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p.1 #1 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Just some odds and ends from recent outings. Nothing spectacular or jaw dropping

1) I call this one : TOE JAMMMMMMMM

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2) OK this one may need your help

It's either

Hey Ant - Sniff my finger
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Yo brutha Power to the people
or

3) Ladies and Gentlemen I introduce to you MY FIRST KINGFISHER

Yea it's a heavy crop and it may not be the highest IQ > but it is a first

4) another California Bald Eagle

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5) Are you sick of these guys yet ?

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7) I hope you can find this one: He's pretty well coverd in cammo

8) Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the tree

10) This little feller was watching the Mallards from the bank..... Lickin his chops

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Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 02:28 AM

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p.1 #2 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Ant,
Way to go on the KF it looks nice with something around it besides dead tree branches, sadly that's all ours has to land on down at BC.
Great Job
Tim

Sep 29, 2008 at 02:33 AM

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p.1 #3 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Should have saved the last one for holloween

Sep 29, 2008 at 02:35 AM

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p.1 #4 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Well I think that find on the Bittern is jaw-dropping, wait til Tim K sees that one

That is a very cool find and excellent shot right in the habitat buddy. Gorgeous brown tones and nice work the focus in that tangle!

Hey, that BCNH is sporting a white beard, Santa?? is that you

GBH shot is far from boring, great light and color Ant. If by chance you see an eagle, it will be proud to have a shot as good as that gull, nailed it!

#1,2 I have no idea what that nut-muncher is up to, I think he was flexing for you

Wow, you did get a Kingfisher, cool and doesn't look like he was up a tree more in a low branched one. Just a thought on that one, would a darker BG look better, seems just a bit more open than I would expect, there's that 'nit'!

Take care buddy!
Karl

Here kitty kitty kitty

Sep 29, 2008 at 02:50 AM

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p.1 #5 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Dude, Karl is right, you got a bittern! From the yak? Man good job on him, they are not easy subjects. Oh yeah clone out all that sh&t around it, I want it wide open!!

Great light on 6-9, 8 is wonderful. Nice gbh, not typical, not sick of them, got a million of them, like this one. Congrats on the KF! Those buggers are difficult. I have some close shots but it is perched on a boat! Nothing good in the wild for me yet. Nice job buddy.

Tim

Sep 29, 2008 at 03:00 AM

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p.1 #6 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Of the two squirrel photos I prefer #2.

Sep 29, 2008 at 03:36 AM

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Ant...
Congrats on the KF...just got my 1st too. Great detail on that one + the Herons! But my clear cut favorite has just got to be the California Bald Eagle. Had to go get windex for the monitor on that one. Could've sworn at 1st glance it was a sea gull!

Sep 29, 2008 at 03:44 AM

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p.1 #8 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

These are pretty stunning Ant.... I think I'm gonna go back and delete mine.

Great shots bud.

Terry

Sep 29, 2008 at 03:48 AM

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p.1 #9 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

I like the KF shot, Ant. Well done

Sep 29, 2008 at 03:55 AM

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I like the squirrel shots, Ant. They are very cool. The way I see the second shot, looks like s/he is about to raise its middle finger.

. I believe s/he was just trying to help you and was going to show you a bird.

Congrats on your KF shot, and good job with the exposure in the IF shot.
Good job also with the Bittern picking your way through all that stuff around it.
Socrate

Sep 29, 2008 at 04:36 AM

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p.1 #11 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Hey Ant, I'm REALLY impressed with your Bittern shots, particularly when you had to focus through all those reeds. And just super lighting there. And congrats on the Mrs KF shot, I'm sure it will be the first of many especially as they seem to be spotted all over the California coast now. But the California Bald Eagle is my fave of the set, Ant. I think most folks take if for granted that anyone can get a good shot of it, but it's more difficult than you'd think. You got the light, shadows, color, details, and blue sky with fluffy clouds there. I think you're ready for Mono Lake where most of the California BEs are born

Best Wishes,
Steve

Sep 29, 2008 at 04:59 AM

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p.1 #12 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Anthony,

# 2 is "Don't you Dare mess With ME."

Congratulations on the Kingfisher.

Neat to get a new one

Got to love the expression you got on # 8 & 9

And I also like # 6 a lot

Lil

Sep 29, 2008 at 06:00 AM

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p.1 #13 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Nice shots Anthony and congrats on the KF. You know you need to do some PP work and put a liquor bottle in the hand of that squirell in #2 don't you?
Steve

Sep 29, 2008 at 06:21 AM

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p.1 #14 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

tfoltz,

Ant,
Way to go on the KF it looks nice with something around it besides dead tree branches, sadly that's all ours has to land on down at BC.
Great Job
Tim

Thanks Tim > Not as good as your recent KF post. But it is a first, so I won't complain

Appreciate you droppin by
Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 08:57 AM

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p.1 #15 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Ken,

Should have saved the last one for holloween

I'm a free sprit > I'm aint holdin nothin back bruther

Sep 29, 2008 at 08:58 AM

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p.1 #16 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Karl,

Well I think that find on the Bittern is jaw-dropping, wait til Tim K sees that one That is a very cool find and excellent shot right in the habitat buddy. Gorgeous brown tones and nice work the focus in that tangle!

Hey, that BCNH is sporting a white beard, Santa?? is that you GBH shot is far from boring, great light and color Ant. If by chance you see an eagle, it will be proud to have a shot as good as that gull, nailed it!

#1,2 I have no idea what that nut-muncher is up to, I think he was flexing for you Wow, you did get a Kingfisher, cool and doesn't look like he was up a tree more in a low branched one. Just a thought on that one, would a darker BG look better, seems just a bit more open than I would expect, there's that 'nit'!
Take care buddy!
Karl
Here kitty kitty kitty

Yea the KF was on a lower branch. I was in the yak and slowly slowly slowly gettin closer......... Another 45 seconds and I could have had full frame........... But even as slow as I was going the little B%st$%d still took off. I was only able to get off three frames before he vanished again!! Man I hate those guyz

Dark BG and Dark Blue color ... It might get lost in the BG......... Just my thought... I think a nice blurred green bg would be really nice

Thanks Mr Witt for your comments.................

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:03 AM

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p.1 #17 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Tim,

Dude, Karl is right, you got a bittern! From the yak? Man good job on him, they are not easy subjects. Oh yeah clone out all that sh&t around it, I want it wide open!! Great light on 6-9, 8 is wonderful. Nice gbh, not typical, not sick of them, got a million of them, like this one. Congrats on the KF! Those buggers are difficult. I have some close shots but it is perched on a boat! Nothing good in the wild for me yet. Nice job buddy.
Tim
I'll get right on that cloning of all the greenage......... What were you thinking for a backdrop? White house / School bus / Empire state bldg? I'm on it buddy

It was nice to finally get a fair KF shot. The rest will come easy now

uh yea right

Thanks Tim

Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:07 AM

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p.1 #18 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Ken,

Of the two squirrel photos I prefer #2.
Should have saved the last one for holloween

Are you just commenting one sentence at a time now?

geeze 10 or so posts and you'll have a paragraph

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:17 AM

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p.1 #19 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Matt,

Ant...
Congrats on the KF...just got my 1st too. Great detail on that one + the Herons! But my clear cut favorite has just got to be the California Bald Eagle. Had to go get windex for the monitor on that one. Could've sworn at 1st glance it was a sea gull!

Yes matt some people often confuse the california bald eagle with a sea gull. It takes a keen eye for detail and an experienced birdographer to tell the difference LMAO

Thanks Matt

Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:29 AM

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Terry D,

Who are you

Thanks

Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:31 AM

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Terry D

OOOOhhhhhhhh It's you ..... THAT TERRY !!

Yo Dude thanks for dropping by with one of your rare appearances

These are pretty stunning Ant.... I think I'm gonna go back and delete mine.

Great shots bud.

Terry

Thanks Mr D

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:33 AM

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p.1 #22 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Ken,

I like the KF shot, Ant. Well done

Thanks Ken....... Again

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:39 AM

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p.1 #23 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Socrate,

I like the squirrel shots, Ant. They are very cool. The way I see the second shot, looks like s/he is about to raise its middle finger. . I believe s/he was just trying to help you and was going to show you a bird.
Congrats on your KF shot, and good job with the exposure in the IF shot.
Good job also with the Bittern picking your way through all that stuff around it.
Socrate

Thanks Shasoc > I had not considered that it was going to flip me the bird

Now that would have been a nice photo

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:45 AM

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p.1 #24 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Trailhiker,

Hey Ant, I'm REALLY impressed with your Bittern shots, particularly when you had to focus through all those reeds. And just super lighting there. And congrats on the Mrs KF shot, I'm sure it will be the first of many especially as they seem to be spotted all over the California coast now. But the California Bald Eagle is my fave of the set, Ant. I think most folks take if for granted that anyone can get a good shot of it, but it's more difficult than you'd think. You got the light, shadows, color, details, and blue sky with fluffy clouds there. I think you're ready for Mono Lake where most of the California BEs are born

Best Wishes,
Steve

hmmmm Monon Lake

Is this the only nesting grounds of the cali B E?? I wondered why I never see nests anywhere.

Thanks Steve for the info and kind comment. It is greatly appreciated

Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:53 AM

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p.1 #25 · Toe Jam and MY FIRST KF

Lil,

Anthony,
# 2 is "Don't you Dare mess With ME."
Congratulations on the Kingfisher. Neat to get a new one
Got to love the expression you got on # 8 & 9
And I also like # 6 a lot
Lil

Thanks Lil glad you liked em. I like your caption also

Good one

Ant

Sep 29, 2008 at 09:58 AM


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