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[Menace]

Hey someone's out to get me! Seems I've been stuck at 819 posts for a long time - is there no hope of getting beyond a 1DMark 4 What gives?

Jack

You have yet 178 posts to go to get to 1Dx. Next target is the 300mm f/2.8 II ;D

Thats 2000 posts and at 4000 its 400 2.8, 8000 is 600 4.0 II and finally at 10k one joins Neuro as CR Geek!

 

[IslanderMV]

Black Skimmer at rest. From kayak.

100-400mm at 400mm, f/9.0, ISO200, 1/1000

 

[candyman]

Black Skimmer at rest. From kayak.

100-400mm at 400mm, f/9.0, ISO200, 1/1000

That's a wonderful close-up photo!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Ha Ha, I do want a 1DX. I can't fathom the higher numbers though!

Jack

 

[Click]

I once was told that sapsuckers just eat insects 1D2 70-200 @200

Jack

Very nice shot Jack. Well done

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Click. Can't you just picture those baby birds getting "fresh bug with syrup on top".

Jack

 

[dpc]

Playing around with my iPad and Photoshop Express just for the heck of it. Looking for a soft, dreamy effect.

 

[TWI by Dustin Abbott]

Playing around with my iPad and Photoshop Express just for the heck of it. Looking for a soft, dreamy effect.

Fabulous result. Very nice!

 

[dpc]

Playing around with my iPad and Photoshop Express just for the heck of it. Looking for a soft, dreamy effect.

Fabulous result. Very nice!

Thanks, Dustin! I appreciate the comment.

 

[Dylan777]

Lonely me

 

[Dylan777]

Eating my veggies

 

[Click]

Lonely me

I really like this one . Well done Dylan.

 

[Dylan777]

Lonely me

I really like this one . Well done Dylan.

Thanks CLick

 

[Dylan777]

Silent Water

 

[IslanderMV]

Black Skimmer juvenile ALMOST able to fly. Taken from a Kayak

60D + 100-400mm at 400mm, ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/1250

 

[candyman]

Silent Water

Very nice Dylan. He/she is looking for a fish ...eh?

 

[candyman]

Black Skimmer juvenile ALMOST able to fly. Taken from a Kayak

60D + 100-400mm at 400mm, ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/1250

Nice catch, that must be still water - or how do you keep the Kayak still?

 

[IslanderMV]

Black Skimmer juvenile ALMOST able to fly. Taken from a Kayak

60D + 100-400mm at 400mm, ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/1250

Nice catch, that must be still water - or how do you keep the Kayak still?

This shot was on a reasonably calm day. I always shoot over a 1000th of a second to offset wave motion.
I only go out when the tide, lighting, wind and waves are reasonable. Luckily that combo comes up fairly often. I hang my legs outside the kayak for a little more stability, and if hugging the shore I will occasionally crawl out of the kayak and use it as a blind. Unfortunately the Skimmers are in a protected area and no landings are allowed.

 

[Jack Douglas]

IslanderMV, interesting (and great shots). I still haven't gotten around to getting a Kayak and always have visons of drowned camera gear. Do you?

Jack

 

[IslanderMV]

IslanderMV, interesting (and great shots). I still haven't gotten around to getting a Kayak and always have visons of drowned camera gear. Do you?

Jack

Hey Jack,
In the beginning I had near panic attacks about my equipment, but now that it has been through hell and back, not so much. I dropped the camera and telephoto on a cobblestone beach, had the shutter replaced ( extended warranty !! ) got fine black silt into the 100-400 push pull, and so on. So now if King Neptune claims my equipment, I will have an excuse to get new gear.