Here Are Some Pictures I took (Share your pics here if you want) MET

[Park City Skins]

YEah, and if you remember further back how many times I was there and the other pics, but none with an Osprey like that with a fish. If IF< I had the good camera I would have had some sequences of that flight and obviously a lot closer, so the regret is on me and the kids for always trying to bring all the electronics yet somehow always forgetting a camera, charger? phone etc....haha.

Also missed the shot of the bird flipping the fish up and swallowing him with a lump in his throat. anahinga, or snake bird, pretty cool stuff. I wished you or one of the other real photogs would visit and I could hook you up with a tour of some of those areas. I have missed as many great shots as I have taken.

One can never judge one's ability by the missed shots. One thing I learned early on from professional photographer friends of mine is that what you said,is something that is shared by us all. Hobbyists,semi-pros and pros. Man have I missed a bunch in my day. Most frustrating are the ones where I was right there,but spaced or screwed up the settings. Practice,practice,practice. But realize that missing shots is part of the gig. It's sort of like golf. Having a miserable time and ready to just sell the clubs and use the money to buy beer. Then about half way through the back nine,you hit that "shot" and then go "Yeah. I can do this." Great thing about this digital age,is that you don't have to pay a lot of money and spend a lot of time waiting to see your results.

[SWFLSkins]

One can never judge one's ability by the missed shots. One thing I learned early on from professional photographer friends of mine is that what you said,is something that is shared by us all. Hobbyists,semi-pros and pros. Man have I missed a bunch in my day. Most frustrating are the ones where I was right there,but spaced or screwed up the settings. Practice,practice,practice. But realize that missing shots is part of the gig. It's sort of like golf. Having a miserable time and ready to just sell the clubs and use the money to buy beer. Then about half way through the back nine,you hit that "shot" and then go "Yeah. I can do this." Great thing about this digital age,is that you don't have to pay a lot of money and spend a lot of time waiting to see your results.

I know PCS, and that is one of the things I love about this hobby, trying to get that perfect shot. And sometimes winning. It is the challenge and the reward, I think I am going to enter a couple of those in the Lake County calender contest. They must include wildlife and water and I think I got some posted here that could rank, I hope.

[AsburySkinsFan]

Caught the International Space Station going almost directly over-head tonight. Perfectly clear skies. Not the best pics, but I only had about 10 minutes warning to get out and ready.

Rising South West sky, small vertical scratch just over the treeline above the white barn.










Setting North East sky.

[Park City Skins]

I know PCS, and that is one of the things I love about this hobby, trying to get that perfect shot. And sometimes winning. It is the challenge and the reward, I think I am going to enter a couple of those in the Lake County calender contest. They must include wildlife and water and I think I got some posted here that could rank, I hope.

Never know until you try.

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For only 10 minutes warning that's pretty darn good shot of space station.

[AsburySkinsFan]

For only 10 minutes warning that's pretty darn good shot of space station.

Thanks, the evening news mentioned it at 6pm but I was on my way out the door, and I didn't get back until 9pm, rising was just about 9:10. I wanted to play with the F-stop some more but I didn't want to get caught on a bad setting when it came in to view. So I sat on a 15 second shutter setting, and a 7.1 F-stop. Last time I saw the ISS was about a decade ago and it was a fluke that I just looked up in time to see it overhead. This was the first time my kids have gotten to see it, and they were tickled.

[Madison Redskin]

This thread always has me saying to myself, "Wow, that's an amazing shot ... ohh, wow that's also an amazing shot." There's a lot of talent on display in this thread.

Random note - Koolblue, when did you move to the USVI and where are you? St. Thomas?

[HighPlainsDrifter]

A storm rolled in on the old homestead the other night:

[AsburySkinsFan]

A storm rolled in on the old homestead the other night:

Nice! I'd love to get a lightning shot. Are you using a photo-sensitive trigger for the shutter or or a manual shutter release?

[HighPlainsDrifter]

The flashes of lightning were pretty constant so I just set the camera to burst. I took 90+ pictures and kept 10 or so.

[Koolblue13]

Didn't get a picture, but have any of you guys ever see a rainbow ring around the sun before? It was amazing.

[Park City Skins]

Definitely one way to do it. I've gotten the settings down then done that when the storms cooperate. For a different effect,(and if the lightning is way erratic),I've set the shutter speed from 2 to 20 seconds. Used the timer with that before to keep the camera vibration to nil. A remote control and quick trigger finger are very helpful as well when leaving that shutter open a bit. That's one cool shot HPD.

[AsburySkinsFan]

Definitely one way to do it. I've gotten the settings down then done that when the storms cooperate. For a different effect,(and if the lightning is way erratic),I've set the shutter speed from 2 to 20 seconds. Used the timer with that before to keep the camera vibration to nil. A remote control and quick trigger finger are very helpful as well when leaving that shutter open a bit. That's one cool shot HPD.

I wish that Canon had added a manual shutter control to my SX10IS, I have the burst setting which is helpful, and I can adjust my shutter speed but unless I use a shutter delay then I get a minor wiggle from pressing the shutter release, I would have done the delay last night but the ISS was only visible for about 5 minutes and I didn't want to waste time.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

A storm rolled in on the old homestead the other night:

That is awesome!!

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Jupiter and Palmettos:

[Koolblue13]

This thread always has me saying to myself, "Wow, that's an amazing shot ... ohh, wow that's also an amazing shot." There's a lot of talent on display in this thread.

Random note - Koolblue, when did you move to the USVI and where are you? St. Thomas?

St Croix 4 months ago. I love it here.