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Mar 14, 2024 07:36:58   #
nimbushopper wrote:
Ouystanding! Especially the painted Bunting.


Thanks, N-H, they are a beautiful bird.
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Mar 14, 2024 07:36:17   #
oldpsych wrote:
Great set


Thank you kindly, Bruce
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Mar 14, 2024 05:50:12   #
Dinah wrote:
You certainly have some beautifully coloured birds in your area. Would you mind sharing which camera and lens you use please?


Thanks Dinah, our Buntings were a little late this year, but it was good to see them back. They'll be heading north in about another month...OM-1, 100-400mm. Cheers!
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Mar 14, 2024 05:48:00   #
Retired CPO wrote:
Really nice set! The Painted Buntings always steal the show, but they are all nice photos!


Thanks Chief and yes, they do steal the show with their colors....Cheers.
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Mar 14, 2024 05:47:00   #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Fun set, love the Painted Bunting


Thank you, it was fun sitting there, not chasing and enjoying all the pretty little critters.
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Mar 14, 2024 05:44:43   #
UTMike wrote:
Excellent varied set with great color!


Thanks Mike...
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Mar 14, 2024 05:44:06   #
NMGal wrote:
Great collection.


Thank You, NMG...Cheers
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Mar 14, 2024 05:43:37   #
jdtonkinson wrote:
Beautiful set. Love the Painted Bunting


Thanks, JD, he was the 'pièce de résistance' for the multitude of color.
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Mar 14, 2024 05:41:10   #
SX2002 wrote:
Beautiful set...
Ron.


Thanks Ron, glad you liked them.
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Mar 13, 2024 22:47:24   #
While sitting on the patio with a cup of coffee enjoying an absolutely glorious morning today, perfect weather and a beautiful sunrise on Central Florida's east coast, a cacophony of birds and color showed up in ours and the neighbors bushes. In addition to the birds posted here, there were also finches, sparrows and doves, not to mention a big herd of squirrels. Even the old Common (yellow-eye) Grackle was showing some iridescence this morning. Just thought I'd post some of the examples of the brilliant colors of these beautiful avians. As a side note, there were five male Painted Buntings chasing about three females. Thanks for looking....Cheers All


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Mar 12, 2024 17:14:20   #
SteveR wrote:
We firebombed Tokyo. With its wooden and paper houses the city went up in horrific flames. 100,000 Japanese civilians were k**led. The Japanese could have surrendered then and we never would have had Hiroshima. But we did. Once we had Hiroshima the Japanes could have surrendered, but the tyrannical leadership thought more about themselves than their people, so we had Nagasaki.

In Europe, at some point Hitler knew the war was over but would not surrender. He allowed his entire country to be ripped to shreds and divided between allies rather than think of his own people. Another megolomaniacal tyrant.

And now the tyrants who have ruled Gaza would rather fight to the bitter end, allowing their people to suffer and their country to be demolished RATHER THAN SURRENDER. Who's the Hitler? Who are the tyrants? HAMAS
We firebombed Tokyo. With its wooden and paper ho... (show quote)


I LIKE IT!!! Hamas is pure and unadulterated evil, Iranian puppets and they are equal to or worse than the SS, ISIS or even Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. The Arabs in Gaza got what they v**ed for in 2007, a despicable, bloodthirsty regime and they are now reaping the results of that unholy Hamas government.

Raze the entire Gaza Strip and put it back under an international consortium or a neutral country who's willing to govern it and oversee its rebuilding....one thing is for sure, the Arabs in Gaza have no ability to govern themselves. The IDF is doing what they HAVE to do to survive. Leaving Hamas functioning and somewhat intact would be like leaving Hitler and the SS intact....CHEERS!
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Mar 8, 2024 22:04:58   #
topcat wrote:
Very nice capture


Thank you very much, TC...
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Mar 8, 2024 10:24:15   #
camerapapi wrote:
I am not what you could call a wildlife photographer. My photographic efforts went to portraits that I rarely practice now and landscape photography which is what I really enjoy doing.
During my previous visit to the Miami Metro Zoo I made a newbie mistake, I took with me my new Olympus EM-5 Mk III without being familiar with its AF. A majority of the images I made that day were pretty soft as to be expected.

Auto ISO and Auto WB are new features to me, they worked as expected although I set my shutter speed too high in shutter priority resulting in the camera selecting apertures too close to wide open.
This is not precisely a bad move but it was for me not used to that shooting mode. I am in aperture priority most of the time.

I find the AF of my new Olympus kind of complicated compared to the AF of my Nikon bodies. It has taken me several days learning its many features which I do no master yet. The Olympus EM-5 Mk III is an excellent little camera that can easily be carried with a couple of lenses in a small bag without issues. It is a traveling photographer’s dream. I did not feel tired at the end of the day using it.

I took two lenses with me, the old 17mm f2.8 and the new 75-300 f4.8-6.7. Why Olympus selected such weird apertures for this tele zoom is beyond my understanding. With a full frame camera, a term improperly reserved for sensors the size of a 35mm negative, the lens behaves like a 150-600mm lens. The micro fourths thirds uses the whole sensor by default, isn’t that full frame? The same goes with APS sensors. It is not my intention to start arguments in favor or against those "cropped" sensors.

I still need practice to fully realize how the AF of this camera performs. During editing I had many keepers but many images were soft or out of focus. I am showing here some samples of what I did. If anyone here is using this camera I am open to suggestions regarding the settings and techniques that have best worked for you when using its AF for wildlife or birds in flight. I still have a lot to learn about wildlife and birds in flight.

Finally, it was a hot and humid day that made me stop often under the shade and drink plenty of water. I guess the animals were not that comfortable either because many of them were hiding. If visiting Miami and you expect to shoot at the Zoo I would say January and February would be your best months to visit. I hope you enjoy the images.

No.1 and 2 are images of the flamingos by the entrance of the Zoo. Very difficult birds to photographs because they are in a continuous move.
No. 3 is a snowy egret, I did not see any in the Everglades during my visit.
No. 4 is a Sumatra tiger. It is not an actual wildlife image but she prefers the shadows in a hot day. She never came out to be photograph. I did not see her little pub either. No. 5 is a portrait of an elephant having lunch.
No. 6. I could not identify this bird. I amputated part of the left leg, a no-no. No. 7 is a sign inside the Zoo, I guess welcoming new visitors.
The last one is a female lion resting in the shade. She went to sleep after I made the image, what is called to be at the right time in the right place.
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Very, very nice with great colors…ya done good! 😊
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Mar 8, 2024 10:19:25   #
Bubalola wrote:
Nice work, Blaster!


Thank you Bubalola…Cheers
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Mar 6, 2024 06:21:06   #
Bluefish wrote:
👍🏻👍🏻


Thank you, Bluefish...
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