Couple of nature shots from Vacation.
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Scratching an Itch, Black Bear.
Canon 5DIII, 1/320s, F/5.6, ISO 320, 300mm (heavily cropped)
Greater Roadrunner with Caterpillar snack.
Canon 7DII, 1/640s, F/5.6, ISO640, 300mm
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Well done Craig.
Delighted to see that the Black Bear is " heavily cropped ". Personally would have no desire to get too close to one. Thanks for the Roadrunner, first one that I have seen apart from the cartoon character.
Both shots are excellent captures with superb detail.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Mike.
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I took about 90 shots of the roadrunner, and in none of them did it drop an anvil on a coyote! Thanks for the comments.
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Excellent captures - well taken.
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Superb images Craig - I particularly like the Roadrunner and would be too scared to get anywhere near that bear.
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Nice shots Craig... forgive me... I fear the bird may be mis-identified... A "Roadrunner" [Geococcyx californianus ] is a tall bird with dark brown, long stork like legs, blue/grey plumage with a prominent dark blue crest! Whatever the bird is.. I like the shot! :-) Black bear too is usually an opportunistic shot with many turning out to be a shot of a disappearing back end... good that you got the whole bear :-) Thanks for the share
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Missed these Craig,very happy to have caught up with them. Ed.
To each his own!
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No crest on the female RoadRunners Rolf, that one was about 14 inches in height.
http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/spec...unner.html
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Same bird from a different angle.
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(Oct 2, 2015, 23:24)EnglishBob Wrote: Scratching an Itch, Black Bear.
Canon 5DIII, 1/320s, F/5.6, ISO 320, 300mm (heavily cropped)
Greater Roadrunner with Caterpillar snack.
Canon 7DII, 1/640s, F/5.6, ISO640, 300mm
Super captures !
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Now that is a really good shot! (I was kidding about the Roadrunner... I had only ever the Cartoon version to go on... these birds are not here in Calgary, and certainly never found in rural Shropshire! :-) )
Are they common in your neck of the woods?
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Never seen one in California, despite going to the areas they are supposed to be. Seen them in Arizona and more commonly in New Mexico.
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Certainly got his eye on you. Great. Ed.
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