Your Photo of the Week

[Hali]

How the weeks get by me... Week 23
Another from Costa Rica, a pair of wild macaws (one red one green) on a tree stump. The people at this farm feed the macaws and provide nesting material for them. They also have planted and let grow the trees they like to nest in (they are very dense hardwood trees and in the past they have cut down great swaths of them which, along with the illegal trade in these birds, has caused them to be highly endangered)

 

[Kwazy]

Week 23

Gorgeous birds and a great photo!

 

[Hali]

Gorgeous birds and a great photo!

Thank you so much!

 

[Kathryn Milner]

How the weeks get by me... Week 23
Another from Costa Rica, a pair of wild macaws (one red one green) on a tree stump. The people at this farm feed the macaws and provide nesting material for them. They also have planted and let grow the trees they like to nest in (they are very dense hardwood trees and in the past they have cut down great swaths of them which, along with the illegal trade in these birds, has caused them to be highly endangered)View attachment 10430

What a fantastic photograph! The colors, the texture, the birds, the perch and the background are all fantastic!

 

[Hali]

What a fantastic photograph! The colors, the texture, the birds, the perch and the background are all fantastic!

Thank you so very much, Kathryn! The opportunities on that trip were just incredible.

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Been busy fitting a new Kitchen, managed to get out this evening to a sunflower field, took an old picture frame with me. A favourite below.

 

[Hali]

Been busy fitting a new Kitchen, managed to get out this evening to a sunflower field, took an old picture frame with me. A favourite below.

That's a great idea! Nicely done!
How is the kitchen reno coming along?

 

[Shotbycurtin]

That's a great idea! Nicely done!
How is the kitchen reno coming along?

Nearly there Hali. Been putting it off for a long while, then the estate agent advised to sort it to get the best price, so greed got the better of me! Quite a dark room so gone white with loads of lights! A “during“ and “nearly finished“ below.

 

[Hali]

Nearly there Hali. Been putting it off for a long while, then the estate agent advised to sort it to get the best price, so greed got the better of me! Quite a dark room so gone white with loads of lights! A “during“ and “nearly finished“ below

Wow, that's a great makeover! Light and airy now. I love the under the cabinet floor lighting.

 

[Hali]

Week 24
A nice sunset before a milkyway shoot, the crescent moon just visible on the right. With my husband as the unwitting model.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Nearly there Hali. Been putting it off for a long while, then the estate agent advised to sort it to get the best price, so greed got the better of me! Quite a dark room so gone white with loads of lights! A “during“ and “nearly finished“ below.

Nice work Mike, it looks great. Good luck with the sale!

 

[Hali]

Week 25. Sloth and Baby, from a wild animal sanctuary outside of San Jose, Costa Rica. I could have used a deeper dof to get the baby in better focus, didn't realize it until I downloaded the image. The R5 handled those high ISO's with little problem whilst I was in CR, nothing a bit of PureRaw or Denoise AI couldn't handle.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 25. Sloth and Baby, from a wild animal sanctuary outside of San Jose, Costa Rica. I could have used a deeper dof to get the baby in better focus, didn't realize it until I downloaded the image. The R5 handled those high ISO's with little problem whilst I was in CR, nothing a bit of PureRaw or Denoise AI couldn't handle.

Beautiful photo Hali. It would of been interesting to see the shot with a little more depth of field but I don't think it hurts the photo at all. Would love to see these beautiful creatures myself one day.

 

[Hobsong58]

Greencastle Sunset Co.Down

 

[Hali]

Beautiful photo Hali. It would of been interesting to see the shot with a little more depth of field but I don't think it hurts the photo at all. Would love to see these beautiful creatures myself one day.

Thank you, Tim. I agree. I was so concerned about blurring the background that I didn't compensate for the difference in space between the mom and baby.

 

[Hali]

Greencastle Sunset Co.Down

Lovely!

 

[Hali]

A little Chiaroscuro for a Friday (still going through Costa Rica work)

 

[Tim Mayo]

A lovely young sparrowhawk waiting for breakfast in our garden. This one is still learning how to hunt, sadly they are not the best at it so far but they make up for this with persistence. Not sure if they are male or female, it's rather hard to tell at this age. I asked in a bird of prey ID group and no one was very sure.

 

[JohnFr]

Chautauqua Park is a popular hiking area for the folks around Boulder. This is a shot of the famous Flat Irons visible throughout the area. This is an focus stacked/stitched image shot bracketed with Canon R5, Canon 300mm lens, f/11, 1/125th sec. exposure, ISO 400. It is made up of 1564 individual Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 175 individual Focus Stacked images, 7 rows x 25 columns 30% overlap in portrait orientation.

The original image is:​

• 3.454 Gaga-pixels
• 38,057 x 90,759 pixels
• 126" x 302" 300 PPI un- cropped image size

This will take you to a virtual tour of the image: https://abbascreationsphotography.com/Flatirons/index.html

 

[Hali]

A lovely young sparrowhawk waiting for breakfast in our garden. This one is still learning how to hunt, sadly they are not the best at it so far but they make up for this with persistence. Not sure if they are male or female, it's rather hard to tell at this age. I asked in a bird of prey ID group and no one was very sure.

That's beautiful, Timothy! I love that stare it is giving you and the smooth clean background really emphasizes the great detail in the feathers.

 

[Hali]

Chautauqua Park is a popular hiking area for the folks around Boulder. This is a shot of the famous Flat Irons visible throughout the area. This is an focus stacked/stitched image shot bracketed with Canon R5, Canon 300mm lens, f/11, 1/125th sec. exposure, ISO 400. It is made up of 1564 individual Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 175 individual Focus Stacked images, 7 rows x 25 columns 30% overlap in portrait orientation.

The original image is:​

• 3.454 Gaga-pixels
• 38,057 x 90,759 pixels
• 126" x 302" 300 PPI un- cropped image size

This will take you to a virtual tour of the image: https://abbascreationsphotography.com/Flatirons/index.html

This is just fabulous! I took a look at the virtual tour and the detail is just incredible. Do you mind me asking 1. how long it took to shoot 2. I assume you were using a panhead on your tripod? and 3. how long did it take to process?

 

[Tim Mayo]

That's beautiful, Timothy! I love that stare it is giving you and the smooth clean background really emphasizes the great detail in the feathers.

Thanks Hali. They are definitely checking me out! There's a nice grassy meadow in the background that just melts away at this distance. Thankfully no sheep photo bombing this time as they show up as big white blobs!

 

[Hali]

Week 27 A pair of Brown-Hooded parrots trying to figure out who has right of way

 

[Hali]

Week 28. An Olive-backed Euphonia in flight

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 28. An Olive-backed Euphonia in flight

Cracking shot of a beautiful little bird Hali!

 

[Hali]

Cracking shot of a beautiful little bird Hali!

Thank you so much, Tim!! It was an interesting experience trying to get it!

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Superb capture Hali!

Not been out much as I’ve been busy doing all the jobs I should have done around the house so we can test the housing market. Popped along to Sheffield Park Gardens and took a few on Wednessday.

 

[Tim Mayo]

It's pretty grim here today but thought I'd grab a quick shot of one of our goldfinches in the garden. They are feeding like crazy right now, often about 15 of them waiting for their turn on the feeder.

 

[Rob2563]

I love gold finches Tim definitely one of the prettiest members of the British Finches

 

[Tim Mayo]

I love gold finches Tim definitely one of the prettiest members of the British Finches

They are certainly pretty little birds Rob, we are lucky to have them in the garden. Although they go through the sunflower hearts like there's no tomorrow! But I guess for them there is no tomorrow if they don't eat enough. They had their last brood of the year just a couple of weeks back and appear to still be feeding them.