Post your best current shots

[ddt0725]

The temps have been well below normal for this time of year around here and I'm beginning to forget what the sun looks like! Today was around 40 - 45 degreesand very, very gloomy but tomorrow is suppose to be close to 80 ...with severethunderstorms! [:'(]

These shots were from today ...I can't wait until the GBH returns to my area of the world!

I watched this little guy steal my old decorative grass all morning to build his nest. I was about to cut it down so new will grow when spring does get here but I guess I'll wait awhile!




Of all the birds in my yard, these are the only ones that don't mind my "better beamer" ...

[alex]

Very nice, Denise! I especially like the first one. The little guy/gal with twigs in his/her mouth is a nice touch.


alex

[clemmb]

So I would like to introduce you all to Louie the Marron.



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Steve,


My wife says Louie is too pretty to boil. Sounds like our wives have a lot in common.


Mark

[Steve U]

Yep I think they probably do Mark, bless them.


Thanks Denise, I

[Steve U]

Went for a wander round my back yard again. We have a tropical rainforest part and a drier native part and then some camelias and azaleas and so on.


These are from the tropical bit and a little tree surround that the dogs like to sleep on.

















Trying to get some of that 3D effect happening, I think there is a bit of that going on in some of these.


Thanks for viewing.


Steve

[Richard Lane]

Hey Steve,


Beautiful backyard, I like the framing of the statue by the bushes in the 1st one.


Very cool looking Blue Marron. I've never seen one of those before, so I had to look it up(fresh water species). So.., if you do put Louie in the pot, I mean pond [], then definitely make sure that your pond [] is fresh water and not salted water like a pot for example. [:P]


I'm just sayin'.


Rich

[clemmb]

Nice backyard shots Steve. That 35L look sharp wide open.


Mark

[thekingb]

Unseasonably warm here in SE Wisconsin today....83 degrees. It's like a cruel joke, but I will take it.


The weather brought out all manner of creatures today. This frog was kind enough to wait for a lens change to the 100L Macro and then let me creep pretty darn close.


Both shots ISO 200, f/11, 1/160s on a 7D, handheld, EF 100L IS Macro.


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[ddt0725]

Nice shots!!! You aren

[Dan Fleming]

Nice shots!!! You aren't kidding it's warm here in SE Wisconsin! Just a couple days ago I was still wearing my winter coat and now it's in the 80's ...crazy!!

I'll take what I can get! Hopefully it comes back soon.





Dan