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Mike: Hi. Over the years while walking through the woods and fields , I have noticed and or discovered what makes animals and birds run or fly from us humans. It's our eyes! If they see our faces especially our eyes is what scares them off. I try to hold my camera up to my face with one eye closed and then walk towards them slowly, they tend to stay rather than run. They must see us as objects and humans or to them, predators. I have been in fields while viewing Deer at a far distance, and would keep camera up to my face, I was able to come within 5 yards as long as they did not see my face. I have had young Deer come running up to me while standing still as long as I have my eyes covered. It's our faces or eyes in this case that spooks wild animals away.

Focal Length: 116mm

Focal length : 428mm

Hi, Greg and Verena. The focal length was 98mm. I also cropped these , of course. Thanks for the compliments ... :)

Love the close up shot on the pollen!

Thank you, Richard for the compliment!

Thank you, Richard!

Thank you again, Gerolama!

thank you, Gerolama, regards katherine

Thank you, Jim...John..and Scott for the compliments!

Walter...most the time when I have too much lighting in a photo, I use the , Local Toning feature in my Corel photo editor. This feature helps by shading the areas that should have shadows and such. It has help me a lot in photos by correcting the lighting. In Corel, local toning is located under the adjust tab. Not sure if Adobe has it because I have never used Adobe...p.s. too expensive for me. Hope this helps. Regards, Katherine