Post your best current shots

[PatrickH]

Here are a few from a short weekend at Olympic National Park. I will have to return with more time, these do not really do the full diversity of the place justice.

Lake Quinault


Quinault rainforest






Bald eagle protecting its meal



-Patrick

[Raid]

I did not take this photo but it is too precious not to share!
These are two of my granddaughters. Aubrey on Santa's right just cut her own bangs the day before and Krista Joy on Santa's left ...well, she's not feeling to joyous at the moment! Poor baby!
Photo taken at JCP, I believe.


Santa 2012 - A Classic! by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

Denise

This is a photo I would like to caption, "Santa is giving Aubrey a Canon and Krista Joy a Nikon"

[Jonathan Huyer]

I never fail to get blown away by the performance of the new 500 f/4. Here is a young white-tailed buck, shot from my car window this morning. I set the camera to 1/500 sec @ f/4 in manual, and the Auto-ISO then chose 1250 for the correct exposure.



Here is a 100% crop:

[Busted Knuckles]

I never fail to get blown away by the performance of the new 500 f/4. Here is a young white-tailed buck, shot from my car window this morning. I set the camera to 1/500 sec @ f/4 in manual, and the Auto-ISO then chose 1250 for the correct exposure.

At least you didn't have the leave the warmth of your car.... I went to your website some very beautiful pics. Really stunning stuff.

I am looking forward (not really) to taking winter (I am from Florida and its too - fill in colorful adjective - cold...) pics now that I am working out of Long Island and will be able to drive up to the catskills, etc.

[Jonathan Huyer]

At least you didn't have the leave the warmth of your car.... I went to your website some very beautiful pics. Really stunning stuff.

I am looking forward (not really) to taking winter (I am from Florida and its too - fill in colorful adjective - cold...) pics now that I am working out of Long Island and will be able to drive up to the catskills, etc.

Thanks very much! I should add that when shooting from the car in the winter, it is actually important to open all the windows and shut off the heater. If you don't, then all the warmth radiating from your window will affect the image sharpness. It is like shooting through the heat refraction from a hot road surface... it muddles the background a lot, and reduces the subject sharpness. I have noticed that problem occur in images where I had 'panic stop' situations for wildlife, and only had time to open my window and fire a quick burst. It took me a while to realize what was happening. So now I make sure to open everything wide and get the inside of the car as cold as I can, as fast as I can, whenever I have the time.

[Steve U]

Some great pics on this page, here is a quick grab from Cleveland Point.
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Where's your permit_1 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

Thanks for viewing.

[btaylor]

Great shots Jonathan. That is stupidly sharp.

Here's something a little different for me.


We had a part flown in for our sulphuric acid plant over the weekend... a big part that is. This is a massive Russian Ilyushin I1-76 and it was a bit of a struggle landing this bad boy on our little runway in Mount Isa. They actually had to unload the cargo so it could take off again. I was perched right at the end of the runway and I can assure you, it's LOUD. Apparently this is one of the largest transport planes in the world.


Big Jet Plane by Ben__Taylor, on Flickr

[DavidF]

Great capture Ben!

Here's something a little different for me.


We had a part flown in for our sulphuric acid plant over the weekend... a big part that is. This is a massive Russian Ilyushin I1-76 and it was a bit of a struggle landing this bad boy on our little runway in Mount Isa. They actually had to unload the cargo so it could take off again. I was perched right at the end of the runway and I can assure you, it's LOUD. Apparently this is one of the largest transport planes in the world.


Big Jet Plane by Ben__Taylor, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Nice work on this page....Jonathan, the combo of the 1Dx, 500 f/4II and you as the photographer continue to yield impressive results.

I spent Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago. I did manage to get out take a few shots:

The "bean":

Chicago-0725 by kayaker72, on Flickr

More artwork:

Chicago-0705 by kayaker72, on Flickr

View from the top of the Hancock Tower (96th floor happens to have a bar):

Chicago-0747 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing....Brant

[dsiegel5151]

It's that time of the year when all of my critters are underground (time to switch things up and try my hand at birds again). However, I was driving through Cincinnati and one of my collaborators has always told me about a population of European Wall Lizards that was released in an urban area in downtown Cincinnati approximately 80 years ago. Basically, you just go to the Starbucks on Columbia if anyone is interested. Anyways, these lizards are adapted to cold environments and so they are still out running around.

Female Podarcis muralis


Male Podarcis muralis