Canon Thursday Photo 2011: #30

[jstraw]

<p>A caiman in a small lake in eastern Ecuador.</p><div></div>

[randy_cooprider1]

<p>We spent the week at McCormick's Creek State Park near Spencer Indiana. It was very hot so mostly we stayed inside until evening when it cooled slightly. Years ago we were weekending in the Seelbach and the faucet in the bathtub wouldn't stop dripping. Ended up putting a washcloth under the drip to lower the sound.</p><div></div>

[nimesh_patel]

<p>Blue heron at Pemaquid river, South Bristol ME. </p><div></div>

[JRCrowe]

<p>Maybe this will help cool off you easterners. Its called Santa by the Sea. Notice the sunglasses and surfboard. All I could think of was Jabba the Hut was dressed up like Santa. Canon A650 IS</p><div></div>

[KenPapai]

<p>I was at a Catalan festival at Gloria Ferrer in Sonoma last Saturday.<br>

Good food, inspired music & dancing, and sparkling wine! Cava! Cheers.<br>

EOS 7D, 30mm (16-35), ISO 800, 1/800, f/5.6</p><div></div>

[michael_elenko]

<p>From a day at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in southern Puget Sound.</p>

<p><strong>Spot of Blue</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-9W5T4nd/0/L/i-9W5T4nd-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>7D, 100-400 L, 1/2000 @ f6.7, ISO 400</p>

<p>ME</p>

[jamesgysen]

<p>Great photos this week, love the lightning.</p>

<p>Another from a trip to Jasper, AB (no shooting this week). My son coming out of the water from his final certification dive. 16yo and ambitious; wants to become a paramedic and specialize in rescue diving.</p><div></div>

[photodiscoveries]

<p>Ox Bow Lagoon, Saugatuck MI...shot during a beautiful sunset over Lake Michigan. This lagoon is on the opposite side of the dune, and we are catching the reflections off clouds and sunset light behind us.</p><div></div>

[andrew_harto]

<p>Wowowow, so many great captures! Love <strong>Jeff Backer</strong>'s caiman crocodile photo...the symmetry and the un-rippled water make the photo look like a Rorschach inkblot where I see a vicious head of a crocodile fixing to attack.</p>

<p>Mine is from Bali at Besakih Temple. It's the end procession after a solemn and religious Hindu cremation ceremony called "Ngaben". The sky and clouds were real (not composited). The temple is situated on a high elevation on the slopes of a mountain.</p>

<p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GUr4-9lAs78/TjGNuFwKICI/AAAAAAAACvM/H7Yj8tCSNWk/s800/Besakih_Temple2.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[larry h.]

<p>SR-71 spy plane at the Dulles Airport branch of the National Air & Space Museum.<br>

18mm, 1/30s, f/5.0, ISO 2500</p><div></div>

[yog_sothoth]

<p>While Berlin was pretty nice, this part of nearby Potsdam looked pretty rough.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/13884555-lg.jpg" alt="" width="650" height="464" /></p>

[travismcgee]

<p>I was taken by the clouds and soft light.</p><div></div>

[randallfarhy]

<p>Stephen C- That looks like something out of a video game, a little unnerving to say the least.</p>

 

[yog_sothoth]

<p>It is the Babelsberg Film Park stunt show. They have car chases, flamethrowers, explosions, and other fun stuff. BTW, don't worry about the blonde in need of rescue. Despite being a German production the show has a happy ending.</p>

[lee_derrickson]

<p>Larry H, I was an imagery analyst in the Air Force 69-72. While in Vietnam my squadron would sometimes get film from the SR-71 to develop and interpret. That aircraft took some amazing pictures. My wife and I want to get over to the Air and Space Museum one of these days. I would love to get up close to that bird and see it in person.</p>

[User_5050610]

<p>Larry H--a great picture of the SR-71.<br>

From the front, that airplane looks just plain--well---evil!<br>

Intimidating--but it was very effective.<br>

Thanks--<br>

Paul</p>

[William Kahn]

<p>Abandoned house on the outskirts of Rugby, Tennessee. This is a 3-exposure HDR shot...</p><div></div>

[eshabot]

<p><a title="Gnomey by EshaBot, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5985030823_4425a69640.jpg" alt="Gnomey" width="334" height="500" /></a><br>

Family reunion last weekend, caught this one of my niece. </p>

[MarcelRomviel]

<p>Great picture of the cayman and I always love seeing pictures of the most beautiful aeroplane in the world the SR71.<br /> My contribution for this week:</p><div></div>

[Doug Obert]

<p>It was hard to pick just one, from shots captured last Sunday, but this is it.</p><div></div>

[pjmeade]

<p>Well it's been a busy week shooting Lloyd's of London playing polo and shooting some cricket at Lord's for myself. <br />But I'll go with a shot of my wife standing in a stables after we had been looking after some horses.<br>

Karen<br>

<a title="Karen by Peter Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5975460008_c101533a17_z.jpg" alt="Karen" width="426" height="640" /></a></p>

[henry_wynands]

<p>My first decent hummingbird shot<br>

Canon XSi with 55-250 mm lens</p><div></div>

[mbkissel]

<p>I ended my comments on last week's photos with "How can they get any better?". Now I see. Terrific...just terrific!</p>

<p>Here's a pair of Golden silk orb-weavers that I actually shot today. The much smaller male, at her abdomen, is playing a dangerous courting game. The females are huge!</p><div></div>

[bob-c]

<p>Mark, while you are busy graciously commenting on everyone else's photos, I bet I speak for a lot of us in saying that week in and week out, your images are the just outstanding. Thanks for the comments and the great photos.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Still working away with my northern Virginia battlefield shots.</p>

<p>Here is an image of some of the confederate fortifications thrown up on short notice at Cold Harbor, another of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.</p><div></div>