Looks like mission accomplished Edd. My wife and I have always thought that a pleasant, relaxing train trip would be something to experience - good scenery, some sightseeing stops along the way and nice amenities on board. Sort of like going on a cruise ship on land. But we haven't yet found such a thing. And still looking.
And perhaps, like you, just taking a minimal amount of camera stuff might be somewhat relieving too.
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roboticspro wrote:
Good Evening Peter & Crew,
The Maine trip is over for us now, just pulled out of Portland Station, about 2.5 hours down to Boston.
Jerry, Peter: Thanks for the comments, as it has been fun, but with the loons up here so plentiful I do wish I had at least the 400mm and 7D with me...next time for sure with the 500mm.
The loon in flight was a lucky grab, as the G10 is not good for moving objects, so I just followed-through like skeet, and locked on it. One of pairs got close (about 250 feet) from the dock, so that one was a heavy crop also. The rest of the photos are figured-out by the captions, as it is easier for you to read them than me explain them .
Really enjoyed looking over the posts this morning, as there is some real good imagery presented.
Snapsy: A tip of the beret/cap/helmet to you from us all on that flag shot...it strikes a chord with me.
PetKal wrote:
Edd, looks like you and Alice hit it off.
I never had a beard nor anywhere near that much hair on my head in my life! . The gentleman was in from Central America, catching up with his family in a much cooler/relaxed zone...
Good to be back in CT for a bit, so local color will be from around the woodlands. One of my close neighbors took care of the gardens & feeders, but had a face-to-face with one of the pairs of resident bobcats out back. Everyone played nice from what I was told; it was just out looking for a light snack, field mouse style... .
Projects loom on the near horizon, so this one needs to get into a different mode, but it was was fun to go "gear-lite" on this mini-trip.
Edd, I'm slowly but surely packing - it might be my least favorite thing to do. I've rented a 6'x12' Uhaul to hold all of my stuff and will be leaving first thing next Monday with my parents who will stay in Chicago with me for a few days to help get me setup.
been working way too much this summer (guess that isn't completely a bad thing), haven't had too much of a chance to go through the "fun" walkaround photos i've taken but here's a baby swan just to contribute =)
p.24 #10 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Getting rusty with PIF shots. Although they are bigger than Common terns, they usually appear abruptly out of nowhere, or take off really quickly and unpredictably, so it is not easy to respond fast enough.
p.24 #11 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
PetKal wrote:
Getting rusty with PIF shots. Although they are bigger than Common terns, they usually appear abruptly out of nowhere, or take off really quickly and unpredictably, so it is not easy to respond fast enough.
1DMkIIN + 400 f/5.6.
If you're getting rusty, then I have turned into petrified wood, I haven't used my Canons since my earlier posts on July 1. :
p.24 #12 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Robert, if you applied your talents to BIF photography, I am sure you'd excel in it because it is very straightforward, more so than doing portraits or landscape.
Two more from today....my standard TIF shots.
1DMkIIN + 400 f/5.6.
p.24 #15 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
5D3+100L+extention tubes:
Sometimes the eyes and the will are bigger than the stomach and the abilities.
This little baby praying mantis got a bit carried away in its idea of a proper sized meal .
(actually maybe this is a baby walking stick, in which case absolutely no clue in the world what it thought it was doing! front legs look like a walking stick and I doubt it could convert that much as it grows and actually the head looks like a walking stick too, I mean I guess they are predatory too but....)
It turned around after a bit and then spotted the dragonfly 'meal' and ran right at it and tried to get it but the dragonfly took off and flipped it off and then the dragonfly started chasing mean (maybe annoyed my camera lens distracted it and let the walking stick attack hah).
p.24 #20 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
The powers that be let me outside today, tending our garden these young/maturing Roma tomato blossoms caught my eye.
Summers bounty is quite divine, their fully grown counterparts became part of a BLT
Handheld 40D, 100 non-L macro (might just have to get the L version, I do like IS)
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