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Re: May 2019
« Reply #120 on: May 11, 2019, 15:39:42 »
Bill, I would be rather "chuffed" if it were my image - due reward for patience and for being ready for when the bird finally cooperated!

Finally!  I got a picture of a Pileated Woodpecker from our deck.  Overcast and flat light, but for once the bird stuck around long enough for me to catch it in a fleeting perch on a dead branch.

They normally zoom by into the brush next to the house, or alight just long enough for me to imagine that I hear Woody Woodpecker’s famous laugh before they fly off. Not the greatest picture, but a small personal victory :)
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Re: May 2019
« Reply #121 on: May 11, 2019, 16:29:59 »
Finally!  I got a picture of a Pileated Woodpecker from our deck.  Overcast and flat light, but for once the bird stuck around long enough for me to catch it in a fleeting perch on a dead branch.

They normally zoom by into the brush next to the house, or alight just long enough for me to imagine that I hear Woody Woodpecker’s famous laugh before they fly off. Not the greatest picture, but a small personal victory :)

Congratulations Bill.  Beautiful shot !!

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #122 on: May 11, 2019, 16:30:44 »
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Re: May 2019
« Reply #123 on: May 11, 2019, 17:10:45 »
Wow ! Nice catch Bill, one of my feats when a child was to reproduce the Woody Woodpecker tune (or cry). With your picture, I hear it back again... ;)
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Re: May 2019
« Reply #124 on: May 11, 2019, 17:42:36 »
Finally!  I got a picture of a Pileated Woodpecker from our deck.  Overcast and flat light, but for once the bird stuck around long enough for me to catch it in a fleeting perch on a dead branch.

They normally zoom by into the brush next to the house, or alight just long enough for me to imagine that I hear Woody Woodpecker’s famous laugh before they fly off. Not the greatest picture, but a small personal victory :)



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nice!

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #125 on: May 11, 2019, 17:43:44 »
May 11

Scilla peruviana flowers very sporidically, survives in a sheltered spot in my small frontgarden.



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A truly rare bulb!
Thanx!

PS Leave greatness to others, become so small no one can see you.

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #126 on: May 11, 2019, 19:41:34 »
Some other shots of the last live i shot. All images taken with the Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8 on D700.

DSC_5976.jpg by Achilleas Giannopoulos, on Flickr

DSC_5845.jpg by Achilleas Giannopoulos, on Flickr

DSC_5766.jpg by Achilleas Giannopoulos, on Flickr

DSC_5246.jpg by Achilleas Giannopoulos, on Flickr


All images are jpegs exported from the original .nef files directly from the camera via LR.

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #127 on: May 11, 2019, 19:51:18 »
Giannopoulos, your concert shots are great.  They deserve their own thread rather than the generic May thread.
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Re: May 2019
« Reply #128 on: May 11, 2019, 19:54:37 »
Giannopoulos, your concert shots are great.  They deserve their own thread rather than the generic May thread.

Thank you for your compliment. I might post them as a different thread.

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #129 on: May 11, 2019, 20:29:57 »
Finally!  I got a picture of a Pileated Woodpecker from our deck.  Overcast and flat light, but for once the bird stuck around long enough for me to catch it in a fleeting perch on a dead branch.

They normally zoom by into the brush next to the house, or alight just long enough for me to imagine that I hear Woody Woodpecker’s famous laugh before they fly off. Not the greatest picture, but a small personal victory :)



Great shot of a wary bird

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #130 on: May 11, 2019, 20:53:12 »
May 11
Scilla peruviana flowers very sporidically, survives in a sheltered spot in my small frontgarden.
Df  micro-nikkor 55mmf/3.5
That's a beauty, Fons.

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #131 on: May 11, 2019, 22:13:41 »
May 11

Scilla peruviana flowers very sporidically, survives in a sheltered spot in my small frontgarden.



Df  micro-nikkor 55mmf/3.5

Beautiful Fons!  And you used one of my favorite lenses from the film days
Everything gets better as we grow younger and thinner

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #132 on: May 11, 2019, 22:18:14 »
Great shot of a wary bird


nice!


Bill, I would be rather "chuffed" if it were my image - due reward for patience and for being ready for when the bird finally cooperated!

Thank you Tom,, Fons and Hugh! 
Everything gets better as we grow younger and thinner

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Re: May 2019
« Reply #133 on: May 12, 2019, 03:15:31 »
Love that contrast between the scooters and the flowers.

Thank you, John.
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Re: May 2019
« Reply #134 on: May 12, 2019, 08:44:16 »
Despite bitingly cold winds from the north nature progresses.
This is a crop of a shot made with the Z6 paired with the Sigma 105/1.4Art and a Fotodiox 15mm between.