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Monthly Archives: May 2014

Day 150

Sunrise over Fife on my last day of gainful employment.  Tomorrow starts my gainful unemployment! (1/125s f/11.0 ISO400 100mm -1 stop Canon 7D) I seem to be into silhouettes… (1/180s f/11.0 ISO400 100mm -1.5 stops 7D) After all of those bird photos it seems a little strange to not be using a telephoto. (1/90s f/8.0 […]

Day 149

Well, after 28 1/2 years it is here.  I had my retirement lunch today at Bert & Ernie’s, and I am officially “off” the rest of the week. Cliff and Mark the “new” agents, and Larry, the “new” boss, who is using my retirement to return to /\/\onTana! as an Agent. (Photos: Nikon Coolpix P7100) […]

Day 148

Bluebirds awaiting their morning repast… (1/180s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm Canon 7D) And here is what’s for breakfast! (1/180s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 147

I think this is a juvenile Willet. (1/750s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm Canon 7D) (1/500s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm +1/2 stop 7D) (1/500s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm +1/2 stop 7D) Again as a Black and White. * (1/350s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm 7D) (1/750s f/8.0 ISO200 260mm 7D) And again as a B&W. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 146

Bluebirds plus a Quartet! (1/180s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm +1/2 stop Canon 7D) (1/180s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm +1/2 stop 7D) (1/1000s f/5.6 ISO200 300mm+1/2 stop 7D) “bum” “Bum” “BUM” “Look out for that roc…” (1/500s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm 7D) “Ohh! Eee!” “Watch it!” “Hey!” “Not again…” (1/500s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm 7D) It is hard to get […]

Day 145

Mr (in the rear) and Mrs Gadwall… (1/750s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +1/2 stop Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 144

A couple more birds… Common Merganser (1/750s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm Canon 7D) Osprey (1/500s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +2.5 stops 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 143

A streak of red and yellow, and a Western Tanager was hiding in a tree. (1/1000s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +1/2 stop Canon 7D) These are 100% crops, and only this second one is sharpened at all. (1/1000s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +1/2 stop 7D) My mother loved these things. (1/1000s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +1/2 stop 7D) […]

Day 142

Something other than the backyard bunch… I was down by the River and had the best and worst of timing…before I saw this Osprey, there was another, with a fish in its claws. (1/500s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +1 stop Canon 7D) As I was driving down the road to where I usually stop, the Osprey […]

Day 141: An Afternoon in the Barrow Backyard Bird Sanctuary…

A fun time with finches and doves… I would say a female Lesser Goldfinch, but both my guides say this is well outside of its range.  So it is probably a female American Goldfinch.  It looks more like a Lesser to me… (1/90s f/8.0 ISO200 300mm +1/2 stop Canon 7D) A wallpaper version of the photo […]