Roys better late than never thread.

[Roy1961]

here's a few from this morning around the lake, Rebecca trying her hand at fishing, never caught anything but she enjoyed it for a few hours,

a cormorant in full flight

 

[Roy1961]

i have been told these are the blue footed booby by the birders around the lake today,

dive bomber, he was moving fast.

and he comes up with breakfast

up a little closer, wish he had of dived closer to where we sat.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

i have been told these are the blue footed booby by the birders around the lake today,

dive bomber, he was moving fast.

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and he comes up with breakfast

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up a little closer, wish he had of dived closer to where we sat.

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Absolutely wonderful shots. The dive bomb and that one coming out of the water are perfect.

 

[Roy1961]

thanks mate, didn't even know he had a fish until i zoomed it on the laptop, still cant see the blue feet

 

[Roy1961]

i spotted something moving as i was driving along the road, stopped the car and spotted this, don't see a lot of these.

 

[Roy1961]

​a black crown heron tree

 

[Roy1961]

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a black crown heron tree

 

[Roy1961]

​a few looking over the Lake

 

[Marilynne]

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​a black crown heron tree

That's a lot of black crown night herons! I never see more than one in the same tree.

 

[Roy1961]

i counted 7, but only see 6 there??

 

[Roy1961]

i was watching the Osprey this morning, he was on his usually tree a bit away, set my tripod up and took a few shots,

Ready

Fire

didnt even cleanup after himself

 

[Roy1961]

​Dont know if Rebecca is practicing to be a make up artist or a clown

 

[Roy1961]

a few from last night, some sun catching the hills caught my eye, and the remainder of the clouds from the rain that passed thru in midweek

 

[Roy1961]

​a blue heron in flight

 

[Roy1961]

​whats this? a roadrunner type????

EDIT, Looks like one according to google

 

[Roy1961]

Early morning mist on the Lake on Sunday, and the first snow on Big Bear.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

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​whats this? a roadrunner type????

EDIT, Looks like one according to google

Well it's not Wil E Coyote


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[Roy1961]

beep beep

 

[Roy1961]

after reading a few things on here and watching the you tube clips i cleaned my sensor with the Giotto's large rocket blaster, pretty easy i must say, i was already for the wet clean but don't think i need it, looks clean at f25 in my test shot at home, real test will be in the morning against the bright sky, so fingers crossed.

Funny thing is i rarely shoot at f22 and above, but since i noticed the spots i have been counting the potential shots i missed with my spotty sensor.

 

[Roy1961]

just liked the colors in this shot, if the pelican had of been a little more to the left this may have made an entry to this months comp?