p.27 #1 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Getting out with cameras lately has been difficult but this past Friday was a good day. Levitt Pavilion downtown is surrounded by some older historic buildings.
p.27 #3 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Time for Sports to make a new appearance in this thread. High School Softball and Baseball state finals, Kansas. All taken with D5 and most with the AF-S 200-400mm VR I, which gets a bad rap it doesn't deserve, last couple last couple AF-S 300 F2.8 VR/TC-14EII. Most of these have the free bokeh upgrade courtesy of the safety net.
p.27 #12 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Common Loon
The legs are way back on the body.
For propulsion, loons sweep their legs in unison, laterally and backwards, the same as humans do with the breast stroke,
Loons have an incredible cardio/pulmonary capacity. I have twice seen one loon chase another on the pond surface, around the perimeter of this mile-long pond (the second of my boyhood) and just keep going and going (stopping once for a breather) and then continuing full speed, for maybe 20 minutes!
A loon that chooses to reach another point by swimming just beneath the surface (rather than running on the surface or flying) will commonly swim 200 yards laterally underwater, and is capable of 400 (estimated) yards. Again, personal observations.
We currently have a loon on the first pond of my boyhood that is only using one leg.
But it is not flopping. The loon apparently has control of, as it is *holding* its leg out to the side and rigidly. Obviously it is injured. My guess is that it hurts and so it is holding as still as possible and that it will heal. We will see.
p.27 #18 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Apple Snail (Pomacea spp) of the Everglades, laying eggs.
No, the image is not upside down. Eggs are carried/pushed out onto the snail's foot by the liquid the snail exudes.
Each egg sticks to the emergent plant stem or other eggs, while a snail develops inside. When the egg turns white, the tiny baby snail begins life by opening the egg shell and simply falling into the water below.
Taken with a Nikon F3 or FE2 and Kodachrome or Fujichrome
) and just keep going and going (stopping once for a breather) and then continuing full speed, for maybe 20 minutes! 
