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  1. Mike-PDX

    If a Tree Falls......

    That reminds me of this: "If a man speaks in the woods and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?" PS, I know full well you were being serious - I just couldn't help myself. :rolleyes:
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    Eagle Nest Using Extreme Telephoto

    I thought all you wildlife shooters would be interested in this article from the latest issue of Outdoor Photographer. It looks like the author shot these near Smith Rock in Oregon. In one case he used teleconverters to achieve an equivalent focal length of 14,000+ mm! Pretty extreme if you...
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    Hummingbirds, anyone?

    And some more! And here are a few more from Costa Rica: Savegre-15 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Savegre-25 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Hummers are very territorial by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Savegre-31 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr And finally one last one - newborn Hummers in the nest, which was about the...
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    Hummingbirds, anyone?

    I can add some Hummers! We all have seen Anna's or Rufus Hummers around the Pacific Northwest. So I'll throw in some from Costa Rica - all taken last February near the lodges we were staying at. I can't ID them all, but many were Green-crowned Briliant Hummingbirds. Hummingbird-3 by...
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    25 Amazing Photos of Bicycles

    That would be a very interesting exercise. To gather that many "amazing" photos of one subject, I imagine I'd have to take literally hundreds of shots - maybe thousands! I have thousands of photos of trains in my collection, but my top 25 aren't any where near that good.
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    You provide the caption

    Don't look at me! You're the one who started talking politics!
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    What a difference a few feet make.

    Bob, I completely agree about using a tripod to force you to slow down. I find that very enjoyable. In this case, of course, the tripod was an absolute necessity for the long (30 sec) exposure. Here's an update to the B&W conversion darkened a bit. I think I like this best after seeing...
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    What a difference a few feet make.

    Absolutely! Go for it.
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    What a difference a few feet make.

    Thanks! You all seem to agree that the second shot is best. So I tried a "film noir" black & white version to overcome the color cast of the strange orange lights. What do you think of this?
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    What a difference a few feet make.

    Thanks, yes it was foggy. And I was stopped down to f/22 to try to get some starbursts, so I think that's what you are seeing. Or, because of the fog, I may have had condensation on the lens. I played around with the white balance, and didn't find anything I preferred over these. I think the...
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    What a difference a few feet make.

    I was out a few weeks back doing some night shooting along the Portland waterfront. I took this shot literally under the freeway. After reviewing the first shot in-camera, I decided that I wasn't sure I liked the two lights in the upper left. So I moved a few feet to my left to frame them out...
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    Portland at Night

    Jan, thanks for the feedback. I modified the first one slightly to lighten up the foreground, bringing out more detail in the boats. I'm not so happy with the light painting shots I tried. It will take a lot more practice, I think. Plus here are a couple of additional shots from that shoot.
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    Portland at Night

    I had an opportunity to do some night shooting on the Portland waterfront Friday night. It was a chance to practice/improve my long exposure technique and try my hand at light painting. Here are some of the results. C&C encouraged! 'Tis the season to be Marri---ott
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    Share photos of your guest to your bird feeders here :)

    Sharp Shinned Surprise Well, I think I posted this one here some time back. It's from a couple of years ago. But here goes anyway. Sharp Shinned Surprise!
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    Sunsets of Edmonds, WA.

    If only there was a good quality power line filter available... Would be extremely useful in train photography, too. :rolleyes:
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