Show Your Snaps...February 27, 2023

This is the weekly Show Your Snaps thread where we invite you to show your own snapshots or even choice pictures. I'll be sure to comment about your photos, if you choose to share.

When you are posting your own images please submit them as a reply to this post. Otherwise your pictures may be overlooked. You might also consider describing your pictures in the subject title. See my own photos for this week as a reply.

Remember it's all about the enjoyment of taking pictures regardless of what we have. We can learn from each other and it's fun to share too. Thanks everyone for your participation.

This is open to all camera systems and skill levels.

Here are some pictures I took of a white egret, eagle, heron and nutria. The nutria permitted me to come quite close.

Photo No. 1 - This white egret was in an interesting spot, along the dead plants.

Photo No. 2 - Again....  The white bird stands out better with this darker background.

Photo No. 3 - I finally got a picture of an eagle.

Photo No. 4 - And the other side....

Photo No. 5 - The heron on a post....

Photo No. 6 - Again....

Photo No. 7 - Again...different side....

Photo No. 8 - Again...on a different day I took this in light rain. Look carefully...you can see the light rain in the background. I moved the umbrella to the side and carefully took this without shaking too much. Then I wiped the lens and camera dry. I was taking a chance with my gear, but I wanted to get this one. The weather was not cooperating at the moment.

Photo No. 9 - Another one....

Photo No. 10 - It's kind of cool when I can take pictures of Nutria with the Canon 18-135mm lens. Notice the high ISO of 8000. I'm always amazed how well this camera does in cloudy and rainy weather.

Thanks. I'm fortunate where I live that I have a lot of different places that I can take wildlife photos. These newer cameras make it possible in cloudy and rainy weather with the higher ISO levels that we can use.

Wow...those photos are so beautiful.  I love the blue sky.;

Thanks.  I hope you get a telephoto lens with a long focal length.  The lens was expensive, but considering I have used it for over five years, it was well worth it.

Thanks. In this case, the exposure was actually easy for the white egret. That's because I used the nine center AF points and center weighted average exposure.

I like your flying geese.  The lighting and exposure looks great.  Some day I hope to capture a Mandarin duck. They are rarely seen where I live.  Your female and male Mandarin look super.  I like seeing your Grebe also.  We don't have one that looks like that.  Our variety is a Western Grebe, but I have yet to photograph one.  Seeing the Muscovey duck is neat also.  I've seen a few.