Calling All Photographers - 2008

[Grubendol]

Pic of Eliza at her first hockey game. We saw the Kings get destroyed by Dallas (unfortunately, but expected). We were fourth row center ice. She was there for her 3 week birthday.

[mlm]

Love the toque Grubie!

[mlm]

Harry,

I love your shots. I'm not so much of a bird fan, but love your tiger and panda shots. That second tiger shot, where he's looking right at you...excellent work!

(I wanted to give you some greenies, but apparently I have to spread some around first...:D)

[Snitgirl]

I will 2nd that tiger shot!!! Nice shot and what an incredible creature!!

[Snitgirl]

your little one is way to cute Grubie.... going to be such a daddy's girl..

[Snitgirl]

Growing sooooo big... so adorable...

more zoo photos

[rbaker]

Growing sooooo big... so adorable...

And the next thing you know you are a grandparent.

[mlm]

Oh Dick, they are soooo adorable. (I gotta ask, what were you guys eating in that 4th photo?)

[HarryChiling]

Harry,

I love your shots. I'm not so much of a bird fan, but love your tiger and panda shots. That second tiger shot, where he's looking right at you...excellent work!

(I wanted to give you some greenies, but apparently I have to spread some around first...:D)

Thanks the bird shots were crazy tough, the cages were made of wire spaced an inch appart which meant that I had to get real close and manually focus since the autofocus wants to focus on the wire. Anyway some of them came out very well and others didn't. The panda shot was crazy, I had to hodl my camera above a crowd with my wife standing back tellign me if the panda was even being aimed at then waiting for him to look our way. I am very patient so I always end up gettign the shot I want or I'll be their for hours whihc drives my wife nuts. Chances are we only left because she was so fed up with me taking photos.

[rbaker]

Oh Dick, they are soooo adorable. (I gotta ask, what were you guys eating in that 4th photo?)

Were were at Disneworld for the week and it was the Ghirardelli Chocolate $55.00 Sundae. The photo below is the before.

[mlm]

Oh my! You said the magic word!! There used to be a Ghirardelli in Vancouver, but it folded after a year. Man, I miss their sundaes (the one person version).

[Grubendol]

Being a native San Franciscan I know and love Ghiradelli quite well. Good stuff.

The wife and the baby surprised me at work for lunch today.

[Steve Machol]

Caught this guy flying over my house yesterday. Anyone know what kid of bird this is?

[k12311997]

Oh my! You said the magic word!! There used to be a Ghirardelli in Vancouver, but it folded after a year. Man, I miss their sundaes (the one person version).

that one looks one person to me :D

[mlm]

Steve, I can't tell you what kind of bird that is, but I love the shot!!

[Snitgirl]

Nice shot Steve. Was it flying low or did you have to use a zoom.

He looks HUGE!!!

I printed it and gave it to Siena, she is really into birds right now. To cute, she put her arm up (while holding it) to make it fly :D

P.S. Since I am not into birds or know much about them (although learning here in canada since I am in wilderness land, lol) I have no idea what that is, eagle of some sort?

[Grubendol]

Caught this guy flying over my house yesterday. Anyone know what kid of bird this is?

I'm an amatuer birder. I'm almost 95% sure that's a Northern Goshawk. Never seen one in the wild myself so not 100%, but all the markings match for an adolescent.

[Grubendol]

Snit, if she’s into birds, you NEED to get her the Audubon stuffed animals. They have authentic bird calls when you squeeze them. They have versions of most north American species.

I have a couple for Eliza since I’m a birder. We picked them during our cross country drive to Colorado.


Btw, I have most of the pictures I’ve taken over the past 2 years up in my flickr site, including shots from the Southwest drive.


www.flickr.com/photos/ricperalta

[hcjilson]

I thought at first, that it was a bald eagle because only the head and throat were white.(at least from the photo) How large was this bird?(wingspan) I've seen them in Maine, MA, Colorado and Alaska but don't know how far south they travel. I just read that the northern groshawk is basically "northern" but is also found in the Mexican Highlands so you'll have to draw your own conclusions.

[Steve Machol]

It was shot with my new Nikon D300 and 70-300mm zoom (at 300mm.) Actually I'm leaning towards a Zone-Tailed Hawk. Look at the tail feathers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ZonetailedHawk2.jpg

He was pretty high up so I could not even estimate his wingspan.

[Snitgirl]

Hi Pa, I noticed your glasses are not sitting right on your face so I will take care of them for you. My MaMa has trained me for this special task.





Now lets see, these are your only pair of glasses and they are old and a drill mount, I can do this. Don't be afraid Pa, really, I CAN do this. I AM Canadian !



Now, I will SLOWLY take them off of you.



Yep, I see the problem Pa!



All I have to do is push on this one side to make them straight again.



Oh, but I have to see through them too to make sure your progressives are working right. Let me give them back to you cause they work on me and then I will clean them.





Just have to clean them. Come on Pa, I just need to finish.



All I have to do is lick the lens and then wipe.




See Pa, they are PERFECT now.. Yippeeeee, I did it. My very first official adjustment :D

[Grubendol]

http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx

Bird identifier program super awesome.

Also the Audubon stuffed animals I mentioned:

http://www.seattleaudubon.org/natureshop.cfm?catID=366

[Steve Machol]

It was shot with my new Nikon D300 and 70-300mm zoom (at 300mm.) Actually I'm leaning towards a Zone-Tailed Hawk. Look at the tail feathers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ZonetailedHawk2.jpg

He was pretty high up so I could not even estimate his wingspan.

Yep, definitely a Zone-Tailed Hawk:

http://www.greglasley.net/zonetail.html

[braheem24]

Congratulations on the D300, Awesome camera!

I have the same camera with a little collection of lenses, so far:

D80 / D300
85mm f/1.4D
60mm f/2.8D
50mm f/1.4D
18-200mm VRII

You're welcome to borrow any to play with if you need to resist the purchasing fever, which I dont seem to do well. :o

[Steve Machol]

It is a great camera. When I have time I'll post more pictures from it. I also have the 18-200 VRII.