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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
OK, David - is it PIE-lee-ay-tid (Rhymes with highly) or PILL-ee-ay-tid (Rhymes with silly)? Since the bird is not common in my area, I haven't bothered to look it up until today. The answer is - both are correct. Biologists and linguists prefer the former. In parts of North America, regional preference favors the latter. This has bugged me for years.
Now that I have that out of the way, this is one of your better photos of wildlife. Very sharp main characters, beautifully darkened and blurry background. Love it! |
Feb 21st |
| 67 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Gregg, welcome to the group. I think you'll have a lot of fun here. You'll find that not much gets past the eagle eyes of some of our members. That's what makes it such a great learning opportunity. I understand the photo quite well, having quite a number of the same in my library. I would have enjoyed knowing where the photo was taken. That adds a lot to my understanding of the circumstances. I looked at your bio and understand now where you shot the photo. I grew up in Santa Cruz. I have played golf on the Pacific Grove golf course many times. |
Feb 21st |
| 67 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Cindy! You really get some great photo opportunities! More importantly, you know what to do when you get them. Well done. I'm jealous...
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Feb 21st |
| 67 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Butch - Nice capture! It appears to be a tender moment between the male and female. Although I don't know if there's ever really such a thing in wild animals. Beautiful colors, great definition, everything sharp. I envy all the time you got to spend in Africa. I was only able to make one trip there but I treasured every day. Cheers, Bud |
Feb 2nd |
| 67 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Hi Larry, what a great opportunity!
When I opened your photo, I had to catch my breath. I was in California in 2018 when the Paradise (aka Camp) fire occurred. It came out of the mountains to within a half mile of my house. At first, I thought there was a thunderstorm coming, because when I looked at the mountains, all I saw were huge black clouds. It took me a while to understand this was smoke. The smoke engulfed the town of Chico and eventually the entire Sacramento Valley, spilling over into the San Francisco Bay Area. I evacuated. It took me four hours to get to Sacramento (typically a 90-minute drive) without realizing the smoke was headed that way. The next day, I drove up to Reno on the other side of the Sierras, which was above the smoke level, and stayed there for two weeks, waiting for the air to clear.
Most people don't understand the devastation a fire like this causes. The town of Paradise, which is about 1800 feet above Chico, was burned out entirely. A month after the fire, after getting permission from several residents who lost their homes, I took my camera and drove up there. What had been a quaint village set in a beautiful pine forest was, by then, nothing but ash and cinders. A famous street artist from Los Angeles painted emotion-filled murals on standing cinderblock walls. These paintings captured the residents' sorrow. I photographed most of them.
If anyone is interested in what that fire was like, they made a movie about it, starring Matthew McConaughey, called "The Lost Bus." It's on Netflix and features extensive footage shot during the fire. It demonstrates the chaos of people trying to escape an inferno when there's only one road out of town. Eighty-five people lost their lives. Many of the survivors who have chosen to stay in the area are still haggling with insurance companies, trying to get them to satisfy their claims for their lost homes.
What's most frustrating for me is that I cannot find those photos. They are on my hard drive somewhere. I obviously did not keyword them. This is a lesson to all. I thought I had them on my website, but couldn't find them there either. Oh well, the challenges of being a senior citizen…
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Feb 2nd |
| 67 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Thanks for the nice comments, Butch. Here's the image flipped.
Birds generally (with the exception of owls) do not fly towards the camera/photographer. You are right that this is about 100°, but that's the best I could get.
Enjoyed our conversation Saturday and look forward to many more.
Cheers, Bud |
Feb 2nd |
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