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A couple more from my morning adventure with the dog.

Deer hoping the dog wouldn't notice. Dog just howled at it.

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Same road - different deer about an hour later when the sun was up. Notice the nesting box Game & Parks puts up for mountain bluebirds. A worthwhile project in my books.

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Prairie columbine. They only bloom for a few days.

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1st deer pic looks like a nice big whitetail doe.
Not sure about the 2nd-could be a muley doe.
Do you have both there?
Last I heard on this, inter-breeding only lasts a single generation,
with the off-spring being sterile....

Got a few pix here with the D-200.





Both were taken with the Nikkor 85mm f 1.8 with auto fill flash at f4.
This time of year, the daylight starts to slip away faster... almost full dark for these shots.



The rest of these were taken with the new to me Vivitar 28mm f 2.8.
I consider this an "art" lens. It turns brilliant flower colors into quite muted pastels...


Sis says this is an unopened bird of paradise flower. O.K.


Here's one starting to open up. It is wilting from lack of water.
Most of the flowers posted here are city plantings.







Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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thats some nice floral , you had good light in those

Here's a couple of more taken with the 85mm Nikkor.


ISO 400, 1/160 sec at f1.8


French explorer LaVerandreye immortalized in bronze at Tache Park in Winnipeg.


ISO 400, 1/60 sec at f2.


The wilting on these is becoming increasingly obvious.
Driest summer we've had in quite a long time.
I hope the city gets out to water some of these before they all die...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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surprised that statue still stands - but then your not here

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Back to pix...



There's squill's around here somewhere.



There we go! A very young gray bushy tail. Oaks are flowering here,
and that's what he's eating. Oak flowers.
Both these were taken with the 85mm Nikkor.
That tiny squill was a good 25yds distant- a challenging shot for a rifle, let alone a camera.
About a 85% crop.

How the Air Force builds gates:




Couple of Bren gun bbl's cut the demand for wrought iron


S/N and proof marks almost legible. IIRC, these were parkerized for war 2 use.

Need a front post for your Bren?



I can get one cheep!



Old jet fighter tail detail.
I may have posted this before with one of the micro point and shoots.
This was taken with the D-200.







The head of a bronze eagle statue caught my eye here.


I got ton's more if anyone wants to see...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Some shadow play off a bicycle rack near the CNR/TCP station.
28mm f 3.5 nikkor on the D-200


There's another with part of the sheet metal work broken off.
I think it was meant to be a tuba or similar.
Photo made as above...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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A bit more of an architectural bent here.



This was taken with the 55 micro~ probably wide open at about 1/125 sec at ISO 200.




Composition ain't the only thing going. Perspective effect shown in these 2.
Likely taken with the 80-200 f4 nikkor zoom at 80mm.
One drive is kinda woof for keeping exposure info.







Stone work around the entrance to the old Confederation Life Assurance building.


There is such a thing.
Here I thought the Blues Brothers movie was makin stuff up.



I like this. Apart from the 1/2, this is the way street info should have been, and needs to be, done.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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if its in film or on the news it must be true - why do you doubt it ?

ya me too

Crescent Drive Park.
This smallish white tail doe gave a few photo opportunities.



This has been an incredibly dry summer here, and it shows on this doe.
It's obvious she's not getting the grasses and grains and wild fruits that make up most of the deer diets. This one has been reduced to eating scrub oak leaves...

Both taken with the Nikkor 200mm f4 at f8 for the out in the open shot,
and at f4 for the shaded woods.

There's a just out spots fawn with her that was a bit skittish for me to capture in focus.



A couple of immature grey bushy tails playing tag.
About 65 yds with the 200mm and considerable cropping.
Interestingly enough, they reacted to the mirror/shutter on the D-200....

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Yesterday I saw several buzzards spiraling their way upward in a thermal out in the buttes. No camera, of course, but I put one in the truck today.

Buzzards were a no show, but quite by chance a hot air balloon club was launching from a field just outside town. Several people I know have expressed an interest in a balloon ride, but not me. I'm just not confident of them being able to control the flight path.

Fun to watch, though. (Flop Ears thought it was exciting.) SW


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That is a difficult subject for some sensors to handle.
Nicely done.
We've been getting a bit of the long sunrays here in early morning as well.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Thanks, Doc! I was going to try for more balloon pics this morning, but it was all smoky again. Only one daredevil launched when I drove by. I did get a couple shots of buttes obscured by smoke. SW


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some great photos , i feel much like the dog at this point in the day i think ill join in

Daylight is shrinking fast now, with lengthening shadows occurring earlier in the afternoons.



Red Crested Woodpecker at about 45-50 yds.
Nikkor 200mm F4 at f4, 1/250 sec. ISO 800.
Bit of a learning curve here. I had to increase sensitivity speed here to reduce the blur around his head- he was drilling.


Circular spider web with the hunter/trapper near image center.
Nikkor 50mm F2 at f5.6, 1/250 sec.
The old D-200 seems to handle back-lighting quite well with it's 8 point metering system, with little operator in-put required...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Spidey webs are tough. Somewhere in my neg file is one I took of a web covered in dew. As soon as I get around to having my desk top fixed so I can fire up my neg scanner, I'll root around for it. SW

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With the high winds we've been getting here lately,
that shot was indeed a lucky one.

There's a colony of tiny brown spiders on the back fence here that do geodesic wonders out there. Very tricky to do on account of lighting angles. Back-lighting is a pre-requisite for them. Dew drops help, but I haven't seen any last long enough to run in, grab the camera, and come back out- either the wind breaks them up, or the lighting changes too quickly...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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ive not been pleased with the shortening days but i know it happens every year and im not gonna change it , i need to find a way to enjoy it , i got inside/nighttime things for winter - start early i guess

G9 test

Shot ducks on a local pond this morning just before the sun came up. This camera is much sharper then my other.

First shot of the pond.

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Same image cropped to show Mallards and Canadas.

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Different part of the same pond.

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Same shot cropped. Looks like a couple gulls are hanging out with the ducks.

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Truck was running & ducks were moving. SW

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