Bushel of pics

jeff lapoint

I've been shooting a ton lately, but due to graduation (wooohooo!), moving to Upsate NY, and trying to navigate the real estate process:rolleyes my sorting/editing/posting has fallen by the wayside.

A few from the local woods, er swamp:D

Beavers are ugly little suckers!



Check out these chompers




Cute little dude Nick spotted before I managed to scare it off:D



Aside from the distance and upward shooting angle, our little rookery is working well.





The chicks have hatched and are out in force. Cute as they may be, they are fighting for their lives in the nest and appear to be wailing on each other at regular intervals. My trail guide Nick tells me they'll be ejecting the weakest one from the nest soon...if not already:huh



My geeky hip waders have allowed me to get past the skeeters and closer to the RWBBs. They have taught me a ton about the new 300--the depth of field at 2.8 can be really shallow! Focus on the wing and say goodbye to having the eyes in focus even though they are just a few cm apart.



Another one gets away:dunno

I forgot to have Nick ID these for me and I'm boycotting most books for at least a month:rofl





:dgrin Again notice wing vs. eye focus lesson:dunno Something to work on...I post it now to chart my progress later:D



And a few of the *local* Brookfield Mexican Wolves









I was in LA for the past five days and managed to shoot for about 30 minutes. With all the family in tow and graduation activities going on I could only convince my wife to stop the rental car for a few mintues on the way to Pasadena:cry I was really looking forward to meeting up with my Westie buddies as they are great guys and a ton of fun to shoot with:thumb I'll catch you next time guys!











Thanks for hanging in for the entire long post! Hope you liked em!!

-J

Ric Grupe

Looks like you had some fun!

Nice shots...the snake is the one I like most.

raptorcaptor

Nice series Jeff! Particularly like the wolf shots!

jeff lapoint

Ric Grupe wrote:

Looks like you had some fun!

Nice shots...the snake is the one I like most.

Thanks Ric! I'm sure Nick has a few shots of him without the grass blocking the left eye

Harryb

Excellent set Jeff

Shasoc

Great variety of wildlife shots. The wolf series is my favorite.

bfjr

Hmmm was in La and didn't stop to say Howdy to the PhotoThugs :wow :cry

Well that's why the Tern got Halo's :lol

Dig the wolf

So you gonna specialize ??

jeff lapoint

raptorcaptor wrote:

Nice series Jeff! Particularly like the wolf shots!

Thanks Glen! They have a wonderful enclosure at Brookfield

dallas

Very good shooting Jeff.

BIG BROTHER

Long like you warned Jeff and an excellent series to view.

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Jim

gluwater

Do I have to do everything for you?

Palm Warbler - I really like this shot


Grey Catbird


Clark's Grebe


Eared Grebe


I think your little birds came out better than mine. Get anything good today? I haven't gone through mine yet, still busy from Saturdays shoot. I soo want that lens! Make sure you never let me use it or I'll be doomed.

Osprey Whisperer

Some nice pics you have there Jeff. I kind of like the snake shot.

jeff lapoint

Harryb wrote:

Excellent set Jeff

Thanks Harry! I'm making some progress with the new lens, but the more I look at everyone else's shots the more I'm reminded how far I have to go:D

jeff lapoint

Shasoc wrote:

Great variety of wildlife shots. The wolf series is my favorite.

Thanks so much! The wolves are my soe of my favorites too

jeff lapoint

bfjr wrote:

Hmmm was in La and didn't stop to say Howdy to the PhotoThugs :wow :cry

Well that's why the Tern got Halo's :lol

Dig the wolf

So you gonna specialize ??

Thanks Ben and congrats on that new lens! Maybe you can show me how to use mine
The weekend was jam packed...I literally got to see the new Bolsa for about 30 mins. I was really bummed I missed you guys...until the halo comment

The tern has halos cause I didnt stop to say hey...and because its a heavy crop of an underexposed shot:D

I will be specializing -- starting my emergency medicine residency this June in NY, but I hope to get back to Bolsa to shoot sometime soon!

-j

ShepsMom

Beautiful set of pictures I'm partial to wolves, nicely done!

jeff lapoint

dallas wrote:

Very good shooting Jeff.

Thanks William!

jeff lapoint

BIG BROTHER wrote:

Long like you warned Jeff and an excellent series to view.

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Jim

Thanks Jim, the post was so long my ADD almost wouldnt let me scroll through it:D

jeff lapoint

gluwater wrote:

Do I have to do everything for you?

Where were you during grad school?

Thanks for the IDs. Some of the bunting shots came out ok, I'll toss em up later:D

Wanna borrow a lens?

jwear

I m on dail up Jeff this is freind ship real nice work grepes amd wolf

Bayer-Z28

Wow!

That's a great set you captured! I love the Warbler pics... When it was looking up was a great shot, IMO..

Overall, a 10.. :ivar