Snowy Owl
Uploaded: June 24, 2010
Shot With My New
NIKON D-90
(HA!)
And Yes He Is REAL!
He Cranked His Head All The Way Around For Me.
I'll Include That Image, Too!
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TV 1/80, AV 5.6, ISO 400
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, Model: NIKON D90
Laura E. Swan
June 24, 2010
Usman M. Bajwa
June 24, 2010
UB.
PS: Beware of the lens lust though! #8713953
Laura E. Swan
June 24, 2010
You know what? My image on my end is as sharp as a tack. I was so excited to enter it. It looks a little out of focus here. :( This happens sometimes. I wonder why?
BUT STILL I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT MY NEW CAMERA.
Usman...too late. I already had to get a wide angle too.
Broke till Christmas...Hehe!
Thanks all! Great to see you and your entries were wonderful tonight!
Good Night All!
-Laura #8713975
Kay E. Mahoney
June 24, 2010
Jeff Robinson
June 24, 2010
Laura E. Swan
June 24, 2010
OH BOY IS THIS CAMERA FUN! Cant say I have taken TOO many great shots yet because I have been venturing off into manual without knowing enough about it!
BUT I have taken enough good ones to give me hope for the future! Like a baby with it's BLANKET I will bring old faithful with me as a back up after this so I dont miss the perfect shots like I did a dozen times at the Zoo. DANG! I had a baby gorilla entertained at the glass window. He liked me!!! We had fun! But did I get ONE GOOD SHOT??? NOOOOOOO!
(SIGH)
Michelle, when I go to the zoo I feel sorry for the animals. Kids banging on the windows and making a fuss. Do you know what I do? I sing to the animals.
MAN! It's a show stopper for them. They look at me, sometimes approach me, cock their heads at me...Stare and blink...listen, and enjoy!(Instead of AVOIDING like they usually do around humans!) And I use lullaby tones or soft low songs, like the blues in a way. THEY LOVE IT. Of course I wait till no one is around. The ZOO was almost closed and no one was around when I was singing to this owl. :)
Elephants like singing. Apes do. Exotic birds are suckers for it!!! Many animals like it. :)
Thanks everyone for all you said. I am already wanting a macro lens. I bet it happens around Christmas. If it does you will be seeing some good close ups of my tree ornaments. :) Or little jumping SPIDER FACES if I get it by HALLOWEEN! HA!
This camera is for my job, however. I am thrilled for the upgrade! TRULY!!!
Thank you again
-Laura #8715533
Laura E. Swan
June 24, 2010
Ann Coates
June 24, 2010
Laura E. Swan
June 24, 2010
Thanks for being thrilled for me. don't mind saying that I am, too! :)
This owl was a trick. The white...the green..OH DEAR!
Thanks for the visit!
-Laura #8715586
Laura E. Swan
June 24, 2010
#8715589
Patrick Rouzes
June 24, 2010
Kathy Salerni
June 24, 2010
Laura E. Swan
June 25, 2010
Thank you for being happy for me with my new rig and also for coming to see what it can do! :) Hopefully it will do many more things that get better and better with practice!
This owl was amazing and totally unafraid. He was only like 5 feet from me on a little hill the zoo build for him.
-Laura
:)
#8717279
Nancyj E. Hovey
June 26, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving EFP! 8o) #8717978
Laura E. Swan
June 26, 2010
:) #8718059
Christine Lobsinger
June 28, 2010
SMILING CHRISTINE #8722421
Laura E. Swan
June 28, 2010
:)
I made a lot of mistakes at the ZOO with the ZOO BABIES but I caught a few good ones, too. Made it worth the effort.
Thanks for your encouragement. :) Means lots!
-Sister Lala
#8722429
Laura E. Swan
June 28, 2010
I'd be in heaven if I saw this in the wild. This fellow was totally tame. Didn't even flinch that I was there. In the wild he'd have been gone LICKETY SPLIT I'd assume?
Thanks for all you said. :)
-Pom!
#8722547
Laura E. Swan
August 28, 2010
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