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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: jackbreakfast on January 21, 2012, 09:44:19 PM

Title: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: jackbreakfast on January 21, 2012, 09:44:19 PM: Hello there!
Here are a few pictures I took last week. I never go anywhere fancy and don't have a car but if I let that stop me I'd just sit around in my underwear and drink booze, and that's no way to live. No! It's better to go out and look for birds because truthfully they're almost everywhere!
Did you ever see that movie "The Gleaners and I" where the one nutso fellow declares "BIRDS FIRST!", that was a good one. But enough silliness! I could endlessly take pictures of any of these "common" birds and what really kills me is what light can do to water! So many tricks! We are very lucky to have a love for nature; where would we be without that love? And it's alright if it's compulsive, maybe it's even better that way? It's hard to live in the world without it...
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Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: thouc on January 22, 2012, 12:28:43 AM: A whole bunch of nice pictures, my favourite is the Ring-billed Gull with the frog, haven't seen that before!
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: jackbreakfast on January 22, 2012, 03:59:03 AM: Thanks a lot, Thomas, I appreciate your praise. Your knowledge of birds has helped me out many times! My eyes were wide and I was terribly excited while I saw the r.b. gull coming towards me, dead frog dangling...
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: Reg on January 22, 2012, 01:33:17 PM: Great set of photos here, I love the RB Gull with the Frog as well.
Great catch for him and you.
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: Rob'in'To on January 22, 2012, 04:57:40 PM: Nice assortment. And yes, that common Gull steals the set with his meal in flight!
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: jackbreakfast on January 23, 2012, 10:12:10 AM: Glad you approve, folks, many thanks.
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: BoboBird on January 23, 2012, 06:23:05 PM: Lovely set. Yes, the 3rd kills the set. That is one great capture.
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: feathered on January 23, 2012, 06:46:34 PM: I love the gull! Nice catch for both of you.
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: jackbreakfast on January 23, 2012, 09:59:44 PM: The gull and frog is the clear winner! Many thanks for the comments, folks!
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: gary yankech on January 26, 2012, 07:55:29 PM: I love all your pics, including the RBG but my favourite is actually the first.... excellent exposure, clarity and composition. Not too often do we see Canada geese pics on this posting, glad you included it! It almost looks like a textbook study on flight or areo-dynamics.

Gary Yankech
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: jackbreakfast on January 27, 2012, 09:29:03 AM: Gary, thanks kindly for the high praise. It means a lot, I assure you. Your favorite is mine too, if I may be so bold. All the best...
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: egret on January 31, 2012, 01:24:59 PM: they are all lovely

i am really taken
with the duck and the reflections
of the water
2 of the px

Egret :)
Title: Re: A cozy assortment of bad little birds
Post by: jackbreakfast on February 01, 2012, 09:48:41 AM: Many thanks, Egret! Soon your namesake birds will be back...well, not that soon, but soon enough...