Thread: 4 da' birds

I was out earlier mooning



some birds:





:camera::camera::camera::camera::camera::camera:

yum, dinner!

Tim, how close were you to those birds in actuality?

Beautiful shot of the moon.

Originally Posted by Grim

yum, dinner!

da birds or the grub he found?!?!?!

Originally Posted by Kalina

Tim, how close were you to those birds in actuality?

Beautiful shot of the moon.

I was closer to the birds than the moon

hold on, I'll go measure

Originally Posted by timsdd

da birds or the grub he found?!?!?!


I was closer to the birds than the moon

hold on, I'll go measure

That's it, now I want to kick your ass! :wub_anim:

Originally Posted by Kalina

That's it, now I want to kick your ass! :wub_anim:

:whistle: Do I make you ____y baby :P

I was between 11.7' and 40.8', where ' = "feet" for you Canadians. Feet is a unit of measurement (also for the Canadians).

keep in mind that I cropped all of the pics, throwing away about 44% of the image. So it looks like I am closer than I actually was.

That's why the REALLY long telephoto lenses cost thousands and thousands of $$ - b/c you need a lot of reach for wildlife stuff!!

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like a great sport lens, 300mm/2.8 is like pushing $4K

these were 200mm x 3 (teleconverter) x crop factor 1.6 = 960mm

so really I was like lightyears away from the action

The metric I learned in school is the same as your metric, they then changed it afterwards, which is dumb, cause it was one way, the way my parents know, then another way, then back.

The moon shot reminds me of a very interesting news article I read today about a planet they just find outside our solar system, it could be all rock like earth or a big frozen ice ball it says... it also may be livable. I loved the picture of it. I think an artist painted it up but it looks real.

Originally Posted by Kalina

The metric I learned in school is the same as your metric, they then changed it afterwards, which is dumb, cause it was one way, the way my parents know, then another way, then back.

The moon shot reminds me of a very interesting news article I read today about a planet they just find outside our solar system, it could be all rock like earth or a {big frozen ice ball} it says... it also may be livable. I loved the picture of it. I think an artist painted it up but it looks real.

{BFIB}'s rule :twisted: I heard about the planet too. I hope to visit some day

My wishes of "grandeur" (meeting a nice, good man) will never be met so I give up hoping.

For now I will enjoy the views you share.

just a few more from my backyard -

mmmm, high in protein:



hmmmm, anything else I can grab while I'm here?







and YES!!! I do need to mow my backyard ;-)

fantastic shots tim!

worms :sick:

Originally Posted by redQueen

fantastic shots tim!

worms :sick:

mmmm, crunchy ones by the looks of it :sick: :twisted:

and a new comer to the mix...check out the catch he made!

you have tall grasses Tim... It doesn't look like a backyard to me anymore... I'll go back to my corner. :eek:

I'm holding off on mowing my lawn as long as possible... I hate mowing it the front is fine but our backyard is a double lot so it is too big and our rider is broke and we never fixed it for some reason, something simple too. We had a snake out their last year so I'm a wimp out there. I scream when I see a snake and my useless dog runs away instead of protecting me.

Originally Posted by redQueen

you have tall grasses Tim... It doesn't look like a backyard to me anymore... I'll go back to my corner. :eek:

DUDE! give me a break . I already mowed it anyway :twisted:

Originally Posted by kdemonte

I'm holding off on mowing my lawn as long as possible... I hate mowing it the front is fine but our backyard is a double lot so it is too big and our rider is broke and we never fixed it for some reason, something simple too. We had a snake out their last year so I'm a wimp out there. I scream when I see a snake and my useless dog runs away instead of protecting me.

lots of scary snakes in upstate NY :twisted:
I hear you. Above alkl I hate mowing. And actually the mowing part isn't so bad it's the cleanup after the fact.

Iowadawg does not mow.
Have someone who comes by and does that chore.

I really should carry my camera with me at all times.
Have seen some darn good looking pheasants.
Plus across the street, a bunch of turkeys gather every so often.
Turkeys look prettier in the wild than on a farm.

Still waiting to see a black bear (supposed to be on the rise here).

May go mushroom hunting on my day off.
Up to the wife.
Nothing like fresh sauteed morels (and this coming from someone who would never touch mushrooms).

Originally Posted by timsdd

DUDE! give me a break
lots of scary snakes in upstate NY :twisted:

Yeah this one was terrifying, had to be atleast 5 inches long and green LOL I'm a wimp with snakes :eek:

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Iowadawg does not mow.
Have someone who comes by and does that chore.

I really should carry my camera with me at all times.
Have seen some darn good looking pheasants.
Plus across the street, a bunch of turkeys gather every so often.
Turkeys look prettier in the wild than on a farm.

Still waiting to see a black bear (supposed to be on the rise here).

May go mushroom hunting on my day off.
Up to the wife.
Nothing like fresh sauteed morels (and this coming from someone who would never touch mushrooms).

I don't blame you on the hiring of said chore.

I KNEW it!!! Joe does schroms!!! :twisted: :twisted:

Originally Posted by kdemonte

Yeah this one was terrifying, had to be atleast 5 inches long and green LOL I'm a wimp with snakes :eek:

wuss j/k, I'm the same way with roaches (the non clipped kind) I pull up my shirt and shriek like a little girl

hey I'm a wimp too with snakes. I found one a long time ago in a drum we keep at the back to store water for washing, he was 2 feet, ugly and swimming (or was it drowning, heck snakes are good swimmers). good thing I didn't dip my jug in on impulse and looked before I did anything or I'd be in for a painful surprise.

I don't like roaches either, especially the ones who know how to fly :sick:

Originally Posted by redQueen

hey I'm a wimp too with snakes. I found one a long time ago in a drum we keep at the back to store water for washing, he was 2 feet, ugly and swimming (or was it drowning, heck snakes are good swimmers). good thing I didn't dip my jug in on impulse and looked before I did anything or I'd be in for a painful surprise.

I don't like roaches either, especially the ones who know how to fly :sick:

thanks for the heebee jeebee on the flying roach reference!! :evil:

well and I'm sure where you are snakes are more common and pack more of a punch!!

I seriously NEED to favorite these on sumthing. Do you have a Deviantart account?

Originally Posted by draconusit

I seriously NEED to favorite these on sumthing. Do you have a Deviantart account?

never found the time to dev, just barely did the flickr here semi recently

Boids!

This is a Barn Swallow nest just right outside ourt back door. They had 2 sets of chicks this spring! 1st 4 and then 5!! 5 was a tight fit for sure!!


nest finsihing touches:

Those are some GREAT pictures!! I LOVE the moon pic. It looks like it's mooning us. Get it .... hahahahahahahahhaa

very nice pictures ... as usual

Where's all that Texas snow? :P

speaking of moon, how does everyone feel about Pluto, the former planet?

Originally Posted by WikicyloN

speaking of moon, how does everyone feel about Pluto, the former planet?

I grew up with a solar system of 9 planets, so it sucks a bit for me.
But, I can certainly see why Pluto was demoted.

Originally Posted by WikicyloN

speaking of moon, how does everyone feel about Pluto, the former planet?

dude!

[vbtube]WmFBOVZ6BLM[/vbtube]

Originally Posted by WikicyloN

speaking of moon, how does everyone feel about Pluto, the former planet?

Pluto never should have been a planet in the first place. It's about time they wised up and got it right. :sroll:

Originally Posted by Red Hot Mama

Pluto never should have been a planet in the first place. It's about time they wised up and got it right. :sroll:

next thing you're going to tell me is that planet Zeekios is not a planet either!

as pluto was discovered in Flagstaff I'm a bit biased. I will miss it as my 9th planet.

Originally Posted by WikicyloN

as pluto was discovered in Flagstaff I'm a bit biased. I will miss it as my 9th planet.

damn! I didn't realize it was that close!

Originally Posted by Red Hot Mama

Pluto never should have been a planet in the first place. It's about time they wised up and got it right. :sroll:

:skiss: :stongue:

Originally Posted by stefanie

Those are some GREAT pictures!! I LOVE the moon pic. It looks like it's mooning us. Get it .... hahahahahahahahhaa

major moonage

Originally Posted by designer007

very nice pictures ... as usual

TY sir

Originally Posted by Zap

Where's all that Texas snow? :P

did tx get some? must have been 4-8 hours north of us!!

Great pictures. You got the moment.

seeing stuff like these photos makes me want to get into doing it...seems so fun

i just don't have the guts to drop a lot on a camera...lol

nice pics of the birds...wifey said she loves them

Originally Posted by pelister

Great pictures. You got the moment.

TY

Originally Posted by Stax

seeing stuff like these photos makes me want to get into doing it...seems so fun

i just don't have the guts to drop a lot on a camera...lol

nice pics of the birds...wifey said she loves them

it is a lot of fun but it can be quite time consuming. thast's why I am a photographer 1st and a webmaster 3rd or 4th

more from the set:

those blurred motion ones are nice (i love motion pics)

you make any decent money from photography tim? (just curious...never really known how professionally into it you were)