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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:27 pm
by Greenhouseguy
If two squirrels in Texas are having sex, does that make them cousins?
d_baker wrote:Extreme Sex

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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:31 pm
by d_baker
Probably.
But I actually took that picture from my deck in Manitou!

Re: Wildlife

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:45 pm
by Tory Wells
tmathews wrote:Saw this little critter in the Sangres on Saturday as it slithered away. Anyone know what kind it is? I'm thinking a bull snake, but I'm not sure.

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Click on the photo for the full-size image. I don't know if it will help identify it or not.
Yep, bull snake. You can tell from the shape of the head, being the same width as the body, that it's not a viper.

Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:14 am
by JimR
Golden eagle along the Mt. Sanitas trail in Boulder, Xmas eve, 2011:
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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:03 am
by Vinegaroon
Quandary, August 2011
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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:23 am
by Vinegaroon
Uncompahgre Peak, August 2010
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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:25 am
by Vinegaroon
Mt Sneffels, August 2010
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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:30 am
by Vinegaroon
Handies, August 2010
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Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:00 pm
by Mark Curtis
WOW! Vinegaroon, all of your shots are awesome! JimR.....astonishing you got that close. =D>

Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:02 pm
by JimR
Mark Curtis wrote:WOW! Vinegaroon, all of your shots are awesome! JimR.....astonishing you got that close. =D>
A friend who knows birds pointed out that his head feathers were ruffled, probably due to his annoyance at my proximity. Also, a zoom lens helps.

Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:11 am
by Mark Curtis
JimR wrote:
Mark Curtis wrote:WOW! Vinegaroon, all of your shots are awesome! JimR.....astonishing you got that close. =D>
A friend who knows birds pointed out that his head feathers were ruffled, probably due to his annoyance at my proximity. Also, a zoom lens helps.
That was the crazy thing. When I looked at the EXIF data for your photo it stated the focal length as 54mm! Then I remembered the crop factor for the smaller ccd's, so your 10X optical gives you the equivalent of 300mm. That's a very high factor......almost 6X.

Still, that is quite close and the photo turned out well. Did you do additional cropping in post processing to bring it even closer?

Re: Wildlife

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:59 pm
by JimR
Mark Curtis wrote: That was the crazy thing. When I looked at the EXIF data for your photo it stated the focal length as 54mm! Then I remembered the crop factor for the smaller ccd's, so your 10X optical gives you the equivalent of 300mm. That's a very high factor......almost 6X.

Still, that is quite close and the photo turned out well. Did you do additional cropping in post processing to bring it even closer?
No additional cropping or post processing (that's too sophisticated for me). The tree was off the trail a ways, and I was able to climb up into some rocks to get closer and to get up to his eye level.