Stunning flowers! I love shots like these…thanks, Walt

That was funny! Thanks!

thank you. Walt

Hi Mr. Manglesphoto, love your name! Thank you very much I appreciate your stopping by and your kind words a lot! Thanks, Walt

I agree Curmudgeon…I had a blast sitting out back just zooming in from my chair…got some types of dragon flies I am working on…not as good but identifiable. A turquoise blue fly? A looong skinny waisted dragonfly , lol, lots to id and research. Never get bored in this hobby. Thanks for your kind words. Walt

Thanks NMHGal I was fascinated by really zooming in on them….really different than one might expect. Thanks for your thoughts! Walt.

LOL...all my birds seem busy elsewhere, I mean extremely low numbers and only a few Scrub Jays, Towhees and a RWBB come to my feeders & Suet! Hope they are busy feeding their young ones.

Anyway, I have a lot of Blackberry bushes that got away from me this year, with lots of blossoms that were full of small Butterflies & bees! Since no birds I started taking pics & this is a sample of what I captured. I have a couple hundred more similar pics just like this but I won't bore you with them.

I used my Rebel T8i and the Canon EF 70-300 MM IS USM lens that gives me an equivalent 480mm reach. I took a lot of pics to see which settings worked best for these conditions. I really liked F11 at 1/4000 and Auto ISO values that came down to the 800 range and had fun experimenting all up & down the range. A great day with a high percentage of keepers but all very similar.

I cropped the first pic from the original but included both for comparison. I purposely underexposed a slight bit trying to see effects of the different settings.
Walt

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This is a REAL FORD GT…yes, you can have a REAL MUSTANG GT BUT IN REALITY IT IS NEVER CALLED THE FORD GT!

This is a very expensive super car that beats Ferrari etc. in the upper classes of racing …you are breaking protocol and will always get called on it…a Mustang is a wonderful car! Sure! But not GT class like your comment implies.

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Thanks for all your advice here and great help. I appreciate it a lot! I have a T1i and a T8i…and a T6. Walt

Well Jfyi…I am approaching 80 in a few days and
I prefer my IPad Pro now it replaced my Dell Windows 7 laptop very nicely! I still process my pics on the dell, but am learning what the Apple can do and it sure is faster
! I can see not needing the laptop at all very soon.

My wife has an IPad Pro also with the Magic Keyboard and pencil attached and has completely switched over from Windows. I got her an Apple Watch and now I want one next for me. So SOME of us old timers are doing pretty good with the new gen electronics!

Lol…one’s a top tier bird and the other is one rung lower ! Lol…

Lovely pics! Fantastic actually!

I grew up with these birds in the 40’s and 50’s …listening to them all night …every night in the Spring and Summer in Calif. we had to keep the windows open so any slight breeze could maybe cool us off as this was before AC in every home. Soon I grew to want them to shut up so I could sleep. Now at 80 I am awake in the middle of the night anyway but no Mockingbirds around here to keep me company! Talk about life being unfair! Lol…

My thoughts too…if that matters. Lol…if I like a pic I like it! Period. I like both but choose no# 1.

I’m blown away by your shots Joe, love them!