Such an eye catcher, had to blog it for y'all.....
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
JSOH / Joint Service Open House / Air Show 1 Week Away
Help Wanted: Exhaust Detection Specialist, No Experience Required.
Originally uploaded by Nikographer [Jon]
Here are a few from the last two years.
Help Wanted: Exhaust Detection Specialist, No Experience Required:
*Protection* - Joint Service Open House (JSOH) 2007 @ Andrews AFB, MD
Joint Service Open House 2007 - SkyTypers
And here's a video from of the A-10 I took....
Visit the web page for the Air Show here:
http://www.jsoh.org/
-Jon
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Red-Tailed Hawk Encounter
Red-Tailed Hawk Encounter
Originally uploaded by Nikographer [Jon]
For all those "purist photographers on flickr" that hate this video thing, i say: "embrace an extension to the format you already love....."
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Red Fox Kits - Blackwater NWR, MD March/April 2008
Photos from 3/29/2008, 4/2/2008 and 4/5/2008 at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland.
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Mating Red Foxes at Bombay Hook NWR, DE January 2008
Red Foxes at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware.
This day was just so awesome. My second trip to Bombay Hook NWR and I can't believe it.
It was supposed to be cloudy all day, and on Friday I was expecting Saturday to be a wash. But I went, and it was actually partly cloudy early. You just can't trust the weathermen that much.
Foxy!
It was in the 20's and a lot of the water was frozen over. I saw numerous foxes on the ice, a lot of them. According to Doug, who has gone here a bunch, the foxes were extra active and he saw around 8 or 10 of them early in the day.
I also ran in to Robert and Barry and his dad.
On the prowl - Red Fox at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Early morning consisted of a number of foxes working the marshes and ice. In between periods of being active a couple times we could see them lay down, and rest, and clean themselves some.
Then this one made some good time along the edge of the ice, and stopped a few times to scent mark... In the above she (?) scent marks just before running across the road to a different patch.
Scent Marking - Red Fox at Bombay Hook NWR, DE
Having just scent marked the fox crosses the road and takes a moment to look behind her. Her plan is starting to come together.
Red Fox checks the trail she has set
(Red Fox at Bombay Hook NWR, DE)
Unable to resist her charms he follows his nose, it always knows... (lol, couldn't resist)...
He's hot on her trail
Red Foxes at Bombay Hook NWR, DE
The female made it in to the marsh/woods and he followed her in. A minute later the two of them came racing out. You can see her slightly submissive posture in the above...
The time draws near
Red Foxes Mating - Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware
Having lured in the male with her charms, they began to mate, and actually mated continuously for the first hour or so! They then each settled in to the grass and slept for a while....
There had to be 7 or 8 photographers around for the much of the early activity, but most moved on including myself once they went to sleep. But this story doesn't end here...
Love is in the air....
Red Foxes Mating and Bonding at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
...when you're happy it shows. He's so happy I think he's dancing.
After initially mating for about an hour, they rested and then over the course of another hour or two mated and played a little. I'd have to guess that they were afraid of each other before they first got together. And with that out of the way they seemed to be more at ease with each other.
I'm really looking forward to going back and hopefully seeing some kits! I read a bit this weekend and learned that the males will stick around and help feed the female while she's pregnant (wiki)..
I have a hunch that when she marked the trail and he followed it was to where she has her den picked out. Had that been where she wanted to mate they would have never left the wooded area and come back in to our view along the marsh.
A Thousand Words
Together, they rejoiced!
This day was just so awesome. My second trip to Bombay Hook NWR and I can't believe it.
It was supposed to be cloudy all day, and on Friday I was expecting Saturday to be a wash. But I went, and it was actually partly cloudy early. You just can't trust the weathermen that much.
Foxy!
It was in the 20's and a lot of the water was frozen over. I saw numerous foxes on the ice, a lot of them. According to Doug, who has gone here a bunch, the foxes were extra active and he saw around 8 or 10 of them early in the day.
I also ran in to Robert and Barry and his dad.
On the prowl - Red Fox at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Early morning consisted of a number of foxes working the marshes and ice. In between periods of being active a couple times we could see them lay down, and rest, and clean themselves some.
Then this one made some good time along the edge of the ice, and stopped a few times to scent mark... In the above she (?) scent marks just before running across the road to a different patch.
Scent Marking - Red Fox at Bombay Hook NWR, DE
Having just scent marked the fox crosses the road and takes a moment to look behind her. Her plan is starting to come together.
Red Fox checks the trail she has set
(Red Fox at Bombay Hook NWR, DE)
Unable to resist her charms he follows his nose, it always knows... (lol, couldn't resist)...
He's hot on her trail
Red Foxes at Bombay Hook NWR, DE
The female made it in to the marsh/woods and he followed her in. A minute later the two of them came racing out. You can see her slightly submissive posture in the above...
The time draws near
Red Foxes Mating - Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware
Having lured in the male with her charms, they began to mate, and actually mated continuously for the first hour or so! They then each settled in to the grass and slept for a while....
There had to be 7 or 8 photographers around for the much of the early activity, but most moved on including myself once they went to sleep. But this story doesn't end here...
Love is in the air....
Red Foxes Mating and Bonding at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
...when you're happy it shows. He's so happy I think he's dancing.
After initially mating for about an hour, they rested and then over the course of another hour or two mated and played a little. I'd have to guess that they were afraid of each other before they first got together. And with that out of the way they seemed to be more at ease with each other.
I'm really looking forward to going back and hopefully seeing some kits! I read a bit this weekend and learned that the males will stick around and help feed the female while she's pregnant (wiki)..
I have a hunch that when she marked the trail and he followed it was to where she has her den picked out. Had that been where she wanted to mate they would have never left the wooded area and come back in to our view along the marsh.
A Thousand Words
Together, they rejoiced!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Flickr and Animations - How to upload, and some samples
To create an animation I use Photoshop and then ImageReady.
The trick to uploading them on flickr is that only the original sized version will have the animation. I create versions that are around 500 pixels wide and upload them as private. Then I take the html code from the original sized version (all sizes link) and place the animation in a comment of a public photo.
Here are some of the ones I've posted in the past.
King Vulture in flight
Bald Eagle landing
Hunting Osprey
Cartwheeling Bald Eagles
Black-Crowned Night Heron take-off
Upside down Juvenile Bald Eagle
-Jon
The trick to uploading them on flickr is that only the original sized version will have the animation. I create versions that are around 500 pixels wide and upload them as private. Then I take the html code from the original sized version (all sizes link) and place the animation in a comment of a public photo.
Here are some of the ones I've posted in the past.
King Vulture in flight
Bald Eagle landing
Hunting Osprey
Cartwheeling Bald Eagles
Black-Crowned Night Heron take-off
Upside down Juvenile Bald Eagle
-Jon
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Saturday, December 29, 2007
You Will Be Assimilated!
I've had my D300 for a couple weeks now and I like it a lot.
I wrote my first impressions here for the D300:
D300 highlights for me so far are: smoother shutter action, higher fps, reduced chromatic aberation, and increased focus points, and better higher iso.
In the first couple weeks I made it to the Zoo for a couple hours on day one, then to Conowingo Dam for a day a few days later, and then Maine for a week. In Maine I shot the Portland Head Light House, and a bunch of different things in my Brother's yard (birds and squirrels).
Here are my first posted D300 shots:
-Jon
posted - 12/29/2007.
I wrote my first impressions here for the D300:
D300 highlights for me so far are: smoother shutter action, higher fps, reduced chromatic aberation, and increased focus points, and better higher iso.
In the first couple weeks I made it to the Zoo for a couple hours on day one, then to Conowingo Dam for a day a few days later, and then Maine for a week. In Maine I shot the Portland Head Light House, and a bunch of different things in my Brother's yard (birds and squirrels).
Here are my first posted D300 shots:
-Jon
posted - 12/29/2007.
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