AT Shot of the Day Thread

[radhak]

Great pictures on the previous page - birds, scenery, ocean. Inspiring. That juvenile heron's reflection in the water is near perfect!
And that Christmas Day blizzard picture is breath-taking, particularly for us Miami dwellers: can almost feel the cold air.

Repoman, what car is that? Is it a stick shift?

 

[repoman0]

Great pictures on the previous page - birds, scenery, ocean. Inspiring. That juvenile heron's reflection in the water is near perfect!
And that Christmas Day blizzard picture is breath-taking, particularly for us Miami dwellers: can almost feel the cold air.

Repoman, what car is that? Is it a stick shift?

Most people would probably prefer to admire it from afar in a place like Miami

The car is a 2006 Miata, and yeah it was a 6 speed manual. I rented it from a guy on Turo, where I typically go for rentals within the states (cheaper than a normal chain and cooler cars). Perfect car for driving around California for a week.

 

[radhak]

Great - I had never heard of Turo, and now it looks like a first-look option! Thanks.

 

[IronWing]

Black Oystercatcher, Marina del Rey jetty, Los Angeles, CA

 

[Paladin3]

Goofing around with a single on-camera flash bounced off a wall in an otherwise dark room. My Tamron 17-50/2.8 at 50mm and minimum focus distance. Stoeger Single Action Army clone in .357/.38 special.

 

[Crotulus]

Wife got me an Olympus M. Zuiko 75-300mm f4.8-6.7 II lens for Christmas. Tried it out in the backyard then took the family down to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park for a bit of a trial run. The long reach (35mm equivalent of 150-600mm) means it'll take a bit of practice but I'm liking the results of a 1st outing. All handheld as well. I do love that Olympus OIS.

Black Phoebe in the backyard (1/250 sec. f/6.7 300mm)

Safari Park

Bighorn Sheep (1/500 sec. f/9 252mm)

Black and White Colobus (1/500 sec. f/8 208mm)

Flamingo (1/500 sec. f/9 300mm)

Egyptian Vulture (1/250 sec. f/6.7 300mm)

Gorilla (1/60 sec. f/6.7 300mm)

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Sup

 

[IronWing]

Cool cat. For our kitties (mostly black), I find bouncing the flash off a gold reflector works wonders.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

That snap was my speed light bounced to camera left off the stair wall. You can see the flash in his left eye.

 

[IronWing]

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Tucson, AZ. Probably the same bird that was playing in the water in a previous pic as its feathers are wet again.

 

[Brainonska511]

I was in Tucson over New Year's and we took a trip out to the Sonoran Desert Museum. Caught this on our way out:
Sonoran Desert Sunset

 

[SmokinWaffle]

Great shot!

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Went out to see a buddy's band play Friday night

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[repoman0]

Great shot!

Thanks I was wishing I had my real camera with me, but sometimes the iPhone will have to do.

 

[Platypus]

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Beinhaus in Kutna Hora, Czechia

 

[repoman0]

Beinhaus in Kutna Hora, Czechia

I visited there a couple years ago. Crazy how some of the skulls have holes in them from some forgotten 11th century battle.

 

[Platypus]

I visited there a couple years ago. Crazy how some of the skulls have holes in them from some forgotten 11th century battle.

Yeah for sure, pretty eerie place to go but it was interesting.

 

[IronWing]

Gilbert Water Ranch, Gilbert, Arizona
The Town of Gilbert experienced stupid levels of growth in the past decade. When the need for a new sewage treatment plant became apparent, the town designed the treatment plant to serve as a wetlands preserve and public park.

Green Heron

Happy ducks

Enter the happy cormorant.

The cormorant was playing with leaves from the bottom of the pond and plowed through the ducks in the process.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

WomensMarch2-15.jpg by Garth, on Flickr

WomensMarch2-14.jpg by Garth, on Flickr

 

[CuriousMike]

Vertical

 

[spacejamz]

my "puppy"

 

[Brainonska511]

Went to Cape Cod last weekend:


Nauset Light

Sunset at Herring Cove Beach

Harbor seal

 

[Red Squirrel]

Couple random phone pictures while I was out for a walk. Was nice out and actually my first time going to the lake in winter, I did not realize it was even walkable but enough people walk it that it keeps the snow packed down.

 

[CuriousMike]

Sunol Ridge by Michael Coustier, on Flickr

 

[CuriousMike]

A dog. And waterfall. by Michael Coustier, on Flickr