Matt Laur

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Important: please keep your image under 1000 pixels on the longest side for in-line viewing, and please keep the FILE SIZE UNDER 300kb. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here:http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km. This forum's moderators are allowing up to three Nikon Wednesday images per week, so share some work! While stomping around a friend's pond over the weekend, I came across this momma Canada goose sitting on her nest hidden in the grass at the edge of the water. She was definitely giving me the eye as I walked past. Her gander was out in the pond a few yards away making sure I could see him, and ready to come rushing in if I made the wrong move. They are very protective of those eggs. I expect I'll have some fuzzy yellow gosling shots in short order. I enjoyed last week's nature extravaganza Nikon Wednesday - keep it up!

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Yes, spring-loaded knock down targets meant for rimfire. They were amusing both rifle and pistol shooters from fifteen to hundred yards depending who was using what. Good, inexpensive fun and practice.

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Pretty close to that!

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Important: please keep your image under 1000 pixels on the longest side for in-line viewing, and please keep the FILE SIZE UNDER 300kb. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here:http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km. This forum's moderators are allowing up to three Nikon Wednesday images per week, so share some work! When the weather guys said our long, long snow draught was going to end, I was expecting a little more action! Instead a few inches of wet snow, followed by some nasty freezing rain. Here, the covered grill on the back deck was doing its best to be an abstraction, but instead it just looks like snow that got rained on. Not every Nikon Wednesday is a keeper! But maybe some of yours are. Share! Z6 with a 24-70 at f/4, and whatever shutter speed Nikon decided to use at ISO 500 or so.