*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #2

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by MaximusJ

AHAHAH nah; I was referring to the fact that during the last 3-4 years; I havent been active on this forum much.

I guess the new car relived my old habits

Yeah buddy, I knew what you meant. Just having fun.

[MaximusJ]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Yeah buddy, I knew what you meant. Just having fun.

You got me

[Itsed65]

Rut time!

Aroooh! by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Rut time!

Super pose!

[dcstep]

This is my best shot showing the combination of corona and flares:

Corona With Flares by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Weebl]

Went to go see the Eclipse but ended up just seeing a big black dot in the sky....
No ISS, I shot before and after. I need a new camera.

[Weebl]

The fires and smoke were intense in Oregon, the smoke reached all the way into space.
On the ancient 40D which I set up just for the corona, big difference in quality of the images between a 7D+2xiii+100-400ii and 40D+1.4xii+300/4is. Then again, the 7D was tripod mounted with IS on.

[Ickdeep]

Didn't get to see the real eclipse but my halos kinda did the same thing.

[dcstep]

Kevin, your shot of the flares is about as good as I've seen.

The corona is a bitch. I'll try stacking some together this weekend, to try to get the full range of the corona.

[M_Six]

Great shots, Kevin. Nicely done.

[Weebl]

I pretty much got what I wished for as far as pictures and the quality. So worried about the fires as we were on the edge of the smoke/cloud bank.
Thank you for the complements.

Either Mazaltan on the beach or Texas in 24 if I go.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Either Mazaltan on the beach or Texas in 24 if I go.

Not bad options.

You got me thinking about using HiltonHonors points to be on a beach in the zone of totality.

[M_Six]

We'll have totality here, but the weather here in April can be very iffy. I'm also thinking about Texas. Our local airport has direct flights to Dallas and even driving to Dallas is doable in a day.

[Itsed65]

Powering Up by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

This one got explored today on Flickr

Scratchy Scratchy by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Ickdeep]

Somewhere in Seattle

[Itsed65]

Mallard Takeoff by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Weebl]

While waiting for the lock to close on the Columbia, these were having a nice time showing off. Too bad I didn't have any AF though as most of the images are garbage.
800mm on a 7D

[dcstep]

Kevin, nice osprey shot.

[dcstep]

Loving the Sony a9. The AF blows away my Canons.

I Am Here! by David Stephens, on Flickr

Sony a9, Canon 500/f4, Metabones EF-to-E adapter MkV, hand held.

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Loving the Sony a9. The AF blows away my Canons.

Sony a9, Canon 500/f4, Metabones EF-to-E adapter MkV, hand held.

Damn it Dave, this is NOT the type of thing I need to see and read just as bird season is coming up here

The transmission fluid in my trusty Honda van just came out black the other day. It has 160k on the clock and I was hoping for it to make it to 200, but now it looks like I may have a major expense coming up, so no camera toys for me this year

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Damn it Dave, this is NOT the type of thing I need to see and read just as bird season is coming up here

The transmission fluid in my trusty Honda van just came out black the other day. It has 160k on the clock and I was hoping for it to make it to 200, but now it looks like I may have a major expense coming up, so no camera toys for me this year

Sounds like a little deferred gratification is called for.

The good news is that you don't need to retire an arsenal of Canon lenses.

I'm keeping the 5D MkIV and 5DS-R around for a while, to see what I grab for what. The a9 won the birding competition, thanks to Metabones.