NOW post and share your digital pics!! Great photos inside:)

[jann1033]

something other than cold weather ( as i sit here with a shirt, sweatshirt and sweater on I can dream can't i )

 

[bevtoy]

A very old camera but a "warm" picture

 

[YEKCIM]

Nikon D50, 70-300VR, SB800 Bounced; cropped and contrast adjustment in Picasa2

~YEKCIM

 

[Gdad]

I'll add a few warm weather pictures

 

[cathy0124]

Nikon D50, 70-300VR, SB800 Bounced; cropped and contrast adjustment in Picasa2

~YEKCIM

Yekcim- What a Beautiful African Grey! What's it's name? My parents have one - she is the most intelligent bird I have ever met! They are just awesome companions..

 

[erinuga]

GDad: I love the dragonfly picture! Those little bodies are amazing

 

[bevtoy]

GDad: I love the dragonfly picture! Those little bodies are amazing

Me too, what color and detail!

 

[jann1033]

i like the kayak one...feels like you could just sit back and relax

 

[YEKCIM]

Yekcim- What a Beautiful African Grey! What's it's name? My parents have one - she is the most intelligent bird I have ever met! They are just awesome companions..

Her name is Zoey, and we just got her. We have a little parakeet family as well, so the Z-Bird will become the "BIG" sister, I guess. She is not a talker, that we can tell, but the male parakeet is an absolute chatter box and once he gets going, he will NOT shut up!

We love the Flights of Wonder show at AK, by the way, and marvel at the different things, including singing "Yankee Doodle" that the birds there have been trained to do.

~YEKCIM

 

[YEKCIM]

I'll add a few warm weather pictures :

Nice shots, Jeff; you got that 10-20 yet???

~YEKCIM

 

[Gdad]

Nice shots, Jeff; you got that 10-20 yet???

~YEKCIM

Thanks Ed- Yes as a matter of fact UPS made a late delivery about 8:00 tonight. I've been taking pictures of my house for the last hour- nothing worth posting but a fun lens- thats for sure.

 

[YEKCIM]

Thanks Ed- Yes as a matter of fact UPS made a late delivery about 8:00 tonight. I've been taking pictures of my house for the last hour- nothing worth posting but a fun lens- thats for sure.

I've been messing around with mine, too, and agree that it offers some very unique perspectives. I'm looking forward to using it for some more serious work in the not too distant future, although I doubt I'll haul it around the parks with me in July. Prolly just take the 18-135 and 50/1.8, plus camcorder.

Hope to see some 10-20 examples from you soon.

~Ed

 

[sk8belle]

OK, this is the same shot as the last time I posted, but different time of day and different settings on the camera. I think this one came out far better! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. jann, I couldn't get rid of the trees - sorry!

 

[2angelsinheaven]

 

[Gdad]

I like the last one - Here's one from AKL kind of the same concept...

 

[2angelsinheaven]

Beautiful, I love that effect. I just discovered the Macro feature on my Point and Shot and that if I had read the book when I got it I would have known a long time ago that if I press the shutter down 1/2 way and wait for the green light my pictures would turn out so much better...lol

 

[tzuhouse]

Here's something to think Spring. A White Peacock! I'm so ready for Spring to come and my butterflies to return. We raise 6 different species in our living room. White Peacock isn't one of them, but I love this butterfly.

Mary

 

[tinksdad]

Here's something to think Spring. A White Peacock! I'm so ready for Spring to come and my butterflies to return. We raise 6 different species in our living room. White Peacock isn't one of them, but I love this butterfly.

Mary

How fun is that!!! Where do you get the "basics" for that hobby?

 

[tzuhouse]

To raise butterflies, you need to do a couple of things.

1) Determine what species of butterflies are common in your area and find out what larval host plants they each use. That means, what do their caterpillars eat. It's different for different species.

2) Find a local plant dealer that will guarantee that no pesticides of any sort have been used. If you have a Natural science museum with a butterfly exhibit, you might check with them to see if they sell larval host plants. Get those plants and get them going. You'll need a lot of leaves, so when the seeds come out, plant them so that you are constantly enlarging the number of plants you have. Some plants can be rooted. With my milkweed, which I feed Monarchs and Queens with, I cut the stem, let them eat what they want, then put the leftover stem in the dirt. Sometimes a new plant emerges and it didn't require a lot of time on my part or spending more money.

3) Determine how much time you want to spend. If you don't want to spend a lot of time, just planting some good flowering plants (nectar plants) like lantana, duranta, etc. and larval host plants for certain species will bring them. We bring them in as egg or caterpillar. Preferably egg, as they are so many predators that can eat the egg or eat the baby caterpillars. I've heard only 2% of all eggs layed actually make it to adult butterfly. The eggs can also be parasitized and then the caterpillars die at some point during the process, or they make it to chrysalis, but die inside.

If you decide you want to raise from egg, it does take quite a bit of time. I house them in butterfly castles I purchase from www.livemonarch.com They are wonderful and easy to clean.

You can read our journal for a couple of years at www.pumpkinsandpets.com Click on the butterfly links for the journal. But, most if not all of my pictures are messed up right now. A friend is redoing my site and the butterfly part hasn't been worked on yet. Now her computer has gone down, so I'm still waiting, but the words are there.

Feel free to PM me if you or anyone else reading this is interested in more information. You can also check out www.naba.org

TTYL
Mary

 

[daannzzz]