Clapping pose

Duck raising upi and clapping in the water

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Frozen tones

I really liked the tones and feel of this shot. Temps were still cold here Wednesday at 28 with most of the lake frozen over

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Pier and boat

Sunrise and pier in the morning light. The boat is Edmund AB according my big lens

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Lightning

Morning light illunates this statue in the small lake at the park

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Spotted

This guy wanted to check me out as I was shooting all the others down at the lake

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Framed

Captured for and steam coming off the water.

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all and have a wonderful holiday

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Yorktown Treee

Decorated tree down in the center in Yorktown

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Sign

I found this while walking along the beach in yourktown. Thought it would make a good capture.

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Colors

I really like the look of this fallen tree in the water and pastterns it geneerates. You know it is really hard to capture landscapes with a 200x600mm lens the angle of view is 12-4 degrees vs 84-34 degrees of a 24-70mm. Really changes your perspective and thinking

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Strike

GBH making a strike looking for breakfast. Down on the James river.

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frost on the goose

You know it's cold when there is frost on the goose sitting in the pond. 27 feels like 21 this AM. Colds for me that is normally 40 this time of year.

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Trio #3

final set from the williamsburg photowalk

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Calm

calm & peaceful for a change. Playing with my new 70-200 trying to get a handle on how it reacts. Shot here at f/2.8 early in the AM with the sun at my back

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reflections

looking down I can see the clouds in the sky reflected in the pond. My "Freakie Friday" shot :). HAGD Foks!

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Trio

Trio #1 from Williamsburg walk

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Drop!

Captured this guy while laying on the beach! They can really run!. Shooting wide open, auto ISO and as fast as I can in bursts

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set #2

Trio set #2 from the photo walk

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In flight

Caught in flight to the next perch

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Blue Ribbon

One of the wreaths from yesterdays photowalk. The blue ribbon. Well decorated and presented. Colonial Williamsburg

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Colors

Captured warm color adfter the sun rose. It was just peaking off to the right side. I have two photowalks tomorrow and then a dinner so I will see folks Sunday

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Geranium Flower

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Lighting

Captured this guy as the lightning just lit his wings with a huge glow

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Bowl

3 color bowl effect

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full wing

GBH in full wing flight in the early morning light over the lake

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Steam on the water

Cold! You can see the steam rising off the water and the fog mixing in the sunrise against the fishing pier here on the Your river. Temps had really droped and the wind was blowing 20+. It was a tad bit cold for me Friday AM.

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Bath time

Duck washing and peeping at me at the same time. I won 2nd place in my local photo contest with this shot

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Wing spread

One with the wing spread and another launching

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tripl,e dome

triple domes from two drops

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The stare

The stare down I was getting here by this little finch like I was invaded his space :)

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Robin

Looking very serious on the fence while I took his picture

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Early Sunrise

Sunrise on Thanksgivin g morning down in Yorktown. I was on the York River captureing shots getting up at 5 to catch these shots then go birding before stuffing myself :). HAGD folks. Hope everyone had a great holiday!

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Full spread

GBH in full song passing my stop on the trail

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to catch

The cup shape on the bottom to capture all the mess from the top :)

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Foggy Fishing

Fisherman out on the lake in the cold morning air. This was what Friday AM looked like at sunrise.

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Porsche 911 RS

Model kit by Lego that I just finished building. 1580 pices in this one and rather large. We are working a christmas displayh now for the house. Have to stay busy along with the model ship thjat is just slow going.

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Cone flower

Stack of a cone flower in the back yard. From June

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The Hat

This looks like the Tillie hat I keep in the trunk of my cars. :) so hat drop

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Bug Lunch

Captured this at a distance with a 105mm. Male BB with a spider lunch for the babies

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Reaching

Very weel definfed shape and form on this droping

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Fall color

Fall on the lake I walk around

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Parasol

Looks like a little parasol on top :P

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GBH

Captured this fellow walking around the water

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swirl

swirl pattern with this mix pattern

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Bee on the the flower

Bee sitting on a cone flower down in Yorktown

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Triple pattern

Triple to quad drop tops on the jets

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Perched

Sitting happly on the swing waiting for the next go around

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Old Man

Look like an old man with a funny hat on top

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