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Sunday July 21, 2019
The upcoming sunrise while walking the dogs promised to be low, but beautiful, so I came back out with the new Nikon. The camera is not perfect by any stretch but it is overall better than anything I have had previously. Right now I am restricted by the use of the 18-55mm lens only. When a person is accustomed to an 18-270mm, that is quite a demotion.
However this little thing has an amazing flash, rivaling my best Sony, and its shots in low light are unbeatable. So I spent the day taking shots of different things to acclimatize myself with its functions. I even actually read the instruction manual.
I got photos of birds on the wires, the dogs sleeping, and a couple of episodes with Tom Thumb. I am not happy yet with my Tom photos but then it was cloudy, and he was far away, so I shouldn't expect miracles for focusing. I got a kite high enough to be with the vultures, and also a flight of parrots.
Cristina and I both just relaxed all day otherwise. The temp reached 33.4 in the house and this is supposed to be our winter season! I may have to start doing cold meals to show her the difference in temperatures when she cooks in the morning and the house just doesn't recover...
Finally it clouded over by 5pm and we just had a good rainstorm. It has been pretty dry for days so a good drenching was needed and the temperature is slowly dropping. The fans are all on high to hasten the action. The temp dropped 5 degrees Celsius in an hour,.. not bad!
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| Mrs Vermilion Flycatcher with another bird above her |
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| 2 Finches in the rats nest of wires in front of the house |
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| The sunrise as seen down our street |
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| The sunrise at the central park |
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| The church spire is hidden in the palms |
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| A little better view of the spire |
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| Quietly beautiful, but looking east |
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| Much more spectacular looking north |
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| Front and back of a pair of Kiskadees |
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| I refilled all the feeders this AM for Tom and friends |
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| This tiny zoom just doesn't cut it |
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| Tom is still handsome though |
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| Rex in a very relaxed sleep position |
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| Cafe is usually curled up here |
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| Buddy will sleep anywhere, even the open floor |
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| Nina is never far from me |
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| A flight of noisy parrots |
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| A kite high up with the vultures |
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| I caught Tom watching the kite too |
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| Tom likes the feeders |
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| Tom is always, especially around near sunset |
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| Heavy rain will green things up in a hurry |
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| Rainstorms are usually intense, but short duration |
