The pretty harbor view at blue hour.

Taken at Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving any comments or faves, they are very much appreciated.

Increased the ISO a little to keep the exposure shorter with the boats.

Seeing this Barred Owl for the first time in the wild was the absolute highlight of this trip to Vancouver Island. I saw "something" fly and then saw robins bothering him. He sat patiently for a few minutes allowing me to get this shot.

Late day just after sunset in Bar Harbor, Maine. Extended the shutter a little here to smooth out the reflection.

Owls are so awesome!

Thanks so much for the visit!

I revisited my use of a 1.4X extender to provide greater reach for these kinds of shots where the subject is further away than I would like. I also used my new tripod for the first time. I think going at 1/100 sec rather than what I might use handheld (1/200 with the early morning light) improved things. Any comments or feedback are welcome.

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, FL.

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The 'Tiger Shark' red vessel there looked great under the colorful clouds and the start of Blue Hour as the sun had set.

Barred Owl hanging out deep in the Woodland Forest...

1/500 f/8.0 ISO 5000 1000mm

Not quite where it needed to be, Mom had difficultly trying to feed him from this little nub he climbed up to. I am sure he figured it all out later on!! :)

Hunting

From a year ago, here is another wide view from that fabulous sunset in Bar Harbor. I liked this comp that looked away from the brighter part of the sky and towards the area that was still under some thunder clouds.

Having her favorite lunch :)

Here is a capture taken in Bar Harbor, Maine with some neat clouds around after sunset.

This is tied to a restaurant in Carrboro, NC

Great to see this moment of intimacy.

Edmonton river valley.

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Bar on MSC Fantasia

This was a great bar at Guarda do Embaú, SC, Brazil.

The owner and his family kept the bar for 25 years without electric energy, still the beer was always cold and they had fresh fish.

They were obligated to close it due to some political/environmental issues.

The stars are out of focus, which I don't like, but at the time I had no way to keep the shutter longer than 30 secs.

One year anniversary from the trip to Maine ... here is what the sunset looked like a year ago up in Bar Harbor, Maine ... great spot to stay when you visit Acadia National Park.

My wife was able to shop while I walked around taking sunset shots there at the marina area ... best of both worlds in one location ;)

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Bars

The Carriage trail bridges in Acadia Nation Park are worth the trip. This shot was taken in late April as the snow was melting in the woods and mountains filling the stream with clean fresh water.

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Bar Beach NSW Australia.

Sunrise on Sunday 3 Mar 13.

Very windy, I can still taste the salt spray.

Shot this with just the Lee 1.2 Soft and a tonne of spray.

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The southern end of Bar Beach is usually all sand but with all the bad weather we have had lately the sand is all but gone and has exposed an amazing amount of rock that a lot of us have never seen before. I'll be heading back here a few more times that's for sure!

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Another one from yesterday at Bar Beach with a few of the Sundancers.

One more shot of these Barred Owls. I rarely get the opportunity to photograph a pair.

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Barred for life...

A place I have wanted to see for a long time. A wonderful day out meeting old friends again and making new ones. With Mars Lander, Miss Lightyear and Skankypants :)

Barred window. Castle Plesse, Germany.

Canon EOS 400D. No HDR, only CS3.

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Here is a single capture taken at Bar Harbor Maine back in 2012 during our trip to New England. It was a stunning sunset. Below is an originally posted version, but I revisited this one with slightly warmer white balance as well as adding a gradient to the sky within Lightroom that allowed me to tweak down the highlights and up the shadows just a bit to make the clouds not as menacing ... I wanted to create a warm inviting atmosphere compared to the cooler original.

Barred Warbler - Sylvia nisoria

Barred Warbler - Sylvia nisoria

Hampshire

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Another wet Wednesday sunrise outing with friend and fellow flickr photographer Paul Hollins - this time to Bar Beach, NSW; Australia.

Not much sun to see this morning - this taken under the umbrella!!!!

At least nature's diffuser made exposure a little easier + helped show off the contrasting colors!!!

Have a great day and week - hope you like this one!!!

Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) - Хээрийн галуу

There are very few Bar Headed Geese wild in the UK normaly seen with other geese as was the case with this bird it was with a large flock of Canada Geese.

Vicious nasty American Robins chased this poor young Barred Owl into some conifers just because it wanted to see their babies.

A juvenile Barred Owl which has matured since this image was taken.

This was captured from "Bar Harbor" in Acadia National Park along Maine's Coastline

This is looking towards Otter cliffs off in the distance from Bar Harbor.

My settings were Bulb | 107.2 seconds | Iso 50 | F/8 | Polarizer | .9 stop filter | timed release.

The long exposure gave the overall image the blue dreamy cast!

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