kerry_grim

It is a fogbog. I've seen them, but never one as impressive as this one. Further information regarding this and optical phenomenon can be found on Atmospheric Optics website:

 

http://atoptics.co.uk/droplets/fogbow.htm

Great photograph. I much prefer hummingbird photos like this that do not use three or more flashes and stop all movement. Just enough wing blurring to convey motion as it should be.

 

I am tentatively identifying this hummingbird as an immature male Rufous or Allen's. It would probably need to be trapped by a hummingbird bander and an examination of the spread tail feathers to be certain which species this is.

I see a lot of excellent bird photos but this is one I especially think is great. One of my favorite birds which I usually see in poor light or hear their very subtile calls only from dense cover. The red tail (well, the books say red) is often difficult to see and thus even experienced birds misidentify the species fairly often. You caught the color in the tail very well. The very blurred background only adds to this already excellent photograph.

Excellent photo with natural lighting. This proves that 5 flash units is not needed to get a good hummingbird photo. Glad also to see it properly identified and not just "hummingbird" or worse yet "humming bird".

Excellent photo, stunning. A unique aspect of the photo is that this Osprey is right-footed. Ospreys are almost always left-footed for reasons I am unaware of.

Are this star trails natural or were they modified a bit in PP? The reason I ask is that that stars on the left side do not have the same arc point as the stars on the right side. It is likely distortion because of the lens, but thought I would ask.

Very nice, excellent sharpness. I liked how you cropped the mouse or vole lure which is so commonly used to bait in these beautiful Great Gray Owls.

I've seen many photos of this, but this is the best one I have seen. Dunno what Ray's problem is. Maybe he could have taken a similar picture. But, he wasn't there. You were and you put the effort into it. Excellent photo. I do wish you would share some details. What lens did you use? did you use a graduated neutral density filter.

Excllent photograph of an immature Red-tailed Hawk. Belly banding on a light chest is the obvious giveaway. I've seen 1000's and the plumage is typical for the species here in the Eastern U.S. Light banding on the tail prove it an immature.