Both are very nice but that Bunting is about the best of that species I've seen. Good work! The coon reminds me of a pet my family had when I was in grade school. They do make good pets but that was many years ago.
Interesting topic. The first camera in my family was owned by an aunt. It was a simple box camera, 620 film, made by Kodak in the mid-thirties. Not many choices in settings. I believe it was a fixed shutter speed or "time." My dad's first camera, ca. 1940 was a folding camera with adjustable f/stops and shutter speed. Quite a step upward. I still have the camera and it works fine other than having a fungus in the balsam cement used to glue the lens elements. Few people were interested in color film. Capable cameras and film was expensive. Now I've run through several types, 35mm, twin-lens, SLRs, view cameras, and now a couple of digital cameras, a Nikon and a Sony. My aunt and dad would find "taking pictures" hard to grasp. Now I can turn out quality color prints with my home printer, no chemistry required!
We've come a long way but perhaps we have made it too simple and too easy.
MB
I think you were both! I like it.
MB
Very nice shots! A few years ago, in a previous location, there were many of these spiders. We had them in white, yellow, and orange. We also had a good crop of mosquitos so the spiders were well fed and cared for! I'll post a photo if I can find one.
MB
Very nice photos of the shrike. They were very common when I was a kid but haven't seen one in ages. Good shots all.
I like it. You captured the cat's expression. Sad to say I missed the earlier posting.
Good choice, all the way around. Nice photograph too!
Nice. Sure it's not an otter?
Wow! If I could afford one of those, and they are beautiful, I would likely spend it on something else. Probably begin with something photographic.
MB
Seriously, well done. Cute girl too.
Off subject; Really like you MG. Had a black one many years ago.
MB
I believe the tank is built on a Sherman chassis and is one of many variants used in WW2 and in Korea. They were used by both British and Canadian forces. This variant, I believe, was an anti-tank machine and the turret was more or less open on top. Sorry but my refs. are packed away. The gun has been removed.
As a scale modeler, I'm especially grateful for the very detailed photos. Glad to see you are documenting the restoration work. Looking forward to updates.