Maybe, it was just his or her's time ~ None the less, your willingness to entertainer more birds speaks highly of your appreciation ~
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- Thread starter keenfish
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Its a Colorado Blue Spruce Tree in the background. Forgot which lens I shot that with. Its either the 300 F4 L IS or the 100-400L IS.
Last week my son and I did a midnight run out to Kaena Pt, trying to escape light pollution and first attempts at long exposure Milky Way photos. We learned a lot and expect to get better results next time. That's him on the rocks wearing a headlamp
Whimbrel looking for breakfast in the rocks this morning.
Hiked to this glacial lake in Alaska last week (Harlequin Lake) The rain forest is straight out of the Hobbit.
Packed an inflatable kayak in and paddled around the icebergs (those are the wives)
Came across this guy on the way home standing on the side of the road
This Eagle nest has been here for years and is used anually
The first time I saw it 7 years ago a mother swooped in with a big pink salmon in her talons for a hugry group of fledglings.
It's much bigger than it looks in the pic, it's the size of a large couch.
Packed an inflatable kayak in and paddled around the icebergs (those are the wives)
Came across this guy on the way home standing on the side of the road
This Eagle nest has been here for years and is used anually
The first time I saw it 7 years ago a mother swooped in with a big pink salmon in her talons for a hugry group of fledglings.
It's much bigger than it looks in the pic, it's the size of a large couch.
RTH with a fresh kill. Couldn't make out what it was even though this dude let me get pretty close and couldn't give a sh!t about me being there. Didn't want to push it.
Looks like a toad or large frog
RTH with a fresh kill. Couldn't make out what it was even though this dude let me get pretty close and couldn't give a sh!t about me being there. Didn't want to push it.
That's what I thought too but couldn't get a good enough look at it to tell.Looks like a toad or large frog
These wavy turban snails have been all over trestles the last week or so up in the high tide line of the rocks. I usually only find the empty shells.
You can tell Mars is reddish, right? Or when you look at Orion, you can see the difference in the light from one shoulder to the other? You can tell Jupiter is golden and not white (at 9 PM you can see it plainly enough....here is a decent star map link)?
Easier to see colors in stars with binoculars. Also, takes about 20 or so minutes for eyes to fully dilate which will further help see colors. Usually in low light situations, the eye/brain turns up the contrast functionality.
But the easy way around this is with longer exposures on cameras, or sometimes better depending on the sensor, stacking multiple shorter exposures.
Easier to see colors in stars with binoculars. Also, takes about 20 or so minutes for eyes to fully dilate which will further help see colors. Usually in low light situations, the eye/brain turns up the contrast functionality.
But the easy way around this is with longer exposures on cameras, or sometimes better depending on the sensor, stacking multiple shorter exposures.
No, you need to get further away from light pollution. Went on a field trip w the astronomy club at wife's school to Amboy crater. Certified dark spot. Insane milky way swath I've never seen. About 10 big scopes setup. One NASA employee had a scope needing a ladder to reach the eyepiece. She let my groms have a look. Super cool. Would love to go back sometime soon.
Looks like an alien.
Is the color in the Milky Way something only cameras pick up? I've gazed upon the MIlky Way in the High Sierras and the Utah desert and have never seen colors.
@Joshua2415, friend studied those in grad school. Subtidal kelp forest habitat w a warmer water range. Must've washed in from last swell. Lithopoma undosum, might have undergone a genus change by now. Aka wavalone.
A couple subtidal shots from grad school
Hermissenda crassicornis nudibranch from coast guard pier, Morro bay
Macrocytosis pyrifera apical meristem
Taken w Nikonos 4 with extension tubes
Hermissenda crassicornis nudibranch from coast guard pier, Morro bay
Macrocytosis pyrifera apical meristem
Taken w Nikonos 4 with extension tubes
For the next month, if you have clear skies, decent binoculars and a way to steady the view, look SE around 9:30 PM, approximately at 45 degree angle up, and look for the brightest "star" you can see.
It is Jupiter. With steady hands, you should be able to see specks next to it, these are the four Galilean moons like this...Jupiter moons are 2 on each side of the bright spot which is Jupiter itself:
It is Jupiter. With steady hands, you should be able to see specks next to it, these are the four Galilean moons like this...Jupiter moons are 2 on each side of the bright spot which is Jupiter itself: