A video from 1-6-2017. The new babies 
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Moonie posted:
A video from 1-6-2017. The new babies
I'm surprised the parents allowed you to get so close Moonie. Good capture though. 
Cosmopolitan posted:
Bottom of the garden looking pretty bleak 5 Jan 2015
When this photo popped up my first reaction was 'How come she's taking photos of my garden..........?
But it's not really.
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Thanks EC
Last year, admittedly when the cygnets where nearly fully grown, I was surrounded by them
They trooped down from the little pool to the big one but a fisherman was in their well worn entry to the pool. I was actually in amongst them when they went both ways. Surrounded by 6 very large cygnets and 2 even larger parents 
I just stood there filming. They paid me no attention whatsoever
They are fine as long as you don't move suddenly or try to hurt their cygnets 
It's the same with the ones on the video. They are fine as long as there are no sudden movements
Last year when I was filming them as they where sunbathing on the pathway, the male swan ambled right up to within a few inches, literally, of me and then turned around and went back to his family again
They are big when they stand up to their full height out of the water 
I have been making short videos and and taking piccies since 2008 off and on. This pair are used to me by now. I talk to them and it reassures them I guess because I have never had a problem
My rhododendron
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June...... and the Hebe is only THINKING about flowering!
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.........and so is the hydrangea....
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The Weigela is well in bloom though......
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These pictures were taken tonight - spotted this fella sitting in the tree outside my kitchen window. Did not seem too bothered I was only a few meters away and photographing repeatedly.
I took 6 photos but chose the three below.
Baz posted:They need you on Springwatch EC
I really need a better camera. But yes, maybe then.
excellent photos
As I was cutting the grass the other weekend I spotted a butterfly fluttering around and landing on some of the thicker cut stems (I think it was drinking the sap), so I went into the house to get my camera and just as I was about to press the shutter, it flew off........and did not return!
It was one of these:-
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Once upon a time I had an SLR camera, it has been somewhat abandoned these past few years. I want to get a digital one, but keep forgetting to look into it!
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Once upon a time I had an SLR camera, it has been somewhat abandoned these past few years. I want to get a digital one, but keep forgetting to look into it!
If you have not looked at cameras in a while I think you may be surprised how good the quality is for the money you pay.
I was considering a new 'bridge' camera as an intermediate step before moving to DSLR. When I finally go DSLR I know I will need an excellent macro lens for all my flower/wildlife pics and a good telephoto for the objects too far for a a standard lens. The bird above would be so much sharper and detailed with a good DSLR and lens.
Yes indeed. And just imagine what that butterfly could have been like!
I had macro, standard and telephoto lenses for the SLR. I'll see if I can dig out some of the photos I took with it and scan them in.
Don't hold your breath though!
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Yes indeed. And just imagine what that butterfly could have been like!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I love this
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:As I was cutting the grass the other weekend I spotted a butterfly fluttering around and landing on some of the thicker cut stems (I think it was drinking the sap), so I went into the house to get my camera and just as I was about to press the shutter, it flew off........and did not return!
It was one of these:-
Beautiful
Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
It's a camera review site for EFFT - we were discussing purchasing cameras.
DigitalPhotographyReview.
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:I had macro, standard and telephoto lenses for the SLR. I'll see if I can dig out some of the photos I took with it and scan them in.
Don't hold your breath though!
It was a wide angle lens I had, the telephoto was going to be the next purchase!
The cherry tree outside my kitchen window has stretched it's branches so far now that within a couple of years I will be able to lean out and grab them.
Until then, here is a photograph.
Today was a great day for light, so I took these pictures of the central library.
Had a wander through one of my favourite places in town (The Winter Gardens). Today was a bunch of activities around getting youngsters into science and engineering hosted by The University of Sheffield. I did not take any photos of that, just the entrance - it was so hot in there they had all the vents open.
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Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Love it. Such a clear pic, EC.
Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Love it. Such a clear pic, EC.
Thanks Yogi. It was a one shot deal and I got within inches of the butterfly. Within seconds it flew away. Now need to identify it.