Pic a day....

[Thad E Ginathom]

Had to come up with a way to hang them in front of the garage door

I do think you should have moved the car!

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I do think you should have moved the car!

Better yet Thad, I closed the garage door!

ILCE-7M3    FE 24mm F2.8 G    24mm    f/10.0    1/160s    ISO 100

 

[bdbits]

We had quite the sunset after a late afternoon storm. I have quite a few images and may post a few more in the coming days. Unfortunately the rain stayed along a nw/se line about 20 miles (32 km) west of here. On the plus side, there were reports of baseball sized hail in some areas further west. Weather extremes are a norm here, I have heard meteorologists find this a challenging area to forecast. Storm chasers even come through once in a while. Ah the joys of living in North Dakota. Oh the picture, yes the picture...

ILCE-7RM3    Voigtländer 40mm F/1.2 Nokton asph. (Sony E)    40mm    f/22.0    1/125s    ISO 400

 

[fractal]

ILCE-7RM2    FE 20mm F1.8 G    20mm    f/20.0    1/100s    ISO 100

 

[Clix Pix]

Last summer sometimes when I was shooting Alfred I would see him standing there with his mouth open and his tongue rapidly flipping up-and-down, with his throat sort of gently billowing in-and-out. He was always too far away for me to hear if he were singing or vocalizing, and clearly he wasn't eating anything. The other day I noticed he was doing the same thing while standing on the pier, and this time I remembered to look in Google and see if I could find some explanation of this behavior.

It's called "gular fluttering," and he does it to cool himself down on a hot day. Definitely that afternoon was a hot and very humid one, so this explanation makes perfect sense! Why he didn't just get in the water and chill out that way I have no idea, but he seemed happy enough to just stand on the pier for a long time......

ILCE-1    FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter    560mm    f/8.0    1/500s    ISO 400

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Why he didn't just get in the water and chill out that way I have no idea, but he seemed happy enough to just stand on the pier for a long time......

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That wouldn't cool him down. He's probably insulated so he doesn't waste a lot of energy trying to stay warm while in the water, whether or not it's cold or hot.
Nice shots of Alfred, that A1 works well.

 

[TedG954]

Now I know what that line is all about.

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

ILCE-7RM3    ---    55mm    f/4.5    1/250s    ISO 100

 

[DaveC]

Thankyou for the Grand Canyon shots Ted. It is an awesome place, growing up on the other side of the world it was a bucket list location for me to visit well before the term "bucket list" was ever on my radar. I finally got to visit in February 2016, I'm definitely hanging out to return there.

 

[DaveC]

   Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS    23mm    f/11.0    1/20s    ISO 50

 

[TedG954]

ILCE-7RM3    ---    10mm    f/11.0    1/2000s    ISO 1600

 

[fractal]

ILCE-7RM2    FE 20mm F1.8 G    20mm    f/5.0    1/320s    ISO 1000

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Grandpa's boys...

ILCE-7M3    FE 24mm F2.8 G    24mm    f/4.0    1/160s    ISO 800

 

[Clix Pix]

ILCE-1    FE 50mm F1.2 GM    50mm    f/1.2    1/1000s    ISO 100

 

[DaveC]

   Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS    118mm    f/5.6    1/125s    ISO 400

 

[TedG954]

ILCE-7RM3    ---    44mm    f/8.0    1/250s    ISO 100

 

[fractal]

ILCE-7RM2    FE 20mm F1.8 G    20mm    f/5.0    1/80s    ISO 160

 

[Clix Pix]

ILCE-1    FE 135mm F1.8 GM    135mm    f/14.0    1/640s    ISO 12800

 

[Will Focus]

ILCE-7RM2    150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021    343mm    f/5.6    1/800s    ISO 200

I'm told that if you water the adirondacks their shadows will grow.

 

[christilou]

Poor B ...... tummy trouble .....

ILCE-9    FE 35mm F1.4 ZA    35mm    f/1.4    1/500s    ISO 160

 

[bdbits]

I think he's faking it to get all that attention. ?

Poor B ...... tummy trouble .....

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