Tags: fish
Bi-Weekly Challenge "Macro"
This past summer we bought a small fishing boat for my guy Doug and his dad to have some male bonding time out on the Peshtigo river . Here is Doug holding his first catch of summer of 2009. As you can see it was quite small .. he had to throw that one back into the water.. He did catch two Smallmouth Bass (macro) later that day... and it was delicious :)
Wishing you all a great day .. :)
blessings, Ms Judi
Doug |
Still Waters
Reflections in small stream --> Still Waters 01
Fish hatchery view (Mt Whitney CA) __> Still Waters 02
Technically just crappy snappy shots.
I thought I would share a coupe more "snap shots" of Cabo. This is view 1 of a famous Cabo land mark. This is view 2. We caught 14 of these yellowfin tuna in just a couple of hours, but the marlin would only come up and bill the bait to tease me.
Cabo Statues
Went to Cabo a few years back and ran into the not so Little Mermaid. This Marlin came right out of the ground in the midst of all the parked cars. We were so taken back we had to have a drink in the Caba Waba Cantina. I know the statue shots should have been cropped, but I still can't figure out how to crop them without screwing up the resoulution. By the way, the drink shot was made by the bar tender. That is me on the left, my sister in law in the middle, and my oldest brother on the right.
Cool Opportunity
Vanishing Texas River Cruise helps Last Chance Forever/Birds of Prey Conservancy release raptors back into the wild after rehabilitaion. I was privaliged to be able go see 5 of these birds released! A bunch of pictures so I will break em up in different post since I lost my heart!!
~ Monterey Bay Aquarium ~
Janet and I had taken a trip to San Diego as you know ,and while we were coming back home to Sacramento, we visitied the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey. Super nice building and lots to look at.
Here is a group of Sea Nettles, and here's one alone.
Check this odd one out... it's an Egg Yolk Jelly fish.
One of my favorites... a Blue Tang. So much color on these fish. Wonderful place to shoot.
Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Group- Alone-
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50) Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4 Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 91 mm Focal Length: 109 mm
ISO Speed: 1600 ISO Speed: 1600
Egg Yolk Jelly Fish- Blue Tang-
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60) Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4 Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 109 mm Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 1600 ISO Speed: 400
Shades of the deep
underwater shots through plate glass
sleeping_hippo fishbowl fishbowl2
last one I caught a comorant diving for a fish diving_for_lunch
Memphis Zoo Entrance and Aquarium.
Main entrance. Has an Egyptian theme.
Obelisk. Just inside the main entrance.
Cat House Cafe. Used to be the house for the big cats before they moved them to natural habitat enclosures.
Whiskers.
Come and get me.
Lionfish. Didn't like this shot but it is Barb's favorite fish so you suffer so I don't have to.
Piranha.
Varicose forehead.
Comments and criticisms welcome as always. Probably post some more animal shots tomorrow. That's your last warning.
More from Mall
Dancing Tree AJ if you look in the window you will see the reflection of my sister who was coaching me as to what pictures she thought I should take. Kay, maybe some day I will convince her to join us online like you and BB.
Dancing Tree A The plague in the ground tells about the shaped trees. They are shaped, but pieces are also wired into them.
Dancing Trees B
More Fish Pond:
Playing tag
See my pretty tail
Almost as big as the rock
Mandarin Lite Bush
Red Jungle flower from inside the mall
Is This Evidence?
First inside the mall that I went to for brunch I found a fish pond. There were pennies on the bottom - evidence that someone had thrown them in there.
Fish Pond 1
Fish Pond 2
Fish Pond 3
Fish Pond 4 Fish Pond 5
Then outside of the mall these trees show evidence that someone has shaped them.
Dancing Trees 1
Dancing Trees 2
Dancing Trees 3
Hope you enjoy these as much as I did.
Moving
Out-n-about
I got a couple of reflection shots, too. 1 2
And, I can't leave you without showing you a couple of critter shots. 1 2 3 (Okay, I lied; THREE critter shots. The female cardinal was taken through the garage door window.)
I apologize for so many pics....I am just so excited with my new lenses! Did I tell y'all that I just LOVE them??? Woo-Hoo!!!
Hope y'all enjoy!
Fishies
Aquarium - last group
Contrasting Fish 1/60sec, f4, 36mm equiv
Leafy Sea Dragon - what else can I say... 1/20sec, f5.6, 82mm equiv
Very cool lighting from above 1/20sec, f5.6, 82mm equiv
Group Shot 1/45sec, f5, 57mm equiv
Pretty Colors 1/45sec, f5.6, 78mm eqiv
Blue Jelly 1/125sec, f5.6, 82mm equiv
These are all pretty much "as shot" With Nikon D50 with an 18-55mm zoom. (And just a tiny bit of level adjust and/or cropping.) On the last one, they had some funky lighting to make them really stand out (as you can see.). It was very cool.
Aquarium - Part 2
No, that's not a movie screen, but where's my popcorn?!?!
Big Fish
River Overhead
Among the Penguins
Porthole
Georgia Aquarium
Space, Color, Number, Beauty, Size
For these next two, you may have to scroll around. I didn't have the heart to shrink them any more!! (Internet Explorer: hit ctrl+N; Firefox: use the arrow keys to pan.)
Wonder
(A coral reef, complete with crashing waves.)
And finally, the largest viewing window in the world. This, by the way is a little more than HALF (!!!) of the window. It wouldn't all fit in the frame!!! MAGIC!!!!
New Roommates
Something is fishy here...
One of my many Black Convicts
Oscar 1
Oscar 3
Oscar 4
Oscar 5
Oscar 6
Oscar 7
Oscar 8
Oscar 9
Red Belly Crop
Sorry there are so many, It was tough picking out the good ones since there were so many.
Thanksgiving shots
This is a little extra I found from a future photographica addict. I think "hmmm I wonder if my son was playing around with my camera again???"
Another Family Member
So hey, that's what fish do, but, I am hoping to make it a bit more interesting. I'm thinking of throwing in a Piranha or two, or maybe a small Beluga. That should make life a bit more interesting for Biscuits.
