steveshinn

Thanks all, it was a time and effort well spent.

Incredible animals, these characters do this like one would step off

of a curb

Darn kids, always dumping stuff in the water....  :-)

Very nice work!

Beautiful, it really pops in large view.

Beautiful, simple and well presented.

Nice,  I wonder what standards they use for scoring.

Cute and perfect.

Nice shot and colors, it looks like somebody is getting checked out.

Thanks Mike, those are flies and they were relentless!

I now have repellent added to my checklist.

I got caught off guard here; I had only my 500 on a 7D II thinking

only of distance shots.

These two got frisky right in front of me and I had no time to get

back to the car to get the 70-200 so I just sat down and went for head

shots.

Wish I could have also gotten the charge... oh well, eh?

These are full frame, no room to crop.

Love it Mike, thanks.

Hope  y'all had a fine Thanksgiving.. bear meat or turkey.

Love it Alf. 

I think I might even have fun playing on this!

I was amazed at the intricacies of this thing. One wonders how and why

the DNA evolved to produce these results.

Beautiful shot Jordan.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

This lady was catching the morning sun when a fly wandered in.

Happy Halloween!

Some of you will recognize this.

Thanks for your comments and

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Like you said, so much for vegetarian diets..

Nice work.

Hi Ann,

Congratulations on winning your award in the Auto Club photo contest!

Nice work.

(You have anymore problems with snakes at HCP lately.. :-)

Cool shots Tue, 

I kept meaning to get down there but..

Thanks for the thought Tony.  The early AM sun gave it the typical golden glow but the cooler tones make he bird pop more.

Now if someone can find a way to shut these birds up in the morning we will all get a bit more sleep.

Beautiful shot Alf,

Just after the first  glance (and having downed a couple of glasses of wine) it instantly  reminded me of an old joke.  Do a search for "joke, an old boat"....

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right"

Me

Very nice capture Tue, well done.

Hi Len,

From what we can see it looks most likely to be a Peregrine.

The apparent "sideburns", wing shape and coloring coloring are consistent with that idea.

Looks like a good reason to go out for more shots of it. 

Good luck.

Ooops, try this one, thanks.

http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/news/eagle-eyes-on-baby-eagle/image_982b973a-f395-11e4-bbee-373e3823fe43.html