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Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
edited March 21, 2011 in Wildlife
Been lurking here awhile. The photos on this site prove I've got a lot to learn and motivate me to do so. While I recently purchased a D80, these photos were taken from a kayak with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 at the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island.

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Followed him thru the Mangroves and got another shot.

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Jack
(My real name is John but Jack'll do)

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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2007
    Welcome Jack. wave.gif Always nice to have more Floridians around...hope to see more of your pics.
    Jen

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    In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2007
    JenW wrote:
    Welcome Jack. wave.gif Always nice to have more Floridians around...hope to see more of your pics.

    Hi Jen
    Actually I'm from western Massachusetts (Berkshires) where it's always nice to get away from in the winter. Sanibel is my favourite winter getaway destination.
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2007
    Awww a snowbird!!! Well, welcome anyways. :D
    Jen

    Gallery of mine...caution, it's under CONSTANT construction! | Photo Journal

    In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2007
    welcome ...that first shot is awesome!clap.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • HarvHarv Registered Users Posts: 1,105 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2007
    Welcome to the forum. Great entrance. Keep them coming.
    Harv
    Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2007
    Thanks DBAKER1221 and Harv
    After seeing some of the truly incredible images in this forum it's hard not to feel reluctant to offer up one's humble attempts. However I love trekking about in the woods and fields and photograping what I see so I will persist and, hopefully improve as time goes on.
    Harv, thanks for the link to Pixel-Shooter.com in your post. I found the tutorial on color adjustment using PS levels tool extremely helpful. BTW your photos and Prescott Photog's and others' on this board are inspirational and give us beginners a sense of what we might aspire to.
    jrg.smugmug.com

    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2007
    welcome to the forums, and nice opening shots thumb.gif
    Mike Helbig

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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2007
    Jack'll do wrote:
    Been lurking here awhile. The photos on this site prove I've got a lot to learn and motivate me to do so.

    Hi John, Welcome to the best forum on the internet. Your first shot is excellent. If it wasn't for all the great photos I've seen posted here I wouldn't have had the inspiration to improve either. And it sounds like you have a couple great areas to shoot, Mass. and Fla., not to bad for stomping grounds.
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  • YaflyyadieYaflyyadie Registered Users Posts: 558 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2011
    Jack, first and foremost, I am a beginner and new at this forum.
    Your pictures look great and inspirational.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I said inspirational, because I live 45 minutes from the S.E. Florida Everglades, and there is a lot of landscape, wildlife and other magnificent places to shoot.
    I am blessed to own a Mudbuddy (Hunting flat bottom boat) that can take me inside the Everglades in areas where only airboats can go.
    I am going to take good advantage of this.
    Thanks.beer.gif
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2011
    Welcome, Jack! I like the first photo--the second is sort of out of focus. In the firs one, I like the fact that the leaves are in focus--they sort of frame the bird. Keep posting! Best, Pam
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited March 19, 2011
    Folks the first part of this thread is from 2007...you're a little late to welcome him to dgrin.
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    PGM wrote: »
    Welcome, Jack! I like the first photo--the second is sort of out of focus. In the firs one, I like the fact that the leaves are in focus--they sort of frame the bird. Keep posting! Best, Pam

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    Glenn

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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    captain78 wrote: »
    Folks the first part of this thread is from 2007...you're a little late to welcome him to dgrin.
    raptorcaptor wrote: »
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    You can imagine my shock when I saw this pop up headscratch.gif At first I thought someone else was using my username!!
    I know I've been away from dgrin for awhile but a simple welcome back would have sufficed :D
    jrg.smugmug.com

    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
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