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[KristinB]

Today's eagle...

 

[RDB]

Do you bait them to come closer?
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Robert

 

[RDB]

CORN PALACE - 2006 - Mitchell, SD

Decorated with grains each year.
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Robert

 

[KristinB]

Do you bait them to come closer?
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Robert

No, they were too busy fishing, LOL! I had a 300mm lens with a 1.7 teleconverter, and then cropped the shot a bit to get the final result. They're just pretty much habituated to the humans who stand around the dam all the time (lucky for us). Some of my friends get awesome shots of eagles with fish in their talons -- I'm not that good.

 

[RDB]

Quick on the draw, I must say

Will they not share some shots?
May be an opportunity to tell them about TUG? Have them sign up and share.
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Robert

 

[KristinB]

Actually, we all belong to a forum called the Nikon Cafe, and they (and I) post over there. Here's a thread with some fabulous pics of eagles with fish starting with post #42. You'll also see my friend John (who took my avatar photo) has given me my new motto, LOL!

 

[KristinB]

My best eagle shot (to date)

 

[JoAnn]

Actually, we all belong to a forum called the Nikon Cafe, and they (and I) post over there). Here's a thread with some fabulous pics of eagles with fish starting with post #42. You'll also see my friend John (who took my avatar photo) has given me my new motto, LOL!

Kristin: Those are all awesome photos! What a great experience to be in the middle of all those magnificent Eagles. Thanks for sharing that site.
We have a young one flying regularly over our little lake and I hope he/she stays around.

I look forward to seeing all the pictures that are posted. Wonderful photography. Especially of the places we've seen in our travels. Brings back lots of good memories.

 

[RDB]

Kansas Neighborhood Fun time

Off my back, I said!!

From my Kansas collection.
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Robert

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Menehune Fish Ponds - Kaua'i

 

[SueDonJ]

This thread is hands-down my favorite reading spot on the web. Thanks to everyone who contributes!

This is today's Captive Bird of The Day from Busch Gardens, FL:

 

[jerseyfinn]

Robert,

Neat photos. I'm a Jersey guy so the only rodeo we see is on TV. We did however stop at the Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs years ago. What an eye-opener that was!

We learn about rodeo and the men and women in it ( even a famous bull rider from Philadelphia who gets gored and dies ). It gave me a whole new appreciation for what those folks go through in a sport in which one could argue that rodeo people are the toughest athletes ( or at least the hardest working ).

Thanks for sharing those pictures as they wake up some memories for me.

Barry

 

[jerseyfinn]

Kristin,

Some great eagle shots. I especially like this one as you capture the mechanics of flight just at the right moment.

We've had a red-tailed hawk near the house the past few weeks. Sometimes you hear him/her screeching & you look up and see this majestic wing sweep. Also notice how the birds all seem to go silent and dash for the trees and bushes. Now I've got to a point where if I don't hear birds chirping or see them fluttering about, I look up in the sky and eventually pick up the hawk silently sweeping the sky. It's neat to be reminided that nature is out there 24/7 while we sit in our heated/airconditioned homes.

Barry

 

[Makai Guy]

I'm a Jersey guy so the only rodeo we see is on TV.

FWIW, as a kid back in the dark ages, my family used to rent a small house across the street from the beach in Cape May for a week or two in the summer. One of the real attractions for me as a little kid was there was a nightly rodeo held very near by, and we kids could actually see into the rodeo grounds from our second floor bedroom window.

I suppose by now the land became too valuable for it still to be used as a rodeo grounds.

 

[easyrider]

Do I recognize that pool from Hearst Castle?

yes you do, it would be a nice place to have a party

 

[RDB]

Robert,

Neat photos. I'm a Jersey guy so the only rodeo we see is on TV. We did however stop at the Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs years ago. What an eye-opener that was!

... Barry

This is a little fun thing many friends near Topeka do on weekends. A family get-togather thing. Home made ribs too!
Near the end of my 2006 Trip West. Someday I may finish that report.

 

[RDB]

Home Colors

Colors (Nov 2008) from my HOME collection.
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Robert

 

[Timeshare Von]

Boy do I miss the fall in Virginia!!! Thanks for sharing those RDB.

 

[AwayWeGo]

Cool Cloudscapes.

Click The Picture To See More. ​

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[HatTrick]

Around Anaeho'omalu Bay (Big Island)

 

[Kay H]

Alan,
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dmharris]

The Cloud holes might be wowers, but some how I appreciate even more the personal touch of seeing our own Tuggers' photos. Kinda like the difference between a Hallmark card and a hand-made one. Both gorgeous, but for different reasons.

I love seeing Robert hardly visible in the Spearfish Canyon fly fishing photo, and glimpses of all of you as real people with living, breathing, passion for God's creation, man-made art or your own families, coursing through your veins; that is what I've come to know and deeply appreciate over the past couple of years, if only through your posts.

 

[KristinB]

The Cloud holes might be wowers, but some how I appreciate even more the personal touch of seeing our own Tuggers' photos.

Oh, I thought that was Alan's photo... I thought that was the purpose of this thread, to post our own pics?

HatTrick, I love that shot of the turtle. I never got a good one when I was on the islands, and never saw one on the beach like that.

Here's my eagle pic for today:

 

[AwayWeGo]

Other People's Pictures.

Oh, I thought that was Alan's photo... I thought that was the purpose of this thread, to post our own pics?

Yes, the true purpose is showing pictures we've taken ourselves.

While we're at it, it doesn't hurt to look at some arresting pictures other people took. Some are so arresting it would be a shame to miss'm.

Full Disclosure: All the pictures I sent in (clouds, horns, etc.) were taken by other people. So it goes.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[FlyerBobcat]

Kauai monk seal

This is one of my favorite shots.... From Poipu Beach in front of the Marriott Waiohai (October, 2008).

.... I wanna' go back.....