[RobG]

Agreed ...... and the Coot chicks aren't either .........

Great image for the illustrated "Ugly Duckling" though!

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Gary, love those voles!

from the backyard this afternoon.
I used a Hoya 9-stop ND with the F*300/4.5
heavy cropping

Great image of the partial eclipse!

[Stavri]

Here are a couple more Bank Vole shots. I'm starting to get the Voles to move where I want them.

Are you sure that's not a a Macro shot?! (the sharpness is off the charts)

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Gary, love those voles!

from the backyard this afternoon.
I used a Hoya 9-stop ND with the F*300/4.5
heavy cropping


looks better on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeoria/15588062746/in/photostream/lightbox/

Mike I know you hear this a lot but your 645D shots on Flickr are spectacular...

K-5iis + Sigma Ex 300mm f2.8 @5.6

[micromacro]

from the backyard this afternoon.

Cheeeeese! Unfortunately, it's cloudy here all the time past few days.

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K-5iis + Sigma Ex 300mm f2.8 @5.6

So cute!

[normhead]

More of my hungry neighbours
K-3, DA* 60-250 + HD DA 1.4 TC all taken @ ƒ5.6 (wide open)

















And across the road...

[daytona9]

Here are a couple more Bank Vole shots. I'm starting to get the Voles to move where I want them.

Another great series Gary, and thanks for the "like".

Pure cuteness

Here is family photo session from today:

Good shots of the Muscovy family.

Are you sure that's not a a Macro shot?! (the sharpness is off the charts)

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Mike I know you hear this a lot but your 645D shots on Flickr are spectacular...

K-5iis + Sigma Ex 300mm f2.8 @5.6

Nice one Stavri

More of my hungry neighbours
K-3, DA* 60-250 + HD DA 1.4 TC all taken @ ƒ5.6 (wide open)



And across the road...

Great shots Norm. The first series with the flash was good, but these are better.

[derekkite]

[normhead]

Great shots Norm. The first series with the flash was good, but these are better.

I attribute that to being able to use burst mode without the flash, giving you way more selection, plus I was there a lot longer, again meaning I had way more section, the flash images were maybe 40 images, the daylight shots, close to 500. And daylight just looks more natural...

[micromacro]

I went in back yard today morning to pull out weeds. Yeah, right. Will do it tonight.
Little lizard is getting rid of old skin eating it. At most interesting moment, when the lizard pulled all old skin over, my memory card was full. I caught only the last moment.

[lukulele]

For Norm,
A passerby and his master take a break while hiking at MP 335 (during the Hawk Migration Count) on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Alleghany County, NC, USA. K-3/A-400

[Canada_Rockies]

For Norm,
A passerby and his master take a break while hiking at MP 335 (during the Hawk Migration Count) on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Alleghany County, NC, USA. K-3/A-400

I see the master in the first snap, but the passerby only shows in the second! (Dog lover humour here)

[lukulele]

I see the master in the first snap, but the passerby only shows in the second! (Dog lover humour here)

Agreed! Every Aussie owner will attest to that.

[normhead]

Very cool, around our house the Aussie is the companion dog. She definitely plays second fiddle to those high strung whiny border collies.

[Canada_Rockies]

Our last dog was a smooth collie*. No whining, but she sure was good at scaring off salespeople when they rang the doorbell. No whining from her, but she sounded like a Doberman when she let go with that big chest.

* Think Lassie with a short double coat. Biggest problem with her was she shed. And twice a year she shed a lot more. When I would come downstairs, she would stand up and shake. It looked like snowstorm when her undercoat flew out. Best kid dog we ever had.

[Mike.P®]

K-5IIs and Sigma 50-500mm OS HSM.

[8540tomg]

Great stuff MIke.

Tom G