OT - Creativity hormones, lol.
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OT - Creativity hormones, lol.
The other day, I was feeling crabby and anxious. So I decided that it had been too long since I went out on a photo shoot. I got in my car and drove to the Klamath Wildlife Refuge. It was a great day and I got some good photos. But I still felt a little crabby and anxious. Turns out it was PMS, lol. I have my hormones to thank for these images.
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I had never seen one of these before. I had to look it up when I got home. Turns out, it's a great egret and listed as "uncommon" on the refuge's species list. I got lucky. 
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It's been really cold here for the last month, so everything was frozen. These coyotes were out on a frozen lake. And even though I was about a quarter mile away, they still knew I was watching them.
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I saw so many hawks, I lost count. Must have been in the hundreds. I got a chuckle out of this one. It was perched on top of the little shelter where they post wildlife information and brochures....it reminded me of a weather vane.
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Love these! What kind of camera do you use and lens? My son is into photography and just got a Nikon DSLR camera that he's trying to master. He has trouble with blurred images at times so he tends to take hundreds of pictures at once.
I'm impressed at the coyote picture because of the distance. We had 4 coyotes run past our house the other day but I couldn't get a picture and then a bobcat was hanging out by our mailbox and we couldn't get the right set up for the picture there, either. Very cool pictures, I love nature photos!
I'm impressed at the coyote picture because of the distance. We had 4 coyotes run past our house the other day but I couldn't get a picture and then a bobcat was hanging out by our mailbox and we couldn't get the right set up for the picture there, either. Very cool pictures, I love nature photos!
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Wildlife photography is extremely challenging for me. This is my fourth year of shooting out at the refuge and I'm finally get images that satisfy me. For these, I used my Nikon D7000 and Sigma 150-500mm lens. The key to getting sharp photos of moving wildlife is fast shutter speed. I usually start with the camera in aperture priority set at F8, then adjust the ISO until the shutter speed is at least 1/1000. You can also try the "sports" setting if you don't want to set it manually. (That's the icon that looks like a little person running )
Tell your son to practice, practice, practice. Taking hundreds of pictures is the only way to get good at it. He's on the right track!
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)Tell your son to practice, practice, practice. Taking hundreds of pictures is the only way to get good at it. He's on the right track!
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As always, LTD, simply breathtaking!
Thanks for sharing, and I can relate to the crabiness and finding out it was PMS. Then I have to apologize to the kids and be extra nice to the dogs...! ; )
Thanks for sharing, and I can relate to the crabiness and finding out it was PMS. Then I have to apologize to the kids and be extra nice to the dogs...! ; )
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Originally Posted by Tuffgirl 
Thanks for sharing, and I can relate to the crabiness and finding out it was PMS. Then I have to apologize to the kids and be extra nice to the dogs...! ; )
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