Anyone else finding this dull weather interfering with their photgraphy?

audiobomber · 11-12-2017, 08:58 AM

Thanks guys, I'm pretty much past it now, but it was a hell-ride and an aggravating disruption of my life.

Timing is good for my annual winter swan feedings.There are about 10 trumpeters and 100+ ducks who visit a small patch of open water after freeze-up, where I and a few others bring them corn. The bags are 50 lbs each, and i should be able to heft them by the time the lakes freeze.

---------- Post added 2017-11-12 at 11:05 ----------

Originally posted by jddwoods

Wow, this scares the $#!t out of me since I am due for my age 65 colonoscopy. I am very sorry to hear this and wish you a quick and complete recovery.

No trouble for me the first time I had one. I was told the incidence of colon puncture is about 1/20,000. I guess my number was up.

bm75 · 11-12-2017, 12:21 PM

@normhead :
This is what looks like the dull weather in autumn here in this part of Italy. Fog....
Sorry guys this was shoot from my car window with Nikon gear.

jddwoods · 11-12-2017, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by audiobomber

Thanks guys, I'm pretty much past it now, but it was a hell-ride and an aggravating disruption of my life.

Timing is good for my annual winter swan feedings.There are about 10 trumpeters and 100+ ducks who visit a small patch of open water after freeze-up, where I and a few others bring them corn. The bags are 50 lbs each, and i should be able to heft them by the time the lakes freeze.

---------- Post added 2017-11-12 at 11:05 ----------

No trouble for me the first time I had one. I was told the incidence of colon puncture is about 1/20,000. I guess my number was up.

Can you post a picture of the Trumpeters? I would really like to get a look at them. Here in Delaware we have mute swans which are an invasive species but during the winter months we can get lots of wintering tundra swans which are a lot smaller than the trumpeters.

audiobomber · 11-12-2017, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by jddwoods

Can you post a picture of the Trumpeters? I would really like to get a look at them. Here in Delaware we have mute swans which are an invasive species but during the winter months we can get lots of wintering tundra swans which are a lot smaller than the trumpeters.

More images here: Browser no longer supported

Three swans in these photos, H70, L31 and the cygnets' mother are no longer with us. L31 disappeared and did not reappear in any reported trumpeter swan sightings in the past couple of years. The breeding female had four cygnets that I am ware of, She died a cruel and extended death from lead poisoning. H70 was my special friend, He was pretty much ostracized by the group because of an old wing injury that prevented flight. He was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing a road. He left a big void, he was a real personality. I grieved for him like I would a favourite pet. One of the photos in the page linked above shows me feeding him on our first meeting, in 2008. .

Last edited by audiobomber; 11-12-2017 at 02:37 PM.

jddwoods · 11-12-2017, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by audiobomber

More images here: Browser no longer supported

Three swans in these photos, H70, L31 and the cygnets' mother are no longer with us. L31 disappeared and did not reappear in any reported trumpeter swan sightings in the past couple of years. The breeding female had four cygnets that I am ware of, She died a cruel and extended death from lead poisoning. H70 was my special friend, He was pretty much ostracized by the group because of an old wing injury that prevented flight. He was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing a road. He left a big void, he was a real personality. I grieved for him like I would a favourite pet. One of the photos in the page linked above shows me feeding him on our first meeting, in 2008. .

Nice shots, such beautiful birds. Its amazing how tolerant they are of all of these ducks around them. The mute swans would aggressively chase away all of the ducks but the tundra swans, like the trumpeters are not aggressive. I am awaiting the tundras arrival in the wildlife refuges down here, it is an incredible sight, and sound when the flocks of swans arrive. They should be here by now but the long spells of much warmer than average temperatures seems to be affecting their migration schedules.
Hope you are feeling better.

audiobomber · 11-12-2017, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by jddwoods

Nice shots, such beautiful birds. Its amazing how tolerant they are of all of these ducks around them. The mute swans would aggressively chase away all of the ducks but the tundra swans, like the trumpeters are not aggressive. I am awaiting the tundras arrival in the wildlife refuges down here, it is an incredible sight, and sound when the flocks of swans arrive. They should be here by now but the long spells of much warmer than average temperatures seems to be affecting their migration schedules.
Hope you are feeling better.

I've only seen Tundras in large flocks from a distance. They are much more timid than the Trumpeters. I feed some of these birds from my hand. Most of the swans prefer their whole corn thrown into the water. If it's on land, the ducks swarm so aggressively that the swans can't compete. I've seen the duck horde vacuum up 50 lbs of corn in 10 minutes. I always make sure the Trumpeters get their fill. Two years ago we had a brutal winter. I fed them 600 lbs of corn. I couldn't get to them last winter because of my job. This is my first year of retirement, so I will be there several times a week. They are a pitiful site in -20 to -40 degree weather.

I'm feeling better every day. I was able to have a beer yesterday and a couple of whiskies tonight, finally, after two weeks of abstention.

normhead · 11-13-2017, 07:15 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by bm75

@normhead :
This is what looks like the dull weather in autumn here in this part of Italy. Fog....
Sorry guys this was shoot from my car window with Nikon gear.

At least you've got some sun there. If it's Nikon gear, i can't tell...

bm75 · 11-14-2017, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by normhead

If it's Nikon gear, i can't tell...

Ah Ah

it's not. I didn't read in the instruction book of the D7100 that its powerful (just a joke) Af would force the sun to come up in the sky... Yes, still a japanese camera (from the Land of the rising sun..)

normhead · 11-14-2017, 10:04 AM

We are into another dark day...... there is supposed to be a few sunny periods this afternoon, I'm going to have to be ready.

Auzzie-Phoenix · 11-21-2017, 08:22 PM - **1 Like**

Norm, you could wait for clear skies at night and try to grab shots of the aurora. Last night was a pretty good night for it in canada apparently from what the auroracast app on my phone showed (especially if you were in quebec or near newf.).

normhead · 11-22-2017, 07:06 AM

Originally posted by Auzzie-Phoenix

Norm, you could wait for clear skies at night and try to grab shots of the aurora. Last night was a pretty good night for it in canada apparently from what the auroracast app on my phone showed (especially if you were in quebec or near newf.).

I'm too old for that stuff. I can't even stay up for my lifelong football team's (Ohio State) late games. If the sporting event goes on past 10:00 I'm in bed for the finish. And if I do stay up, I'm a tired wreck for two or three more days after the event. I leave that stuff to the young guys who don't seem to suffer at all.

. My hours are 10 to 4, and four is time to sit down, watch my images go by on my screen saver, and share a beer with my wife. The "slideshow " is like a photo history of our life and often leads to "remember when" conversations.. After 4 it's dinner and Netflix. You get to be so boringly predictable when you get old.

I know some young guys who shoot all hours of the day and night, but they'd have to drag me out of bed kicking and screaming to get me doing what they do.

**jacamar** · 11-22-2017, 07:24 AM

Sun yesterday so I headed north to Holland Marsh. There's a movement of Snowy Owls into southern Ontario and in the past it's been a good place for owls and hawks. The marsh is a huge market gardening area and requires a lot of driving around. Nothing but a distant crow and a row of pigeons on a power line. I took a pic of an old building (see "textures" thread) and that was it. Nobody talks about the times you go out and you just get skunked.

**savoche** · 11-22-2017, 07:45 AM - **1 Like**

The weather this morning didn't inspire any lengthy shooting sessions

Quick phone shot on my way to catch a bus.

normhead · 11-22-2017, 09:27 AM

Originally posted by jacamar

Sun yesterday so I headed north to Holland Marsh. There's a movement of Snowy Owls into southern Ontario and in the past it's been a good place for owls and hawks. The marsh is a huge market gardening area and requires a lot of driving around. Nothing but a distant crow and a row of pigeons on a power line. I took a pic of an old building (see "textures" thread) and that was it. Nobody talks about the times you go out and you just get skunked.

I've been hanging around, my gear is all packed, I spent an hour and a half refilling all my feeders for my local birds. It's supposed to be sunny, but it's snowing. Hopefully at some point it will get brighter but until then I'm house bound.

Auzzie-Phoenix · 11-22-2017, 05:52 PM

Eh, just go out shooting around 7pm and you should be able to see the aurora on a strong night, lol. Also, I find myself fortunate that I no longer live near OSU stadium, as the OSU fans tended to back up traffic, and steal our apt. complex parking spots.

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11-12-2017, 08:58 AM	#46
audiobomber Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sudbury, Ontario Photos: Albums Posts: 6,806	Thanks guys, I'm pretty much past it now, but it was a hell-ride and an aggravating disruption of my life. Timing is good for my annual winter swan feedings.There are about 10 trumpeters and 100+ ducks who visit a small patch of open water after freeze-up, where I and a few others bring them corn. The bags are 50 lbs each, and i should be able to heft them by the time the lakes freeze. ---------- Post added 2017-11-12 at 11:05 ---------- Originally posted by jddwoods Wow, this scares the $#!t out of me since I am due for my age 65 colonoscopy. I am very sorry to hear this and wish you a quick and complete recovery. No trouble for me the first time I had one. I was told the incidence of colon puncture is about 1/20,000. I guess my number was up.

11-12-2017, 12:52 PM	#48
jddwoods Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Newark, Delaware Posts: 1,035	Originally posted by audiobomber Thanks guys, I'm pretty much past it now, but it was a hell-ride and an aggravating disruption of my life. Timing is good for my annual winter swan feedings.There are about 10 trumpeters and 100+ ducks who visit a small patch of open water after freeze-up, where I and a few others bring them corn. The bags are 50 lbs each, and i should be able to heft them by the time the lakes freeze. ---------- Post added 2017-11-12 at 11:05 ---------- No trouble for me the first time I had one. I was told the incidence of colon puncture is about 1/20,000. I guess my number was up. Can you post a picture of the Trumpeters? I would really like to get a look at them. Here in Delaware we have mute swans which are an invasive species but during the winter months we can get lots of wintering tundra swans which are a lot smaller than the trumpeters.

11-12-2017, 01:56 PM	#49
audiobomber Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sudbury, Ontario Photos: Albums Posts: 6,806	Originally posted by jddwoods Can you post a picture of the Trumpeters? I would really like to get a look at them. Here in Delaware we have mute swans which are an invasive species but during the winter months we can get lots of wintering tundra swans which are a lot smaller than the trumpeters. More images here: Browser no longer supported Three swans in these photos, H70, L31 and the cygnets' mother are no longer with us. L31 disappeared and did not reappear in any reported trumpeter swan sightings in the past couple of years. The breeding female had four cygnets that I am ware of, She died a cruel and extended death from lead poisoning. H70 was my special friend, He was pretty much ostracized by the group because of an old wing injury that prevented flight. He was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing a road. He left a big void, he was a real personality. I grieved for him like I would a favourite pet. One of the photos in the page linked above shows me feeding him on our first meeting, in 2008. . Last edited by audiobomber; 11-12-2017 at 02:37 PM.

11-12-2017, 06:54 PM	#50
jddwoods Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Newark, Delaware Posts: 1,035	Originally posted by audiobomber More images here: Browser no longer supported Three swans in these photos, H70, L31 and the cygnets' mother are no longer with us. L31 disappeared and did not reappear in any reported trumpeter swan sightings in the past couple of years. The breeding female had four cygnets that I am ware of, She died a cruel and extended death from lead poisoning. H70 was my special friend, He was pretty much ostracized by the group because of an old wing injury that prevented flight. He was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing a road. He left a big void, he was a real personality. I grieved for him like I would a favourite pet. One of the photos in the page linked above shows me feeding him on our first meeting, in 2008. . Nice shots, such beautiful birds. Its amazing how tolerant they are of all of these ducks around them. The mute swans would aggressively chase away all of the ducks but the tundra swans, like the trumpeters are not aggressive. I am awaiting the tundras arrival in the wildlife refuges down here, it is an incredible sight, and sound when the flocks of swans arrive. They should be here by now but the long spells of much warmer than average temperatures seems to be affecting their migration schedules. Hope you are feeling better.

11-12-2017, 08:33 PM	#51
audiobomber Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sudbury, Ontario Photos: Albums Posts: 6,806	Originally posted by jddwoods Nice shots, such beautiful birds. Its amazing how tolerant they are of all of these ducks around them. The mute swans would aggressively chase away all of the ducks but the tundra swans, like the trumpeters are not aggressive. I am awaiting the tundras arrival in the wildlife refuges down here, it is an incredible sight, and sound when the flocks of swans arrive. They should be here by now but the long spells of much warmer than average temperatures seems to be affecting their migration schedules. Hope you are feeling better. I've only seen Tundras in large flocks from a distance. They are much more timid than the Trumpeters. I feed some of these birds from my hand. Most of the swans prefer their whole corn thrown into the water. If it's on land, the ducks swarm so aggressively that the swans can't compete. I've seen the duck horde vacuum up 50 lbs of corn in 10 minutes. I always make sure the Trumpeters get their fill. Two years ago we had a brutal winter. I fed them 600 lbs of corn. I couldn't get to them last winter because of my job. This is my first year of retirement, so I will be there several times a week. They are a pitiful site in -20 to -40 degree weather. I'm feeling better every day. I was able to have a beer yesterday and a couple of whiskies tonight, finally, after two weeks of abstention.

11-13-2017, 07:15 PM - 1 Like	#52
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,448 Original Poster	Originally posted by bm75 @normhead : This is what looks like the dull weather in autumn here in this part of Italy. Fog.... Sorry guys this was shoot from my car window with Nikon gear. At least you've got some sun there. If it's Nikon gear, i can't tell...

11-14-2017, 12:16 AM	#53
bm75 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Italia Photos: Albums Posts: 354	Originally posted by normhead If it's Nikon gear, i can't tell... Ah Ah it's not. I didn't read in the instruction book of the D7100 that its powerful (just a joke) Af would force the sun to come up in the sky... Yes, still a japanese camera (from the Land of the rising sun..)

11-14-2017, 10:04 AM	#54
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,448 Original Poster	We are into another dark day...... there is supposed to be a few sunny periods this afternoon, I'm going to have to be ready.

11-21-2017, 08:22 PM - 1 Like	#55
Auzzie-Phoenix Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,020	Norm, you could wait for clear skies at night and try to grab shots of the aurora. Last night was a pretty good night for it in canada apparently from what the auroracast app on my phone showed (especially if you were in quebec or near newf.).

11-22-2017, 07:06 AM	#56
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,448 Original Poster	Originally posted by Auzzie-Phoenix Norm, you could wait for clear skies at night and try to grab shots of the aurora. Last night was a pretty good night for it in canada apparently from what the auroracast app on my phone showed (especially if you were in quebec or near newf.). I'm too old for that stuff. I can't even stay up for my lifelong football team's (Ohio State) late games. If the sporting event goes on past 10:00 I'm in bed for the finish. And if I do stay up, I'm a tired wreck for two or three more days after the event. I leave that stuff to the young guys who don't seem to suffer at all. . My hours are 10 to 4, and four is time to sit down, watch my images go by on my screen saver, and share a beer with my wife. The "slideshow " is like a photo history of our life and often leads to "remember when" conversations.. After 4 it's dinner and Netflix. You get to be so boringly predictable when you get old. I know some young guys who shoot all hours of the day and night, but they'd have to drag me out of bed kicking and screaming to get me doing what they do.

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11-22-2017, 07:24 AM	#57
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Sun yesterday so I headed north to Holland Marsh. There's a movement of Snowy Owls into southern Ontario and in the past it's been a good place for owls and hawks. The marsh is a huge market gardening area and requires a lot of driving around. Nothing but a distant crow and a row of pigeons on a power line. I took a pic of an old building (see "textures" thread) and that was it. Nobody talks about the times you go out and you just get skunked.

11-22-2017, 07:45 AM - 1 Like	#58
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	The weather this morning didn't inspire any lengthy shooting sessions Quick phone shot on my way to catch a bus.

11-22-2017, 09:27 AM	#59
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,448 Original Poster	Originally posted by jacamar Sun yesterday so I headed north to Holland Marsh. There's a movement of Snowy Owls into southern Ontario and in the past it's been a good place for owls and hawks. The marsh is a huge market gardening area and requires a lot of driving around. Nothing but a distant crow and a row of pigeons on a power line. I took a pic of an old building (see "textures" thread) and that was it. Nobody talks about the times you go out and you just get skunked. I've been hanging around, my gear is all packed, I spent an hour and a half refilling all my feeders for my local birds. It's supposed to be sunny, but it's snowing. Hopefully at some point it will get brighter but until then I'm house bound.

11-22-2017, 05:52 PM	#60
Auzzie-Phoenix Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,020	Eh, just go out shooting around 7pm and you should be able to see the aurora on a strong night, lol. Also, I find myself fortunate that I no longer live near OSU stadium, as the OSU fans tended to back up traffic, and steal our apt. complex parking spots.