Picture This!!

bandwoman we have been watching Lost in Space too. Boy they never get a break do they? Edge of the seat stuff!

More aliens:

DH took this in our backyard yesterday.

thank you for the hot air balloon photo! Don't see enough of them in Ohio. Did escape to Florida 2x in the last 4 months. Once to a galaxy far far away...most recently to Cape Coral. Manatees off our friends dock first up...

7of9, it's great that you got so close to the manatees and were able to photograph them.

The photo of the birds in flight is amazing. Both birds in focus and all the feathers spread out. Does he do a lot of photography?

I would love to see manatees up close.

Feelingfine,

I watched the last episode and have gone back to season 1 and watching it over. I can't wait for season 3!!!! One of our Chicago TV stations devotes Wednesdays to Fungus Wednesday. Your pic would be a great one. Great shot. They do look alien like

Great bird shot freezing the action.

Love the Manatees too!!!

I really have a hard time getting birds in flight, takes me too much time to focus

Lisa,

I attended this weekend photography conference two years ago and it was led by well known professional photographers. This one session the guy told about his elaborate set up to get very cool pics of hummingbirds. It was all automatic with lights set up to flash as a hummers would appear. The photographer was not actually taking the pictures as everything was timed. It was quite an eye opener and a bit disappointing knowing that some of those unbelievable photos you see in magazines and online may not be taken like the rest of us take photos.

Your hummer is a beautiful shot.

Thanks Cathy. I am in physical therapy now so that is taking up a lot of time. I am still getting my swimming in and dealing with alot of legal stuff for my Mom which seems unending but necessary. I haven't taken one nature photo in January which is unusual. I did hear and see a Great Horned Owl last night when taking my garbage out. My neighbor was out and we were looking at it. I wanted to try to get a pic but we were talking and when I looked up again it was gone. Our talking probably disturbed it. I am hoping it will come back. I have no idea if it would have turned out anyway in the dark but I wanted to try. Oh well. Hopefully there will be more opportunities. How are you doing?

Nancy, I hope your physical therapy and the legal stuff for your Mom is going well but I know those things are time-consuming and stressful.

We are organising some renovations so that is also time-consuming and stressful. It is a huge learning curve for us and we're really tired.

Gorgeous! Love the color!

I didn't change the shutter speed, as you can see. Sometimes things just happen too fast

Oh wow. Amazing shot.