Plum Island~Two Evenings

[jfenton]

I spent just a little time out the past couple of evenings and not a whole lot exciting was happening, but I did manage a few shots. The area I'm shooting presents some issues as there is no way at all to get the birds evenly lit most of the time.

Last Evening.....

Dad bringing home dinner to the family....

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A Tern with his dinner...

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Sunset at the salt pannes...

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From this evening...

A Little Blue Heron and an Egret in long lite...

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A Boneparts Gull (never seen one before) in long light...

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Lastly...a sunset over the tall marsh grass before it dipped into clouds which were on the horizon...

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Not horribly exciting but at least I got out

 

[Flew]

Not too bad for a noob. 8)

Excellent shots Jim. :wink:

 

[Gordon Large]

Hey Jim -

Not exciting? :lol: You gotta be kidding. All of the images are fabulous, but that second sunset shot just blows me away. Wow.

Gordon

 

[jfenton]

Frank

Please define NOOB....is is Alabamian slang for NEWBY?

By the way...did you get that accent issue fixed yet?

 

[jfenton]

Gordon

Hi Gordon...

You know what? I didn't like that sunset at first cause the gras was blowing in the breeze, but the more I look at it, the more I kinda like it

 

[Flew]

Re: Frank

Please define NOOB....is is Alabamian slang for NEWBY?

By the way...did you get that accent issue fixed yet?

Hey bub, I don't have an accent. You have an accent. :lol:

Just for your edification, I've included the official definition below. 8)

A newbie is a newcomer to a particular field, the term being commonly used on the Internet, where it might refer to new users of a game, a newsgroup, the World Wide Web itself, or an operating system.

It can be both a disparaging and friendly term, always referring to a neophyte, or someone who behaves as such. The word itself is likely a corruption of new boy; a new arrival in a school and who is, therefore, vulnerable to bullying of various kinds. On Google's Usenet archive, the word first appears in 1988 [1]. The term was used prior to this as slang in the U.S. Military to denote men who had finished technical school and were just arriving to their first permanent assignment.

Hope this clears things up. :mrgreen:

 

[Nikam]

Great shots, Jim. I really like the long light shots and that last sunset is fabulous.

 

[jfenton]

Frank

Oh...

So now the question becomes...

R y'all ewesing it as a disparaging like term or a good ole boy friendly type of term?

 

[Flew]

Re: Frank

Oh...

So now the question becomes...

R y'all ewesing it as a disparaging like term or a good ole boy friendly type of term?

#2.

Har, har.... 8)

 

[Gilles]

Jim, i wish i was as consistant as you in my picture taking. I really love the last picture of the sunset.

 

[hillrg]

Hey Jim

You are definitely becoming a dangerous man with the big lens. Nicely done.

 

[jfenton]

Gilles

Belive me.....I chimp a lot

 

[mike mac]

Jim nice outing sure hope I can get out and shoot soon. Love the last sunset and the tern is classic

 

[jfenton]

Thanks Mike!

Why haven't you been out shooting???

 

[mike mac]

Re: Thanks Mike!

Why haven't you been out shooting???

Well I have been so to speak swim meets birds in the front yard but no adventures is what I should have siad, time is at a premuim, 3rd week of August I am on vactaion so hopefully then. I want to go out and shoot some birdies and animals

 

[jfenton]

Rory

Hi Rory...

It's not every day that I shoot sunsets with a 500mm but I kind of like the way the depth of foreground to sun is reduced?

 

[Gordon Large]

Re: Gordon

Hi Gordon...

You know what? I didn't like that sunset at first cause the gras was blowing in the breeze, but the more I look at it, the more I kinda like it

Jim -

You never know what image is going to really have an impact. Lots of folks picked this sunset as their favorite.

Gordon

 

[DiverX]

Just stoped in for a quick peek here...really awesome shots Jim!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[jfenton]

Thanks George

Coming from you it is much appreciated

 

[greyflash]

Ever since I read a murder mystery book by the same name (Plum Island), this place has fascinated me. I am always glad to see images from there. These by the way are excellent. The last image is intriging.