d_baker wrote:Extreme Sex
Wildlife
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Re: Wildlife
If two squirrels in Texas are having sex, does that make them cousins?
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Re: Wildlife
Probably.
But I actually took that picture from my deck in Manitou!
But I actually took that picture from my deck in Manitou!
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Re: Wildlife
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.
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"We knocked the bastard off." Hillary, 1953
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." Hillary, 2003
Couldn't we all use 50 years of humble growth?
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Re: Wildlife
Golden eagle along the Mt. Sanitas trail in Boulder, Xmas eve, 2011:
I have more age than experience, more experience than knowledge, and more knowledge than wisdom.
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Yet somehow I usually make it back to the car safely; and oftentimes, so do the people that I'm with.
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WOW! Vinegaroon, all of your shots are awesome! JimR.....astonishing you got that close.
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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.Mark Curtis wrote:WOW! Vinegaroon, all of your shots are awesome! JimR.....astonishing you got that close.
I have more age than experience, more experience than knowledge, and more knowledge than wisdom.
Yet somehow I usually make it back to the car safely; and oftentimes, so do the people that I'm with.
Yet somehow I usually make it back to the car safely; and oftentimes, so do the people that I'm with.
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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.JimR wrote: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.Mark Curtis wrote:WOW! Vinegaroon, all of your shots are awesome! JimR.....astonishing you got that close.
Still, that is quite close and the photo turned out well. Did you do additional cropping in post processing to bring it even closer?
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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.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?
I have more age than experience, more experience than knowledge, and more knowledge than wisdom.
Yet somehow I usually make it back to the car safely; and oftentimes, so do the people that I'm with.
Yet somehow I usually make it back to the car safely; and oftentimes, so do the people that I'm with.