Steak looks good Jeff. When I visit will you fire up the grill for me bro?
Thank you Albert. When you visit we will fire up the custom hibachi grill and smoker every single meal if you wish sir...
Can I may I should I? hehe.Thank you Albert. When you visit we will fire up the custom hibachi grill and smoker every single meal if you wish sir...
Yes Wong...if you can make it you are invited too...
Challenge #7 I am catching up!
It is somewhat to difficult to try to think of things you do not do much of. For this one I am trying out some wildlife/bird photography. I seldom do much wildlife and birds even more rarely. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact I don't really own a long tele. I go to 135. I have always wanted to do this type of shooting however because I am very fortunate to live on a farm where there is an abundance of wildlife and animals are cool in my eyes. I will be going after a lot of that this year and maybe at some point I might try and pick up an old 300 lens.
OK to set this one up. We have the Killdeer. Lots of these on the farm. The flock sorts of shares the place with the crows, hawks, owls, vultures, and songbirds. They are skittish super fast and hard to get close too unless you happen on one of their nest in which case you will get close to one but it may try to peck the front element out your lens! haha. They are ground nesters! Here is a wiki link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdeer
On the way home, pulling down my long driveway to the house I spotted this Killdeer moving off the roadway. They like the gravel drive but the bird didn't want to get ran over I guess so he went for field. haha Smart bird! Anyways, I shot this from my car with the D7K and 35-70 (on Auto didn't have time to diddle). This is a subject where I have significant room to grow and throughout the challenge this year I will try to accomplish some of that growth and hopefully provide you bros with something.
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Thank you sir glad you have an interest in it. The birds are beautiful and precious. The killdeer are fast low ground highly acrobatic flyers. They live here and raise their chicks here. They own the place too. Once upon a time used to be a lot of other field birds and game birds. Quail, Dove, Turkey...some still around...there is a group of wild turkeys living pretty close to here. Yes Blue Cranes, many ducks, Red Tailed Hawks, occasional Bald Eagles. Hoot Owls, Crows (love to do a series on these sometime), Woodpeckers, Hummingbirds, Cardinals, Jays, Pigeons, Blue Birds and many migratory song birds. A few times we have been visited by the Roadrunner which is a wild crazy bird. There is a small lake near my home and many bodies of water so yes big landing strips everywhere! I plan to cover all of these this year for you bros. Also many other animals...Bats, wild looking blue native perch, endangered Box turtles, Irradiated Box turtles, Sliders, Alligator Snapping turtles, some of these prized for Asian cuisine I hear, lizards, newts, snakes, butterflies, insects, etc. All kinds of things to come...wait till you see the moths, butterflies, and the awesome dragonflies. This farm is a wetlands area man made about 100 years old and is pretty cool even somewhat exceptional.