Important: please keep your image under 700 pixels wide/high for in-line viewing, and please try to keep the FILE SIZE UNDER 300kb. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Thursday threads are right here. Remember: only one image each week!Happy Thursday everyone! The heat has let off for a bit here in Indiana; today was only 91 (but less humid), which actually felt pleasant compared to last week's 105 temps. I have visited a local pond a couple times this week that is home to a pair of Green Herons as well as a pair of Kingfishers, lots of Wood Ducks and a bunch of other birds. Here is one of the photos of a Green Heron. Let's see those photos!
I found this while hiking fairly deep in the woods carved into a living tree. 5D2, EF 50mm f/2.5 macro, iso 800
A rosette winner at a carriage driving show I photographed last weekend. 7D+70-200/2.8 IS, iso-400, f4, 1/3200
Nathan, looking at the EXIF info, I can tell you, we've all been there before. I have my custom functions setup on the 7D; C1 for stationary (or slow moving) objects, and C2 for BIF. I've had more than one occasion where I mindlessly switched from a C2 subject to a C1 subject without actually changing the dial. Grrrr. Robin Smith - great sunset photo! Jeff Spirer - the guy on the right looks out of place with the top of his head chopped off - almost like he was Photoshopped in later. I like the high key background. Peter Meade - I'm glad you gave a bit of background because that guy doesn't look like a horse at all. ;-) He looks happy! Warning: do not try to out-stare this photo.
I did nothing again this past week between summer school and the weather. Happily, summer school ends tomorrow so I will have my mornings back. This is a different shot of the same Least Bittern I posted a few weeks ago.
A still life from a few weeks back w/ an MMC Vivitar 1 28-90/2.8-3.5 I converted (semisuccesfully) to EOS.
I found this creature ambling along the Wildlife Tour Route at the Great Swamp NWR a couple weeks ago. Canon 7D, EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L
Great shots to all! Been busy with life, but managed to squeeze in a few shots of a hibiscus once the weather broke.... Rich
We went from heat wave to T-storms and drenching rain in one jump. I took advantage of a brief break in the showers yesterday to get this...
was at one of the wetlands in the metroparks this past Sunday morning where there were a way above normal amount of great blue herons....there were probably 12-15 of them with the regular cast of a few green herons, some ducks and kingfishers....last year you'd be doing good if you seen 2-3 at any one time but with the medium drought were having i'm guessing the low water conditions are making it a lot easier for them to catch fish....instead of another bird shot mine is from a part of the wetlands that was under about a foot of water last year.
Glass of tea after morning walk. Nathan you are right this temperature and humidity reduction feels great.
The Nubble Light York, Maine at Cape Neddick last week. 7D, 85 1.8, f/8. (almost 3PM in afternoon, so I was lucky with decent light) ---> Mark K. your photo is truly tripped out!
Anyone know of a simple on-line editor where I could easily add a border? The site I used to use got swallowed by Google! It took me a while to realize this tree was not actually a tree!
Rob I love your sunflowers shot. Obviously the one lone flower sticking its head up to take a look around makes it. Did you create that (great idea), or was it something you noticed (good eye)?
Pushing the envelope last night. This one was at ISO 25,600, obviously no noise reduction, at EF 100-400mm, 100mm, f/4.5, 1/4 second hand-held. My hope was for a Hopper homage, but I think it may be closer to Jackson Pollack : To a small child with a hammer (in my case, my new 100-400mm), the entire world looks like a nail. :|
My new lens arrived so I went out to try it at a high school 7 on 7 passing tournament hosted by our local junior college.
Here's one from a few weeks ago...a different kind of bird instead of my usual. This is a Russian Yak, although I'm not sure which variant this one is.
Aviators Large Camera: Canon EOS 7D Lens: Canon EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Exposure Program: Manual Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100) Aperture: f/4.0 Focal Length: 55 mm ISO Speed: 200 Exposure Bias: 0 EV Flash: Off, Did not fire
Great photos this week gang. Really enjoying them. Canon 7D - Canon 100-400mm L @ 390mm - F/5.6 - 1/1600 sec - ISO 200