Show Your Snaps...February 10, 2020

The most important thing for me I think is to RELAX!!... I get so tense and it makes my wobbling worse... Anyhoo the sun was nice and warm and the birds weren't hurrying about, and I had a chance to make sure that I stabilized my monopod. (Gripping the camera and pushing DOWN on it --- BBF is essential here for the grip -- and the monopod height set to look a bit down instead of up or level).. and I didn't shake .



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When I'm not playing birds, I'm shooting my accordion....or is it the other way around?

cdmazoff said:

The most important thing for me I think is to RELAX!!... I get so tense and it makes my wobbling worse... Anyhoo the sun was nice and warm and the birds weren't hurrying about, and I had a chance to make sure that I stabilized my monopod. (Gripping the camera and pushing DOWN on it --- BBF is essential here for the grip -- and the monopod height set to look a bit down instead of up or level).. and I didn't shake .

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That's extremely crisp Cd! You even have the reflecting off the duck's bill.

Well done!

That's great to hear you lost some weight. As we all know, for most of us it's not easy.

Thanks. The people do add to the photo. Without them, it would not be the same.

They must have a iron-clad stomach. I've seen the heron stuff themselves with a whole fish, to the point of almost choking.

They would make me afraid to get so close. How large was it?

It's the same here in Oregon. We have some frost on the cars. But during the day time everything warms up, especially when we get some sun. We have some flowers coming up too. But I didn't do a very good job of taking them, so I haven't shown them yet. I like seeing the two birds looking in the same direction. That's a good catch. That's also a good catch capturing the flying goose. Did you have everything ready with the correct settings, waiting for it to take flight?

I enjoyed seeing the birds. They are so different than anything we have in Oregon. The church looks solidly built and well maintained.

That's is crisp. You must have listened to Rocket. You also got close. Only once I was able to get that close to a Merganser, when it swam with some mallard ducks (who were not afraid of me).

This was the first time I've seen something like this. I hope you like it.



And we see a closeup of the moonlight on the ocean.

Digirame said:

That's is crisp. You must have listened to Rocket. You also got close. Only once I was able to get that close to a Merganser, when it swam with some mallard ducks (who were not afraid of me).

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Hi Digi.. Yes. I was thinking of Sir Rocket.. and how clean his shots are. I consider all the advice from people in this forum. It has helped me immensely. Actually the Merg was not that close.. a bit further out than the scoters..but the light was amazing at this point!!

Just WOW Digi!!!!! Thanks for sharing these!!!

Love the Tropical Kingbird and the Tanager!!! Don't get those up here!!!

On the following Sunday, it was sunny at the beach. I decided to go back to Cape Kiwanda. When I got there I was surprised to see we were at high tide. Because of that, many people did not go to the large sand hill. But some did. A few weeks back two children lost their lives near Cape Falcon because a sneaker wave came and swept them out. The father of the children only survived because a person pulled him out of the water and he was hospitalized.

Because we never know when a large wave might come up, it's best to wait until the tide changes by a large safety margin. I didn't want to risk not only my life, but a large wave would ruin my gear with salt water. It was getting late, so I decided that the sand hill could wait. I've been there twice previously anyway.

So this is what I got for my Sunday adventure.

Photo No. 1 - The large sand hill can be seen with some trees on top. The waves came in and blocked the path to it on the beach. There was an option to climb on the grassy hill to the right but only a few people did that and it wouldn't be easy with three cameras and three lenses (which is what I had that day).



Photo No. 2 - Some people just turned around and went back, once they saw the water.



Photo No. 3 - These children took a chance of being too close. The father was to the right of them.



Photo No. 4 - Many parents waited with their kids at this sandy location, not willing to risk it.



Photo No. 5 - The tide seemed to be going out a little, so a few people walked along this edge.



Photo No. 6 - Again...you can see the surfers too.



Photo No. 7 - Another time with the surfers.... I didn't find any of them riding a wave; I was ready for them with the large telephoto lens. I don't know if the waves were too choppy.



Photo No. 8 - As the tide went out, the same children seen above had fun with their father. At least I assume it was their father.



Photo No. 9 - We see one more action picture of them playing on the beach, not letting the waves catch them.



Photo No. 10 - The best that I could from my safe location was take a few photos with the large telephoto lens of the people going up and down the hill. At that point, I could have walked over there as the tide rolled back some, but it was a long drive back and I was running out of time.

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I first saw the bright light on the ocean, before the sun came up. I didn't know what caused that lighting whether it was a spot light from a ship or hotel or what. Then I looked up and saw the moon.

Ah memories!!!! Isn't that next to the Pelican Brewing Pub? I love that beach

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I believe so. I checked on the internet and there is one at Pacific City where I was at (at the beach).

Wow digi very nice I kind of like the ambiance the darkness gave the set, especially the one with the patch of blue sky,

Sorry about all the work but that is gorgeous.

Very cool CD!! I havent seen one yet myself but have seen pics in my area.