*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #2

Dattebayo · 06-09-2015, 02:18 PM

Classic shot for the newspaper.

NEFARIOUS · 06-09-2015, 06:04 PM

Following up with this post, especially since I watered it after sunset and it actually rained a tiny bit and it's still cooler and cloudy, I present "The Revival".

The Revival by Ed W, on Flickr

(If you want to see the "in progress" one from this morning known as "Revival in Progress", click here)

Itsed65 · 06-09-2015, 08:27 PM

A crow joins the fracas over the snake...

Snake Fight 5 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

BrokenVert · 06-09-2015, 09:32 PM

More planes!

Air Guard Demonstrators by Matthew D. Kalish, on Flickr

CANGRKE70 · 06-10-2015, 08:29 AM

Since I'm super allergic to bee stings, this is as close as I was willing to get.

CANGRKE70 · 06-10-2015, 08:33 AM

Since everyone likes a good bird picture...I just liked the mishmash of colour.

dcstep · 06-10-2015, 08:39 AM

Bees for Peter:

Bee-ball by David Stephens, on Flickr

I wasn't close either, Peter, since I shot this with 700mm on a crop-sensor.

Dave

CANGRKE70 · 06-10-2015, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcstep

Bees for Peter:

I wasn't close either, Peter, since I shot this with 700mm on a crop-sensor.

Dave

OMG even that is too close for me. In the first picture after I snapped the picture it flew right at me...never again.

CANGRKE70 · 06-10-2015, 08:47 AM

My Panamanian buddy Sam enjoying some pineapple.

dcstep · 06-10-2015, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CANGRKE70

OMG even that is too close for me. In the first picture after I snapped the picture it flew right at me...never again.

But, I was sitting in an M3 with the engine running...

Itsed65 · 06-10-2015, 08:30 PM

This old lighthouse is now a bed and breakfast. If the drive to the creepy marina you have to use to get out there doesn't scare you off, it is probably a really nice way to spend a night on the water.

East Brother Lighthouse by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Weebl · 06-10-2015, 08:50 PM

and if the Chevron security doesn't run you off either.

I spend much time keeping the flowers up and going for the bees, without them the Ag industry would collapse. We are seeing that now.

dcstep · 06-11-2015, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Weebl

I spend much time keeping the flowers up and going for the bees, without them the Ag industry would collapse. We are seeing that now.

Kevin, I find that here in Colorado, the Italian honey bees seem to love lavender the best. I can always count on dozens of honey bees being on the lavender plants.

I find it interesting to study the wild bees, of which there are hundreds of species. Some only live a few weeks per year and pollinate as few as one type of plant. The interdependence of the ecosystem is truly amazing.

I don't have any room for a garden, but if I did, I'd have lavender for the honey bees and various other blooms to attract the hummingbirds.

Here's a broad-tail hummingbird on wild currant:

Feeding Hummingbird by David Stephens, on Flickr

dcstep · 06-11-2015, 10:26 AM

Oh, Italian honey bee on lavender:

Loving Lavender by David Stephens, on Flickr

allachie9 · 06-11-2015, 10:52 AM

Fabulous image of the humming bird David.
I've just had a look at the EXIF and that 1/2000sec. shutter speed has really caught the bird so well in mid flight.
Brilliantly done.

dcstep · 06-11-2015, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by allachie9

Fabulous image of the humming bird David.
I've just had a look at the EXIF and that 1/2000sec. shutter speed has really caught the bird so well in mid flight.
Brilliantly done.

Thanks Alan.

I like to keep a little wing-blur on most of my hummer shots. When you want to totally stop the wings, you need 1/3200-sec.

ddk632 · 06-11-2015, 12:56 PM

Path of the Setting Sun by Dmitriy David Khaykin, on Flickr

Gorgeous sunset in the Everglades the other day...
3-shot shift panorama

CANGRKE70 · 06-11-2015, 01:08 PM

hate all of you for posting bee pictures...

Back to wishing I was on a beach in Seychelles.

dcstep · 06-11-2015, 01:10 PM

Great sunset, David.

ddk632 · 06-11-2015, 01:55 PM

Thanks, Dave. Got a few more to process from that day and the next, been lagging

Weebl · 06-11-2015, 06:23 PM

They probably use more pesticides in CA than in CO. Something is going around where the whole hive dies off and they don't know why.
Dave,
On both of those shots, love that background. Plain and simple.

David,
We had one of those sunsets yesterday. They are very rare here and very nice with the road toward the sun.

ddk632 · 06-11-2015, 07:11 PM

Thanks Kevin. Yeah we get them much more often, but that one was pretty awesome even for down here.

Here's another from the following day. This one is special to me, because it was the first time I took the kids (2 and 4) and the photo gear and did a little shoot of the sunset. Awesome moment. My daughter has a little digital camera and was also taking some photos of her own

Stillness by Dmitriy David Khaykin, on Flickr

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CANGRKE70 ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ 814 Rep 172 Posts Drives: 2012 BMW X5 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	Since everyone likes a good bird picture...I just liked the mishmash of colour. __________________ Peter. Current Ride:2012 Alpine While BMW X5 35i Past Rides: 2005 Titanium Silver Metallic BMW X3 2005 Winning Blue Mica Mazda 3 1993 Milano Red Honda Prelude SR
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CANGRKE70 ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ 814 Rep 172 Posts Drives: 2012 BMW X5 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	My Panamanian buddy Sam enjoying some pineapple. __________________ Peter. Current Ride:2012 Alpine While BMW X5 35i Past Rides: 2005 Titanium Silver Metallic BMW X3 2005 Winning Blue Mica Mazda 3 1993 Milano Red Honda Prelude SR
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Itsed65 Brigadier General 2609 Rep 3,535 Posts Drives: 2014 X1 28i Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Midcoast Maine iTrader: (0)	This old lighthouse is now a bed and breakfast. If the drive to the creepy marina you have to use to get out there doesn't scare you off, it is probably a really nice way to spend a night on the water. East Brother Lighthouse by lennycarl08, on Flickr
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dcstep Major General 1291 Rep 7,389 Posts Drives: '09 Cpe Silverstone FR 6MT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 M3 [8.40]	Oh, Italian honey bee on lavender: Loving Lavender by David Stephens, on Flickr __________________ Flickr Photos Ucm, Inc.
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allachie9 Grumpy Old Man 1334 Rep 1,306 Posts Drives: G30 520i Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North East Scotland iTrader: (0)	Fabulous image of the humming bird David. I've just had a look at the EXIF and that 1/2000sec. shutter speed has really caught the bird so well in mid flight. Brilliantly done. __________________ Alan
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Weebl Weebl wobbles but eats Pie 95 Rep 1,794 Posts Drives: 2012 X5 d,2008 335i, 2000 740i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (0)	They probably use more pesticides in CA than in CO. Something is going around where the whole hive dies off and they don't know why. Dave, On both of those shots, love that background. Plain and simple. David, We had one of those sunsets yesterday. They are very rare here and very nice with the road toward the sun. __________________ Kevin Goto 2000 740i-Annalisa (sold 2018) 2008 335i-Weebl. Weebl may wobble but has DTC 2012 X5d in Sparkling Bronze ( The Ultimate Cat Carrying Machine)-RIP BMW buyback 2019:2017 A3, 2018 Audi SQ5
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ddk632 Chief Senior Executive Managing VP of Orange Sales 585 Rep 2,581 Posts Drives: 17 BMW F87 M2 6MT MG HBDGR ! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Aventura, FL iTrader: (2)	Thanks Kevin. Yeah we get them much more often, but that one was pretty awesome even for down here. Here's another from the following day. This one is special to me, because it was the first time I took the kids (2 and 4) and the photo gear and did a little shoot of the sunset. Awesome moment. My daughter has a little digital camera and was also taking some photos of her own Stillness by Dmitriy David Khaykin, on Flickr
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