Raptor Refuge Trip 23 Oct 2004

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A sad looking peregrine falcon (F. peregrinus) in its cage. I'm unreasonably pleased by this picture. My camera's autofocus got hopelessly confused by netting behind the chain-link cage. I had to use my mighty photography skills to hand-focus the camera and fiddle with the depth of field. The latter put the netting so far out of focus that it can't be seen in this picture.


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A small group of east-coasters (H. sapiens sp.) entertaining and being entained by a juvenile of the species.


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A study of one of them. Hint to jealous H. saps: If you want your picture taken, pay no attention to the man behind the camera.


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The mighty big-game photographer now turns his attention to less mobile prey. This is just a study of fall colors. Move along.


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I think this is an excellent composition of an uprooted tree. It's marred by one tiny boo-boo: the very deep depth of field that makes the log in the background sometimes seem to hang in space. Memo to self: when using camera in fully manual mode, please to check settings.


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They're, like, two dead trees. It's, like, artistic and deep.


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One dead tree. Artistic. Dramatic. Poignant.