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RockyNH said:
Jeff, I have no clue... but I will follow along with the "experts" and their guesses! :cool:

Pat in NH
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Pat, you are the one that made me think about posting this after looking at your close up pictures. By the way this is a white clover flower from out of my back yard and is about the size of a dime or nickle.. It looks all white in the yard but when I took this picture it had a lot of color in it. I saw a set of three extension tubes and the adapter for a Nikon all still new in the box on Ebay and nobody was bidding on it so I put in a bid for a penny and got it. It cost me $9.00 to ship it but I thought for $9.00 it would be fun to play with. It had a 1x, 2x, and 3x tubes along with the adapter for my camera.
 
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grandpaw said:
Pat, you are the one that made me think about posting this after looking at your close up pictures. By the way this is a white clover flower from out of my back yard and is about the size of a dime or nickle.. It looks all white in the yard but when I took this picture it had a lot of color in it. I saw a set of three extension tubes and the adapter for a Nikon all still new in the box on Ebay and nobody was bidding on it so I put in a bid for a penny and got it. It cost me $9.00 to ship it but I thought for $9.00 it would be fun to play with. It had a 1x, 2x, and 3x tubes along with the adapter for my camera.
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Wow, you got a steal there ... even with the shipping!! :) Good job!

Pat in NH
 
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Getting my feet wet.

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Don't know what this is. It sits much lower in the water than a duck does when it swims and it has a beak that looks like it is made for tearing things apart.

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not liked by most here in the n.w. . They seem to know when the state stocks the lakes with trout and when the salmon smolts head for the sea.
 
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Cormorants are very friendly at Wakodahatchee. They sit on the railing and let you get very close to them for photo ops. They'll even eat their supper in front of you. Just watch out when they turn and lift their tail!!
 
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RockyNH said:
Jeff, I wish I was as good as you so I could get lucky!! :) Superb Job my friend...

Pat in NH
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You get the timing by practice but without being lucky enough to be there when birds do things like this the timing is useless. I would like to say that I shoot single frame about 99.9% of the time and do rely on timing instead of shooting bursts of 5 or 6 pictures hoping to get a shot. I also shoot single point auto focus 100% of the time. If I miss the point of focus I want it to be my fault and not the cameras.
 
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grandpaw said:
You get the timing by practice but without being lucky enough to be there when birds do things like this the timing is useless. I would like to say that I shoot single frame about 99.9% of the time and do rely on timing instead of shooting bursts of 5 or 6 pictures hoping to get a shot. I also shoot single point auto focus 100% of the time. If I miss the point of focus I want it to be my fault and not the cameras.
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Agreed, the luck is being there at the right time (also patience to WAIT) The skill is in the shot..

I almost never have mine on continuous.. I did for things like bubbles and water droplets but not typically for wildlife. I also shoot my wildlife on single point...

Pat in NH
 
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