postered
Just sitting waiting on a branch
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standing tall
Looks to be standiong tall in this form
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Gerber
Not quite sure of the spelling on the name but this one was out with the hoodies
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necked in the middle
top shape is nedked in the middle and ready to parade
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wing spread
merganser duck with a full wing spread comng in fro a landing at the lake
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hat on top
looks like a hat on top here :)
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AM Light
Friday AM Light. What I captured yesterday on my walk in Yorktown beach
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Suspended
I captured this one suspended between his jaws as he/she was trying to get a bit from this holly tree
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escape
captured this comarant taking off on the lake. I was doing landsacpes so 1/320 @ f/4 was my setting. Got great motion blur on the wings
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flying
full flying of a seagul in flignt along the water
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patterns
caught patterns in the drops and this was cool
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Purple
Captured early in the morning so there is dew on the flowers
In the breeze
You can see the tuft of hair on the back of the head and the chest hairs blosing in the wind. It was cold and the the wind was gusting to 21. I caught him perched on the bridge rail I take to cross the lake
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triple top
Mixed top & drop. It has been 10 month's since I have dropped last, March 2022. I disassembled and cleaned everything and found 2 failed valves totaly rusted and had to order two new ones :(. still have a few parts to repair but my system is running again. My 1st atempt in 10 months,
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Landing 2
seagul sticking tghe landing on a piling out on the river
Fog
fog or steam on the morning water of the river
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The eye
I am getting the stink eye from this male cardnial. Captured hime in a low branch on the ground on one of the banks.
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Shilloutte
GBH in the early morning light just prior to sunrise sitting on the jetty down at Yorktown beach. I was capturing sunrise when I saw this shot
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Full songq
captured this kingfisher in full song over the lake
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What are you looking at?
Duck stops preening to stare at me.....
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Wing action
Here is the wing action. He/she landed just in the tree in front of me on my final leg of the day when I though I was done.....
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Trio
Captured this trio of ducks on a log squaking a me down near the south shore of the lake
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steam
heat escaping off the water on the lake here at the park as the temps had dropped 30 degrees
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Down stroke
Great Blue Heron in full down stroke here passin my location
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The catch!
I met this gent down at NN park. I saw him catch this fish from the bridge
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Color!
Captured just before the sun rose on the river. I had a 5 stop in to slow down the light and give me this color. Happy New Year folks
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