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[Jack Douglas]

Thanks click; the models were more than willing yesterday and it was +6C here in Alberta at my place - this is January isn't it?! However there is a shortage of models of other colors!

And I've allowed CR to drag me down into this 1DX II speculation pit, wasting time instead of accomplishing something!

Jack

 

[Click]

It's amazing to see how warm the temperature is here too. They're forecasting rain this weekend.

 

[sedwards]

very nice Jack. i like the redpoll , i have never seen one of those here yet

 

[Don Haines]

A very differently coloured mallard duck..... there are lots of them hanging around an open spot on the river....

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, Don.

 

[Jack Douglas]

very nice Jack. i like the redpoll , i have never seen one of those here yet

Thanks. I generally feel hard done by but now I have a bird someone else doesn't! They come in flocks with the speed of lightening and will fly down together if you've scattered seeds on the ground. They don't prefer feeders. Really sweet little birds like the Chickadees. Speaking of Chickadees, I swear I have 100's.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

A very differently coloured mallard duck..... there are lots of them hanging around an open spot on the river....

Very nice Don. Looks like a good feed. In the 60's my uncle used to bring us ducks and geese that fed on the grain fields up at Grand Prairie, Alberta and they were delicious. I never had to pluck/clean them though.

Jack

 

[Don Haines]

A very differently coloured mallard duck..... there are lots of them hanging around an open spot on the river....

Very nice Don. Looks like a good feed. In the 60's my uncle used to bring us ducks and geese that fed on the grain fields up at Grand Prairie, Alberta and they were delicious. I never had to pluck/clean them though.

Jack

There are lots of corn fields across the bay from me and it has become a regular stop for migrating geese and ducks. In the fall we get thousands (tens of thousands?) of geese stopping by to eat the spilled seeds after harvesting and spend the nights here on the water....

 

[Jack Douglas]

What do they call it - cacophony?

Jack

 

[JMZawodny]

A cooperative Bluebird

This little bird is normally skittish, but today he let me photograph him long enough to get one shot acceptably focused. This is a simple crop. Gear: 7D2 and 500mm f/4 with 2x III.

 

[Click]

Re: A cooperative Bluebird

This little bird is normally skittish, but today he let me photograph him long enough to get one shot acceptably focused. This is a simple crop. Gear: 7D2 and 500mm f/4 with 2x III.

Lovely shot.

 

[LSeries]

Black-throated Loons by Jussi Lind, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Beautiful birds. Very nice shot, LSeries.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Love the previous shots but the blue boy is dearer to my heart.

Jack

 

[JMZawodny]

Another Bluebird

I was fortunate enough to get one of these guys to pose again for me. This time I had the 7D2 and the 500mm F/4 without the 2x. He was about twice as close so the scale is about the same. Quite a bit more detail in this shot and the focus was a lot more decisive without the 2x.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Re: Another Bluebird

I was fortunate enough to get one of these guys to pose again for me. This time I had the 7D2 and the 500mm F/4 without the 2x. He was about twice as close so the scale is about the same. Quite a bit more detail in this shot and the focus was a lot more decisive without the 2x.

Right on!

Jack

 

[Cog]

 

[Jack Douglas]

Lovely detail.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

And here is a better version. And nutty wanted to be included too! Good lighting today.

Jack

Great shots Jack!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Alan, I'm trying not to let you down!

It sure helps when the models cooperate like this one on Thursday. Don't we all wish we lived in a rain forest, at least for the birds.

Jack