Canon Thursday Photo 2013: #9

[nathangardner]

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<p>Happy Thursday everyone! Spring is almost here...hopefully. We've had a (very) few warmer days here in Kentucky, but at least the cold days aren't as cold and March is just around the corner, so hopefully some warm weather will arrive near everyone soon. This past weekend my girlfriend and I went to see her Kentucky Wildcats down the road in Lexington, KY. We made a day out of it and took the opportunity to spend the day at the Red River Gorge Geological Area in the Daniel Boone National Forest before the game. Here is a shot of Princess Arch from our trip.</p>

[Spearhead]

<p>Showgirls before the show.</p>

<p><img src="http://spirer.com/images/hpf2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" /></p>

[nathangardner]

<p>Server timeout...here's the photo.</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>On Sunday I spent a miserable day taking photos that didn't turn out for various reasons. This is the only shot that halfway turned out. Not as sharp as a truly excellent photo might be, but one that made me smile and my wife say "He looks like an Ewok!"</p><div></div>

[travismcgee]

<p>I’m on the road, as usual, and bopping around Asia so here are some images from a couple of days ago.</p>

<p>This is the navigation display on our flight from Tokyo to Beijing the other night. We were over Seoul, South Korea at the time and ZKPY is the airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. Our route was only about 10 miles south of the DMZ so I loaded Pyongyang into the nav computer for situational awareness and to keep track of the bad guys. My copilot is a full colonel in the Air Force Reserves, however, so I told him I was loading it in case he wanted to defect. Apparently, former fighter pilots have no sense of humor because he didn’t think that was very funny at all.</p><div></div>

[travismcgee]

<p>You see this portrait on the news all the time. It’s Chairman Mao keeping watch on Tiananmen Square in downtown Beijing. That Chinese soldier was looking into the smoggy sun and had his eyes closed for every shot. I guess the Communists have no appreciation for my artistic vision.</p><div></div>

[travismcgee]

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[travismcgee]

<p>This little girl was fascinated by the blue-eyed barbarian she found exploring the Forbidden City with a camera. She was a sweetheart and the fact that I had purchased and was wearing a Chinese army cap with a big red star on it may have put her at ease. The Colonel bought one too, but said he was afraid to wear it until after he retired from the military. I retired from the military over 10 years ago, so I didn’t have that problem.</p><div></div>

[horse]

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[philrichardson]

<p>For some reason I got a lot of "no server availble to handle this request" messages just now. Here goes ...</p>

<p>Here are three shots from a trip along the coast last month to north of San Francisco.<br>

Monterey cypress female seed cones, Point Reyes.</p><div></div>

[philrichardson]

<p>Northern elephant seals on a beach in Point Reyes. One has just given birth to a calf, as evidenced by the red sand and the swarming seagulls. The red was washed away by wave action in less than five minutes. I saw two births while I was there. Both the males and females stay on the beach with their pups for 3-5 weeks until they are weaned, going without food themselves.</p><div></div>

[jake_hilleary]

<p>Bliss</p><div></div>

[philrichardson]

<p>A Morro Bay sea otter at sundown, resting after a hard day’s work.</p><div></div>

[mbkissel]

<p>Dave C - that little girl looks like she was thrilled to have her photo taken; what a cutie!<br>

Horse E - project of yours? Gotta love those old Caddies.</p>

<p>Pekin Robin (captive at the local aviary). A favorite to observe. These guys are quick and flit about in dense foliage giving only brief glimpses. It is dark in this aviary which makes it that much more of a challenge. This one was at ISO 6400, f/5.6, 1/250s with a 100-400L IS on a 5D3.</p><div></div>

[pjmeade]

<p>Last weekend I had my first experience of a photographers' pit at a fashion show, at the London Fashion Weekend.<br />I enjoyed it and it was good to take on a new challenge. <br /> I went with the 7D+70-200/2.8 IS for the catwalk shots, because it enabled me to isolate the models against the light at one end and against the black at the near end. Looking at the shots afterwards, I noticed that the show had been a challenge for one of the younger models too.<br>

7D+70-200/2.8 IS, iso-400, f4, 1/1000, -2/3 ev (Later I went to spot metering)<br>

<a title="London Fashion Weekend by Peter Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8505413186_fe870ff0f9_c.jpg" alt="London Fashion Weekend" width="800" height="533" /></a></p>

[bob-c]

<p>Mark, that's very impressive at iso 6400. I haven't had much free time lately. My daughter is getting married in October but my wife has a very long list of things to do around the house. I suspect my photography addiction will be suspended from time to time over the next few months. I did shoot the dress rehearsal of our spring musical Footloose on Tuesday night. Not an easy show to shoot, but here's one.</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>I'm going to miss these birds when they're gone. Their local presence in such abundance is a real treat.</p><div></div>

[William Kahn]

<p>On the one good shooting day this week, I finally got this barn. It's about 1/4 mile off a road I drive frequently, and all you can see from there is the roof. So, I did some discreet trespassing (no signs) and got this shot. Not great, but at least now I can stop staring at the roof when I drive by and pay attention to traffic...</p><div></div>

[Robin Smith]

<p>The Rocket Thrower, Flushing Park, NYC</p><div></div>

[john_burzynski]

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8498241776/" alt="" /><br>

'A Walk On The Beach'<br>

St. Joseph, Michigan lighthouse and beach as seen from the dunes in Tiscornia Park.</p><div></div>

[phule]

<center><img src="http://cetan.org/images/20130214170634_img_9554-dpp-flickr-sm.jpg" alt="" /></center><center>Visiting the butterfly haven at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.</center><center>350D, 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8.</center>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Out my way in the Mid-West it's all about snow. Here are a couple from my 5Dmk2 and EF 40mm f/2.8. </p>

<p>Local Stream</p>

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[Lou_Meluso]

<p>End of the Day</p><div></div>

[kts]

<p>gotta love those dog shots by Patrick and Jake and Phil's otter shot....nice captures guys</p>

<p>haven't had much time to get out this week so mine are just a few shots from the backyard</p><div></div>

[kts]

<p>fractured ice on my pond yesterday</p><div></div>