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I shot this in 2008 at the Birmingham 4th of July Celebration. I haven't posted much in the last year or so, so I have a lot of stuff in archive. Thought I would start posting some of them.

We went to the lake today and had a picnic lunch. We knew this pair of eagles was nesting there so we went to watch them. I was headed back to the car to get our cooler and told my wife I was taking the camera just in case. Glad I did!

I shot this last Sunday Night on Fathers Day, what a great show. I was there with my youngest daughter, but unfortunately Dreamscapes couldn't be there and she bought the tickets. Thanks for the show baby, this is for you. I got this shot and I thought it looked like a poster I would have had on my wall as teenager.

This was a great show. Got to go with my daughters and we had a great time, thanks for the tickets Dreamscapes.

This was one of the most difficult shots I've ever made. This little guy is about the size of a dime, he's on a single blade of grass. They almost never open their wings unless the temperature is below 70 degrees, and in Alabama that's almost never. He wouldn't let me get closer than about 5 feet without flying away, so I had to shoot this with my 300mm with a 2x adapter, hand held with no image stabilizer and manual focus. Took about 30 tries for this one. These little gems look so good and are so shy, I've been trying to get this shot for long time.