The weather changes very quickly in AK, especially for Mt Denali. Here are two pics taken an hour and a half apart. It took three days to get these due to Rain!! and clouds Dosen't take much to mess up the scene

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Howard I Just posted some Osprey BIF;s in the BIF section for 19 May They are tail end close ups. Can't help it. They used to fly at me, no more.

Bob I Just posted some Osprey BIF;s in the BIF section for 19 May They are tail end close ups. Can't help it. They used to fly at me, no more

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Thanks much for looking and commenting

There is lots of wildlife in AK take as big a telephoto as you can handle plus tripod and 1.4 extender..It's cloudy and rainy in June. You'll need lots of luck to get a clear pic of Mt Denali. There's so much pretty scenery in AK you'll go nuts trying to figure out what to shoot let alone next.
I went to Denali last year and got a pic If the salmon are in the bears will be out. As long as the salmon are in, the bears are pretty indifferent to people. Have fun

And you did a great job of catching it. He'll have to go back and study those pics the way football players study game films. Right move at the wrong time :twisted: :twisted:

Thanks for commenting. I don't have a squirt bottle but it would come in handy for certain

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Perching on baseball stadium lights seems to be a built in gene for Osprey now days. In Missoula the professional baseball team is the MSLA Osprey. Dad lives on the Left and Center field lights. Their nest is built 100 ft or so beyond the Center Field Fence on a telephone pole put up by the phone companies just for Osprey. It''s that way in most of Montana Osprey nesting in a tree? Not out here. Thanks for your camera setup info. Robin

What a gold Mine you have!!!!To get those BIFs requires talent like one can't believe. I go out everyday to shoot Osprey BIF and for me it's almost impossible to get a BIF in focus. They fly tooooooo fast. Do you use Manual or Auto Focus What ISO and shutter speed? Again,FANTASTIC shots. IMHO anyone can shoot a bird sitting down, but to get the BIF youre in the world series so to speak of talent.

From what I read the British city bombing was more of an accident than a planned raid The pilot got lost trying to find a Luftwaffe base and had to unload his load to get back to the UK. Whether deliberate or accidental, that incident changed the out come.

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I'm not arguing with your thoughts on Our supplying of war materials JUst a good place to put my thoughts on the Battle of Brittan Thanks... Hitler and the German General Staff realized that in order to successfully invade GB the RAF fighters would have to be put out of operation. If an invading country doesn't have air superiority a successful invasion won't happen During August the Luftwaffe concentrated on bombing fighter bases and shooting down RaF fighters . Up until the 1st week of sept the Krauts were winning the Battle of Brittan. RAF Pilots were being switched from bomber command to fighter command. RAF fighter pilots were physically and mentally exhausted from flying so many missions. It's one thing to fly a bomber another to learn tactics well enough to take on an experienced German fighter pilot.. After the beginning of Sept the Luftwaffe began the bombing of British Cities instead of Air Fields. This gave RAF fighter command time to "catch its breath" When it comes to German Bomber losses vs Brit fighter losses, the Brits creamed them. One of the reasons was that the German bombers carried very few machine guns compared to the Hurricanes and Spitfire. When it came to fighters, the Brits also won but more like 400 to 300. I don't have the exact figures, but it was pretty close compared to bomber losses.
Hitler also ruined the Luftwaffe by trying to make the ME262 a bomber instead of a fighter. It took over a year of arguing before the ME262 fighter was put into production.

When I pull a file out of Library and send it to Elements for overhaul, when the OH is finished If I don't click on "Save As" and give it a new name, the changes don't get saved. Usually just put an "m" after the file number and it makes file #2.

If the Russians hadn't tied up about140 German divisions Normandy might not have occurred or many more troops would have been required. Hitler"lost " the war when he invaded Russia. He thought it would be a push over, Germany would win by the Fall of that year. and only ordered enough winter clothing and supplies for 50,000 troops. The General Staff didn't want a second front but Hitler knew more than they did, in his arrogant opinion and so they got it. He also lost the Air War for the Luftwaffe. Thought the ME262 ought to be a bomber, not a fighter. Production was held off for over a year. That's another discussion.