06-10-06-13-34-54-5D_2-01.jpg
by dwterry

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Nice background! Much better than just a clear blue sky.

06-10-06-12-01-45-20D-01.jpg
by dwterry

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Wow! That's close! I like it very much. A little soft but you give up sharpness a lot of times with a big zoom and a high speed subject. Hurray for the Air Show season!!

cowbird.jpg
by cynthiann

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Well you sure are getting a lot of nice bird images! I hope you see less of these particular birds. Keep shooting and sharing. Thanks for all of the great shots you are getting!

Bonjour, Little Bug
by cynthiann

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This little bird looks like the female Brown Headed Cow Bird. Now she's the real 'bad guy' in the equation. hehe Watch out for her!!

M81, M82 - Galaxies in Ursa Major
by Pascal

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Thanks for the info. Sounds a little out of my realm of knowledge for now but it does help explain why there are no star trails.

moon_shot1
by thegrandwazoo

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Awesome shot! It's incredible how much texture there is to the Moon's surface. Nice capture. It looks like I'll need to expand my wish list to include one of those lenses. :D

Big Cat
by heavyj

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Very nice PP and nicely composed as well.

M81, M82 - Galaxies in Ursa Major
by Pascal

Comment:
Pretty sweet image. How did you avoid Star Trails with a 105 minute exposure?

Rocket to the moon
by Villi_Ingi

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Very nice capture. I really like this perspective of the church. The composition is perfect and I'm a sucker for moon shots.

blackbird1.jpg
by cynthiann

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I like the DOF and the colors in this picture very much.

This looks like a Brown Headed Cow Bird. Seriously!! haha They are pest birds that lay their egg (one at a time) in other birds nests. Often times these birds are smaller species like sparrows, finches and warblers. The host bird either doesn't seem to notice it or doesn't care because they don't take the new egg out. The Cow Bird egg develops rapidly and often hatches before the host eggs do. Then the new cowbird chick has the instinct to push anything that is in the nest with it OUT! The host parents again don't do anything to stop this activity and feed the cowbird chick as if it were their own. I've seen footage of a nearly fledged cow bird chick in the nest that was considerably larger than it's host parents! The Cow Birds are pretty smart since they let other birds raise their young for them. Not much effort required to continue their species.