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Spring photos

CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
edited April 6, 2020 in Other Cool Shots

These are difficult times. What little photography I've been able to do without travel has been focused on trying to take photos that will, I hope, cheer up friends on Facebook. That may seem frivolous with what's going on but it's as constructive as anything else I can think of to do. I hope everyone is well and stays that way.

Don
Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/

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    JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,881 Major grins

    These are nice! Good ones to take our minds off the madness.

    Cristóbal


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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,237 moderator

    Thank you for sharing some beauty with us.
    I love the hummingbird and the birds perched on spiky cactus!

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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2020

    Thank you both.

    Cristobal, that's the idea. A small antidote to the news.

    Denise, I'm glad you like the birds. I have a number of terrific shots of the hummingbird's rear end as it flew out of the frame.

    Edit: I forgot this fellow.

    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
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    black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins

    Nice work, Don. I like the selective use of aperature settings. That add-on shot is something else.

    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thanks, Tom. I've been trying to make better creative use of shallow (or relatively shallow) depth of field.

    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
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    Lab_TestedLab_Tested Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins

    I am very much in favor of more images that show the optimism of spring. We're still a few months from hummingbird season in Colorado, so keep them coming.

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    JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,881 Major grins

    Wild turkey!! That is a great shot!

    Cristóbal


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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Lab-Tested, Cristobal, thank you.

    Cristobal, it's a domesticated turkey. I've seen many wild ones when out in the boondocks here and they don't have such colors. They're also significantly smaller.

    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
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    El GatoEl Gato Registered Users Posts: 1,242 Major grins

    Very nice work..amazing colors!

    I am glad that I am not the only one with a host of digital images of a bird's south end.

    Hummingbirds seem to be one of the hardest shots for me to get right....yours is beautiful!

    Cheers,

    El Gato
    www.globaltrekk-photos.com
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Thanks, El Gato. I was lucky with the hummingbird. An adjacent bed of lantana was attracting butterflies and I was trying to photograph them. I had my longest lens and my 1.4 extender on the camera, and all the camera settings were right for the hummingbird when she made her appearance. Usually when I come upon wildlife I have a 17mm lens on the camera and all the camera settings are wrong.

    Don
    Gallery: http://cornflakeaz.smugmug.com/
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