[M_Six]

Another shot from a more conventional perspective.


New York City 2017 by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Cool shots Mark. I've seen dozens of pictures of that building, but never been.

[M_Six]

Thanks, Ed. This is probably our 5th or 6th trip to NYC and this is the first time I made it to the Flatiron Bldg. And it's not that far from our usual hotel. Took me no time to get here today.

[M_Six]

New York City 2017 by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

A Nice Roll in the Gravel by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Terry989]

Back to Sonoma - - - found this cute little guy/girl outside my friends house last weekend. There were twins, but I was using the 90mm macro and wasn't able to get a good photo of them together.

[Itsed65]

Last night. 2 exposures from the same RAW then stacked.

Moon and Venus by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

North Avenue Beach in Chicago. Looks a bit like Cape Cod.

[se7enxn9ne]

[dcstep]

Ready To Feed The Kids by David Stephens, on Flickr

[allachie9]

I'm over on the West Coast (of Scotland) for a week of walking and climbing, but as today wasn't a day for the mountains, too wet and windy with low cloud over the tops, I did a bit of trainspotting instead !
Here's 'The Jacobite' from Fort William to Mallaig, hauled by LMS Black 5 locomotive 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier'.

The Jacobite approaching Morar. by Alan Butterfield, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by allachie9

..., I did a bit of trainspotting instead !
Here's 'The Jacobite' from Fort William to Mallaig, hauled by LMS Black 5 locomotive 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier'.

Great, classic engine shot.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Great, classic engine shot.

Is that HDR?

[allachie9]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Is that HDR?

Thanks Dave and Mark.
No HDR just playing with highlights and shadows because of the poor light and weather. I'm not even too sure about the processing in general as it's done on my travelling laptop rather than my desktop at home.
Hope it looks OK ?

[Itsed65]

Interspecies Disagreement by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

^^^^Cool pic, Ed. Who was the aggressor there?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by allachie9

Thanks Dave and Mark.
No HDR just playing with highlights and shadows because of the poor light and weather. I'm not even too sure about the processing in general as it's done on my travelling laptop rather than my desktop at home.
Hope it looks OK ?

Looks awesome. Nicely done.

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^^Cool pic, Ed. Who was the aggressor there?

The Osprey didn't like the TV being around, but he didn't seem too intimidated.

[dcstep]

Fantastic interaction, Ed.

[Itsed65]

Kind of unnerving to look up from my yard the other day and see this many Vultures overhead!

Vultures and the Moon by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Haha, I posted something similar in OT a week or two ago. I had just finished mowing the lawn and was sitting out in my yard enjoying the breeze when I looked up to see a TV circling just over my head. Had me worried.

[Terry989]

Costa Rica - Coati coming down out of the "Mammal Tree" in the early morning.

Why is this large fig tree the "Mammal Tree"? The night before I was on my nightly walk on the trail to the beach while looking for night creatures to photograph when I felt a bat brush the top of my head. I figured the bat was just eating the mosquitoes that were eating me, something I was perfectly fine with! I took this opportunity to scan the jungle with my flashlight to see what else might be out there and I see a bright set of eyes coming my way and getting larger all the time. Soon after that I can see that it is a raccoon which continues its trek towards me. At about 15 feet, the raccoon stops, sizes me up, and decides no territory dispute was necessary. The raccoon then turns, scampers off and climbs up into the fig tree where I follow its progress for awhile until it disappears from sight. A few moments later I hear all hell breaking loose in the tree as the raccoon finally found a worthy opponent for the territory dispute. I continued on to my most productive evening of night photography on the trip.

Next morning my wife spots a roving band of Coati moving through the jungle just below our hotel room - - - so off I go. By the time I was dressed, grabbed the camera gear and waited ~10 min for it to defog after taking it from the cool, dry air conditioning to the hot, humid outdoors, I'm back to the same tree as the night before. I see a few Coati climbing the tree, so I move in position to photograph then as they come down. Watching them climb, I now notice a number of Howler monkeys hanging out in the same tree, and then all of a sudden a variegated squirrel jumps into the middle of the melee. So one tree equals bats, coati, monkeys and squirrels, or in other words, the "Mammal tree".