Canon Thursday Photo 2012: #51

[philrichardson]

<p>Happy Holidays to all of you! No shooting for the last few weeks. Here’s a shot of one of the roosting ponds at Bosque in New Mexico in the early am, before the "flyout".</p><div></div>

[dcstep]

<p>Wow, no birds so far this week. I'll fix that:</p>

<p><a title="Don't even think about it... get your own limb by dcstep, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8076/8289137483_bffac2cde0_c.jpg" alt="Don't even think about it... get your own limb" width="800" height="533" /></a><br>

Canon 5D MkIII, EF 500mm f/4L IS, EF 1.4X TC-II, Av mode, ISO 400, +2/3EV, f/6.3, resulting in 1/2000-sec., Raw conversion with DxO Optics Pro 8.1.</p>

[philrichardson]

<p>And here’s a shot of one of the roosting ponds at sundown, literally thousands of cranes and snow geese.</p><div></div>

[kts]

<p>morning sunlight</p><div></div>

[Spearhead]

<p><img src="http://spirer.com/images/knockoutdj.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="525" /></p>

[daniel_harris]

<p>Got my new 7D and shot a high school freshman girls basketball game. Still learning all the nuances of the camera.</p><div></div>

[greenjeans]

<p>Early morning.</p>

[greenjeans]

<p>Early morning in November</p><div></div>

[jeff_palmucci]

<p>Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins at the State Theater in Portland, ME. The rest of the set is <a href="http://www.newenglandmusicnews.com/portfolio-view/the-smashing-pumpkins-rocks-the-state-theater-maine/">here</a> if you are interested. 5D III with the new (awesome) 24-70 mark II.</p><div></div>

[rcsenn]

<p>Many great shots!<br>

Mine is from a recent swing through San Francisco and Napa.</p>

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

[Andrew Gosden]

<p>Happy holidays. Lots of great pictures this week. The windmill picture is great, Wade. I also like those night shots by Horse E.<br>

This is a three exposure HDR processed with DPP's HDR tool.<br>

<img src="http://akgosdenphotos.smugmug.com/Weather/Foggy/i-8mwPHfv/0/700x700/Foggy_Bridge_HDR_1-700x700.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>XSi, 18-55 kit lens</strong></p>

[JDMvW]

<p>I'm still playing around with my new lens toys. Here, again, is the EF 100-400mm IS</p><div></div>

[bill_k5]

<p>Had a good time following this guy around the beach.</p><div></div>

[bill_k5]

<p>Reddish Egret #2</p><div></div>

[bill_k5]

<p>Reddish Egret #3</p><div></div>

[MarcelRomviel]

<p>Finally time to submit my contribution on Thursday.<br>

I hope I'm not the last one like I was the last few weeks :-)<br>

An attempt with both extension tubes EF12 & EF 25 on a EF 70-210 f3.5-4.5 USM</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>5DMK2, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, ISO 400</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Happy Holidays to All!</p>

<p>7D, EF 400mm f/2.8, ISO 640</p><div></div>

[wade_keenon1]

<p>Thanks, everybody, for the comments on my wind farm photo. I found myself lucky enough to be in a "right place, right time" kind of moment last week.</p>

[srspeck]

<p>Great photos! I especially liked the windmills. Happened to see a flock of Buffleheads in a retention pond and stopped. This is the photo I liked the best. I got better / closer photos of the birds, but there is something about the patterns in the water that draws me to this one.<img src="C:\Users\Steve\Pictures\Bufflehead.jpg" alt="" /> Rebel Kiss X, Nikkor 300mm F4.5 ED AI-S plus Nikkor TC14b.</p><div></div>

[JRCrowe]

<p>Crab apples after a snowstorm. 5D Mk2 Sigma 24-70 f/5.6 1/1600</p><div></div>

[ljwest]

Steve,

 

I think you'll find your "Bufflehead" is actually a Hooded Merganser.

 

Nice shot!

 

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/id