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Aug 7th<br />
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Looks like this guy is going to be hanging out for a while. Yep lopped off his tail, bad angle, bad light, typical hawk thing.<br />
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Away from home today, tried my hand at something besides wildlife, again<br />
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Aug 7th

Looks like this guy is going to be hanging out for a while. Yep lopped off his tail, bad angle, bad light, typical hawk thing.

Away from home today, tried my hand at something besides wildlife, again

http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1599309/2/86681419/Large

  • Aug 15th<br />
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Ok I know the one bug is a yellow jacket..The captor???<br />
Took this with the 400 and then went in to get a more suitable lens. Natch they were gone when I got back.
  • Aug 14th<br />
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It's all about the tail.....<br />
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A few new shots in the usual galleries.
  • Aug 13th<br />
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Have to keep my hand in on the 400:-) Rather mussed up House Finch. He flew fine and had his mouth full of seed so figured he got hit with water from the sprinkler.<br />
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Robin<br />
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Don's pick which I ignored..Andrea?<br />
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  • Aug 12th<br />
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Hosta Flower
  • Aug 11th<br />
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Don's daily pick.<br />
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Susan this one along with the first  3 here are with the 200<br />
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New Sq gallery and all except the bun and the sq on the roof are with the 200. First 3 are from the old gallery the rest are new.<br />
<br /> <a href="http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1762949/1/87158817/Large">http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1762949/1/87158817/Large</a>
  • Aug 10th<br />
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Late again and almost said to heck with it. Then saw this first Aster bloom of the year.<br />
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Couple more flower shots here<br />
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  • Aug 9th<br />
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Through the Window<br />
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A little squirrel art, it's late last ditch effort here.<br />
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For Andrea<br />
Look Ma no hands!<br />
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  • Aug 8th<br />
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A BUG, how about that?!:-)<br />
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Side bug shot for Vandana and a couple flower shots. Ohoo and also have a couple sunset shots..Not up yet tho.:-)<br />
<br /> <a href="http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254609/9/87006830/Large">http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254609/9/87006830/Large</a>
  • Aug 7th<br />
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Looks like this guy is going to be hanging out for a while. Yep lopped off his tail, bad angle, bad light, typical hawk thing.<br />
<br />
Away from home today, tried my hand at something besides wildlife, again<br />
<br /> <a href="http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1599309/2/86681419/Large">http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1599309/2/86681419/Large</a>
  • Aug 6th<br />
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Daily Squirrel, Daily Flower below. I need to get a life here.<br />
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<br /> <a href="http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254609/9/86347834/Large">http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254609/9/86347834/Large</a>
  • Aug 5th<br />
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Not quite there yet but we're sneakin up on it.<br />
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Andrea no Evil Sq children today, maybe tomorrow. Walking outside and doing the lights, camera , action thing has never worked:-)
  • Aug 4th

What I've wanted to try..Young squirrels in full play mode, actually in sq world it is learning survival skills along with the play.
This is a trial run, I hope to do better next time, but I wasn't ever going to know what it might take unless I gave it a go.  Some issues to overcome.
This is always going to happen in the worst light possible
You have to get outside w/o spooking them or disrupting the event. Oh and try to get in half good position.
Next time I'll up the ISO to 1600 and then I can &#43; the EC and stop down a bit, these shots need more DOF, and not tank the shutter speed..I hope. So yep noise, more motion blur than I would like etc. etc.

I so enjoy watching these guys play, they are so fluid, like quicksilver, in their movement I want to capture  that if I can.

More below, shots are in order not in sequence..Muffed quite a few, the 1st one is the worst of the ones posted

http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254348/10/86002841/Large
  • Aug 3rd<br />
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Another first, young Killdeer. As we were getting ready to leave our groundhog release site this youngster was walking up the driveway.<br />
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Other shot below and first ever, so-so, hummingbird shots click backwards:-)<br />
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  • Aug 2nd<br />
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Scarlet Tanager
  • Aug 1st<br />
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Ok I love the colors. My pick for today.<br />
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Don's pick below<br />
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  • July 31st<br />
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This is about how I felt today,on he looks to be in a better mood.<br />
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The flower shot that almost made it, plus a few others<br />
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It's hot squirrels flop, sq fix here<br />
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  • July 30th<br />
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Yea, yea another one. Sort of makes me wonder what kind will show up tomorrow.
  • July 29th<br />
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First ever!<br />
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More here<br />
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  • July 28th<br />
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This is as creative as it gets today.
  • July 27th<br />
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Gloom and rain so this was a last ditch grab.<br />
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More below. Vandana #2&3 are for you, shows how just a slight shift in focus changes the whole shot. the slight shift wasn't intentional:-)<br />
<br /> <a href="http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254609/7/84412072/Large">http://thusie.smugmug.com/gallery/1254609/7/84412072/Large</a>
  • Eos-Muller

    on August 8, 2006

    Sometimes we have to take what we can get.
    At least its staying around for more future shots.

  • Vandana Raman

    on August 8, 2006

    he's such a handsome fella, I agree , tail or no tail ! so is he going to hang out around you to practice flight shots and stuff ?! I want such a hawk !

  • Susan

    on August 8, 2006

    He is such a handsome fellow!!!! Nice and sharp Thusie. Good catch!

  • Guest

    on August 8, 2006

    I like this! The yellow feet, love them feet! How long will he stay around? Do you suspect a nest in that area? yada yada, cool shot! ginger

  • LS

    on August 8, 2006

    shows his very pretty markings well. I like the way the branches angle into him to focus my eyes on him. LS

  • Chandi

    on August 8, 2006

    Very nice. Crisp, and the hawk's looking very regal too!

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