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Took a chance today (last day before a big wet winter storm moves into the area) and got there before the sun set. Got out of my car and went into a ditch right near the lamp post where our Arctic friend has been landing. I was hidden except for my camera lens sitting on the concrete culvert top edge, the sun's setting light behind me.

He came in right on time, just about 5 or 10 minutes after sunset. I got a number of pictures similar to Pic 3 before he got nervous about me and took off.

These were all taken with available light, with a Pentax K-x and a SMC K 200mm f2.5. Only a bit of Picasa post-processing was done (you can see my dirty sensor spots in the sky) and I just wanted to get these up quickly. Working with the RAW files I may be able to make some improvements.

Thanks for looking!

Took a chance today (last day before a big wet winter storm moves into the area) and got there before the sun set. Got out of my car and went into a ditch right near the lamp post where our Arctic friend has been landing. I was hidden except for my camera lens sitting on the concrete culvert top edge, the sun's setting light behind me.

He came in right on time, just about 5 or 10 minutes after sunset. I got a number of pictures similar to Pic 3 before he got nervous about me and took off.

These were all taken with available light, with a Pentax K-x and a SMC K 200mm f2.5. Only a bit of Picasa post-processing was done (you can see my dirty sensor spots in the sky) and I just wanted to get these up quickly. Working with the RAW files I may be able to make some improvements.

Thanks for looking!

Took a chance today (last day before a big wet winter storm moves into the area) and got there before the sun set. Got out of my car and went into a ditch right near the lamp post where our Arctic friend has been landing. I was hidden except for my camera lens sitting on the concrete culvert top edge, the sun's setting light behind me.

He came in right on time, just about 5 or 10 minutes after sunset. I got a number of pictures similar to Pic 3 before he got nervous about me and took off.

These were all taken with available light, with a Pentax K-x and a SMC K 200mm f2.5. Only a bit of Picasa post-processing was done (you can see my dirty sensor spots in the sky) and I just wanted to get these up quickly. Working with the RAW files I may be able to make some improvements.

Thanks for looking!

Took a chance today (last day before a big wet winter storm moves into the area) and got there before the sun set. Got out of my car and went into a ditch right near the lamp post where our Arctic friend has been landing. I was hidden except for my camera lens sitting on the concrete culvert top edge, the sun's setting light behind me.

He came in right on time, just about 5 or 10 minutes after sunset. I got a number of pictures similar to Pic 3 before he got nervous about me and took off.

These were all taken with available light, with a Pentax K-x and a SMC K 200mm f2.5. Only a bit of Picasa post-processing was done (you can see my dirty sensor spots in the sky) and I just wanted to get these up quickly. Working with the RAW files I may be able to make some improvements.

Thanks for looking!

Took a chance today (last day before a big wet winter storm moves into the area) and got there before the sun set. Got out of my car and went into a ditch right near the lamp post where our Arctic friend has been landing. I was hidden except for my camera lens sitting on the concrete culvert top edge, the sun's setting light behind me.

He came in right on time, just about 5 or 10 minutes after sunset. I got a number of pictures similar to Pic 3 before he got nervous about me and took off.

These were all taken with available light, with a Pentax K-x and a SMC K 200mm f2.5. Only a bit of Picasa post-processing was done (you can see my dirty sensor spots in the sky) and I just wanted to get these up quickly. Working with the RAW files I may be able to make some improvements.

Thanks for looking!