thanks John.....going back today to see what they look like under an overcast sky.......:)</p>