Clovis' 2025 images

[Ernie]

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[clovishound]

Made it out to Magnolia this morning. Twisted my ankle on the way out and turned myself into a pretzel trying to keep the new camera with the long lens from hitting the ground. The ankle and arm will heal. Camera seemed to survive OK. Got a few decent shots despite having to hobble from site to site.

All the other photographers were excited about getting shots of this bittern.

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Got several decent shots up fairly close of this female red wing blackbird.

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[clovishound]

Been getting some more insect action in my backyard.

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And just one of the flowers for something a little different.

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[clovishound]

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[CT_Shooter]

Thanks again for sharing your beautiful photos with us. The photo of the ducks should be opened in a new window to see the true dimensions of the image. They always seem to be smiling, which, of course, is contagious.

[clovishound]

Yeah, I forgot about the funky way this forum displays wide aspect ratios. I know better.

I have found myself choosing some custom aspect ratios for certain images that I feel need it. One of the of types of images that seem to beg for this is ducks/geese with their young trailing along behind.

Here's my work around for this issue, but it's more work that I normally feel like doing, unless it's an image I am particularly proud of.

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[clovishound]

Had a Micrathena show up today. She got a fly in her web. I got one shot of her upside down under her web with the fly in her embrace. Went back out a little later and she had him trussed up like Frodo in Cirith Ungol. I managed to get her good side with that one. Hope she sticks around.

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[CT_Shooter]

Had a Micrathena show up today. She got a fly in her web. I got one shot of her upside down under her web with the fly in her embrace. Went back out a little later and she had him trussed up like Frodo in Cirith Ungol. I managed to get her good side with that one. Hope she sticks around.

Great photos. I hope she sticks around, too.

[clovishound]

Well, tonight she was in a position to get her from the top. Not terribly artistic, but interesting.

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And a grasshopper I got yesterday. I made this one with a focus stack in order to get the entire bug in focus.

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[clovishound]

Tried my hand at dragonflies in flight yesterday. I was pleased with the initial results. The big hurdle for me to overcome is sharpness. None of the shots I got yesterday are what I consider sharp. They are barely passable for social media posting. I think the issue is focus. They are much too fast for the camera to be able to track them. I think the answer is to prefocus slightly behind where they are perching, and hope they fly into the zone of focus.

I like the head swiveled to keep an eye on me while flying off his perch. Although, with compound eyes, who knows where he's actually looking.

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I was lucky to get the wasp in frame. He buzzed by the dragonfly, scaring him off his perch.

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And here's one of the static shots.

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