Just a perched burrowing owl, the father of hopefully a few owlets that haven’t emerged from the burrow…Only two owls are present at this particular site during a very early burrowing owl season of this year…
Dougo wrote:
Sunset at the 18th black, a lot of country golf courses have oil and sand mixed greens to keep the costs down.
Wonderful sunset image, Ray! So, instead of grass, they mix sand and oil to create the green surface at those golf courses? That’s one tough surface to get the ball to spin back. How about the fairway though? Still grass or not?
AGeoJO wrote:
Wonderful sunset image, Ray! So, instead of grass, they mix sand and oil to create the green surface at those golf courses? That’s one tough surface to get the ball to spin back. How about the fairway though? Still grass or not?
Hi Joshua, yes not much spin, there are over 4000 golf courses in Australia that have sand greens. I would say over 90% would have grass fairways but some are just dirt and scrub ( you have to be dedicated or mad ) you are able to scrape a smooth path to the hole with about a three foot wide scraper for your putts.
mike reid wrote:
^^ I'm telling you that museum is an endless serious of photo opps
Thanks Mike!
I know -- everywhere I turned was a different visual configuration! I brought great lenses for the trip -- but our actual daily itinerary was spontaneous. Our single advance desire was to visit a winery, but we bought nothing and didn't take a single photo there! Exposition Park and Pike Market were favorites, as well as the walk back to the waterfront from the Space Needle.
BTW, Mike -- I wanted to tell you how happy I have been to see your contributions here on the Sony forum. Your lighting and outdoor subjects (nature, architecture, ariel) are always outstanding and inspiring, and I missed having them here (although I did track you down from time to time on the Fuji forum with your larger format images). Anyhow, I'm lazy and prefer to have you here again.
Gunzorro wrote:
BTW, Mike -- I wanted to tell you how happy I have been to see your contributions here on the Sony forum. Your lighting and outdoor subjects (nature, architecture, ariel) are always outstanding and inspiring, and I missed having them here (although I did track you down from time to time on the Fuji forum with your larger format images). Anyhow, I'm lazy and prefer to have you here again.
Thanks Jim so much for saying that. Its great to be throwing a log or two on the fire here...so many great shots posted by everyone.
Looking at a Bronze statue of a She Wolf with Romulus and Remus; Romulus and Remus are believed to have been added to the statue later.
Hand Held relying on Camera IBIS, A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount lens; silent shutter.
ISO 200, f4, 1/200 Second.
March 5, 2022
At the Capitoline Museums, Roma (Rome) Italy.
Looking at a Shagbark Hickory Tree, footsteps through the snow, across the ice and snow covered Jordan creek to the far bank.
Tripod mounted A7rII Kolari Vision UT sensor modified camera and Voigtlander 28mm f2 Ultron II VM lens; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f8, 1/160 second.
January 30, 2022
Along Jordan Creek not far from the Pedestrian Bridge and the Ford, Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA.
ratherfish wrote:
I am keeping my R2 for the same reason!
Same here - you get only so little selling it and it offers more value being used for its Smooth Reflection App and its Digital Filter (some sort digital gradual filter). And at 42MP it is no slouch either even for landscape. That and the A1 are my 2 bodies…
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Trying to impress the lady in the background and she played hard to get….
