The Picture Thread IV: piccie-tide

[Madeliaette]

ok, here are a trio from yesterdays 10 hr excursion:
Littlehampton - looking at windmill theater i used to hang at as a teen and munchery next door...

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Arundel - looking at birds at River Arun...

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& Christmas festivities in Arundel near fake snow machine at pub...

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[emma glitch]

I love your pics, Maddie. I especially like the birds, the way they're lit up.

Here's a photo of Mt San Jacinto, and because it's cut down to post, the tiny little trees on the slopes may or may not show up. Here's hoping! Hummingbird and slightly larger bird to follow. These I took with the new lens, then put the other lens on for roses.

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[Madeliaette]

I can see some little lumps along one slope....they are probably the trees you mean, Emma! Good shot either way.

[RJDiogenes]

Ah, a new picture thread. No wonder I didn't see it before.

ok, here are a trio from yesterdays 10 hr excursion:

Very nice. The river with the sun and birds is especially nice, but the town looks like a cool place to visit. I'd love to go to that theater.

Here's a photo of Mt San Jacinto, and because it's cut down to post, the tiny little trees on the slopes may or may not show up. Here's hoping! Hummingbird and slightly larger bird to follow. These I took with the new lens, then put the other lens on for roses.

The trees are visible. I also love the texture of the mountainside. And the bird delicately perched on that thin branch is cool.

[Madeliaette]

It sometimes does plays still - but doubles as a cinema these days - when i was a teen, i used to have set seats and go to every show the local amateur company produced - loved fiddler on the roof, guys n dolls, don giovanni....
ah yes, someone closed the old piccie thread and i had photos so i made a newbie!!

[emma glitch]

Just for fun, I took a shot of the moon with the original lens full out, went home to change lenses, took another from the same spot with the new lens full out. I don't carry the tripod when I'm walking, so will arrange to do this again somewhere else.

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[RJDiogenes]

It sometimes does plays still - but doubles as a cinema these days - when i was a teen, i used to have set seats and go to every show the local amateur company produced - loved fiddler on the roof, guys n dolls, don giovanni....

That's pretty cool. I've had season tickets to our local theater for over thirty years now, and pretty much the same seats every month.

Just for fun, I took a shot of the moon with the original lens full out, went home to change lenses, took another from the same spot with the new lens full out. I don't carry the tripod when I'm walking, so will arrange to do this again somewhere else.

Whoa! I want to be able to take pictures of the moon like that.

[Madeliaette]

wow that lens sure makes a major diff, Emma!

[emma glitch]

Whoa! I want to be able to take pictures of the moon like that.

I want you to be able to too.

wow that lens sure makes a major diff, Emma!

Yeah, and it's fun! I don't take it with me on my walk every morning, and when I don't, I'm usually sorry. This morning I missed a large flock of ducks and at least 9 snowy egrets at the pond.

But I managed to check out the roses. The orange one is the first new Colorific bud I've seen in a couple weeks. The Paradise and Angel Face are busting out all over. December seems to be our June.

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[emma glitch]

Roses after the rain.

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[emma glitch]

Hummingbird after the rosemary.

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[Madeliaette]

Wow - gorgeous shots, Emma!!! (I can just see you make a fortune selling some of those rose shots to card companies!!!! )

[RJDiogenes]

^^ That could definitely work.

I love those pics of the hummingbird frozen in mid flap, and I always like the raindrops on the flowers.

[emma glitch]

^^ That could definitely work.

I love those pics of the hummingbird frozen in mid flap, and I always like the raindrops on the flowers.

I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get to shoot the flowers after the rain. As for the hummingbird, pure luck! I saw it, the camera was in focus, I managed four or five before it flew off.

Perspectives, and a bird.

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[RJDiogenes]

^^ The first two made me think of War of the Worlds.