Week 51 by Becky

WHATEVER, I AM OUTTA HERE!

Well, since my comrades posted their heron photos I figured it was only befitting I post mine.  This is the same heron in their photos that was getting yelled at by the other heron.  After awhile, this guy just took off because he was tired of being yelled at.  Normally, when you see these birds, they are very peaceful.  So, imagine our surprise when we heard the one heron yelling at the other.  Was kind of funny.  The one yelling was totally beside himself.  The one being yelled at was looking at him like "Whatever".  Hard to believe this is week 51 of our 52 project.  Boo Hoo. Hope we have another one.  Especially look forward to our NWG outings.  Thanks Judy, for planning them :)

Week 45 by Becky

Mockingbird

At our photo club meeting, this past Tuesday, we had a couple speakers come in to talk about "Birding Photography".  Both are awesome bird photographers.  Well, the opportunity presented itself for me to try my hand at a little bird photography.  This Mockingbird has built a nest in a bush just off our front porch.  She laid three eggs a few weeks ago.  I checked them this morning and at least two have them have hatched. I told my son who came to look and that is when the mommy decided to fly over our heads to scare us away.  I ran in the house to get my camera to see if I could catch her flying into the nest.  This is her flying from one tree to the next.  She wouldn't come near the nest until I went inside.  The lens I used was a 18-200mm and I had to crop it down.

Week 35 by Robin

Scanning the Beach

A wonderful, fun outing this weekend with perfect weather! I love our time together! I haven't taken many birds in flight at the beach, but many actually came out in good focus with ISO 100! They say the 7D is good for this and it seems to be true! He could have had a fish in his mouth or something. Ha ha! I didn't do much except sharpen and adjust the color. I just set up Photoshop on my new computer tonight and haven't done any of the plug-ins or ran a monitor calibration.