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  1. Mike-PDX

    Eagle Nest Using Extreme Telephoto

    I thought all you wildlife shooters would be interested in this article from the latest issue of Outdoor Photographer. It looks like the author shot these near Smith Rock in Oregon. In one case he used teleconverters to achieve an equivalent focal length of 14,000+ mm! Pretty extreme if you...
  2. Mike-PDX

    What a difference a few feet make.

    I was out a few weeks back doing some night shooting along the Portland waterfront. I took this shot literally under the freeway. After reviewing the first shot in-camera, I decided that I wasn't sure I liked the two lights in the upper left. So I moved a few feet to my left to frame them out...
  3. Mike-PDX

    Portland at Night

    I had an opportunity to do some night shooting on the Portland waterfront Friday night. It was a chance to practice/improve my long exposure technique and try my hand at light painting. Here are some of the results. C&C encouraged! 'Tis the season to be Marri---ott
  4. Mike-PDX

    Steptoe Butte

    Back from a couple of days in the Palouse. The weather caused us to come home a day early - something about snow flurries mixed with the rain in Pullman that just didn't seem conducive to outdoor photography. I guess I'm just a wimp… Thanks to all of you for your help and suggestions! I did...
  5. Mike-PDX

    Candid shots for C&C

    OK, so Ejones asked for portrait postings. Shots of people are something I tend to avoid because I'm just not comfortable doing them. The closest I come to shooting portraits would be candid shots. So here are four I took of some school children performing a dance in Costa Rica. I would...
  6. Mike-PDX

    RE: Wildlife of Edmonds

    Bill, I've been enjoying your thread on your Edmonds birding adventures. But I'm having a problem with the way the forum software handles this long thread. Right now your thread is running 16-17 pages long, and it's getting harder and harder to read. No matter what method I try to view...
  7. Mike-PDX

    Another Costa Rica bird you just don't see every day

    Here are a pair of newborn Costa Rican Humming Birds in the nest. Newborn Hummers in the nest by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
  8. Mike-PDX

    A bird you don't see every day

    I just spent two weeks in Costa Rica. Saw lots of amazing new - to me - birds and other critters. This bird is a Resplendent Quetzal. We first spotted it's nest in this tree. The male bird was home at the time. All you can see of it is it's long tail feathers flapping around in the breeze...
  9. Mike-PDX

    Sunset, Africa style

    Here are a few of my favorite sunset photos from my recent trip to Africa. C&C is welcome and encouraged! :) Africa Sunset - 2 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Africa Sunset - 4 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Which of these two crops do you prefer? Africa Sunset - 1 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Africa...
  10. Mike-PDX

    Caption this, too

    OK, I just couldn't help myself. These just seem to be crying out for a good title. Africa-18 A by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Africa-18 b by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
  11. Mike-PDX

    More kitty pics

    From my recent Southern Africa safari trip. I'm starting to get through the nearly 3000 shots I brought back. C&C Welcome! Leopards: Africa-5 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Africa-6 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Cheetah: Africa-25 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Lions: Africa-32 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr...
  12. Mike-PDX

    Tummy rub, anyone?

    Just a very big, well fed kitty... Africa-56 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr Africa-57 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
  13. Mike-PDX

    Caption this!

    This isn't a great photo, but I liked the little bit of interaction between the [correction] Yellow billed Stork and the Croc. Thought you guys might be able to come up with some interesting captions. Here's mine: Who you callin' ugly, Bubba? Africa - 1 on 1 at the watering hole by Mike-PDX...
  14. Mike-PDX

    Story telling

    The title of this thread could be "Infinite Loop"' or possibly... "Do over until exhausted". [Edit: forgot to add that C&C is always encouraged] I've been learning a new camera, the Olympus E-M5, along with a new lens, the Oly micro fourthirds 45mm f/1.8 (which is a 90mm "equivalent"). I...
  15. Mike-PDX

    Unexpected Surprise

    I woke up this morning to a very unexpected guest at my backyard bird feeder, in addition to the snow, that is. My best guess is female Merlin - it was definitely on the small side as hawks go, maybe 12" head to tail. It sat there long enough for me to go get the tripod and put the 1.4x on my...
  16. Mike-PDX

    Snowy Owls sighted in Oregon, too

    According to this report, a Snowy Owl has been sighted as far south as Burns, OR. http://www.kgw.com/news/Oregon-biologists-puzzled-by-snowy-owl-visit-136879573.html I guess you guys up north aren't the only ones to be so lucky. :)
  17. Mike-PDX

    Mike's picks for favorites of 2011

    A great deal of change for me this year: I retired, so among other things I have more time to travel and shoot photos. Here are some of the shots I selected as ones I particularly liked. If you've been around here a while, you probably remember most of these. Photographically, the year started...
  18. Mike-PDX

    Portland MAX Light Rail

    Some scenes from around Portland on MAX. C&C welcome/encouraged! 1. Stop in the name of art! Rockwood station in Gresham. 2: A little morning fog over the city. Shot from a MAX train on the Steel Bridge.
  19. Mike-PDX

    Getting out of my comfort zone

    So, I'm mostly a landscape ant trains shooter. Yesterday, a friend and I went out for a day of shooting MAX lightrail in Portland. Now I'd call this more like street shooting, which I've never really done before. I sort of liked how this one came out, and would like some feedback on it...
  20. Mike-PDX

    The good, the bad, the ugly

    I recently returned from two weeks cruising from Bellingham to Desolation Sound, Princess Louisa Inlet, and the Gulf Islands. Here are some of the other boats we saw along the way. The Good: The Bad: The Ugly:
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