nw baltimore wx Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The talk about eagles in the obs thread are well-timed. A couple of weeks ago my girlfriend and I read of a snowy owl sighting on Assateague and went down this weekend in the hopes of sighting it. The report came from the north end of the island so on Saturday at sunrise, we canoed across the bay near the inlet and hiked south. As it turns out, we could have just driven to the bridge crossing six miles to the south because we ended up hiking the six miles down to the bridge and another six back to the inlet. No snowy owl but a perfect day otherwise. Then, on Sunday morning, just before the rains started, we were driving back to the main entrance for one more look and we came across a pair of eagles in a field near Frontier Town. I wish I had a bigger lens because this is the best that I could with a 2x converter on a 200 telephoto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Nice, nw! They are beautiful creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Nice, nw! They are beautiful creatures. Ditto... thanks for sharing the pics nw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Nice, nw! They are beautiful creatures. Ditto... thanks for sharing the pics nw. Thanks. Here are a couple others of the hike on Saturday. It was a beautiful day and in the 6 hours we were on the island, we never saw another person. For Ellinwood. Looking north to the inlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Nice pony pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Beautiful pictures. What a great time to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Beautiful Assateague photos! I would love to be there when it snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Beautiful sunset tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Beautiful sunset tonight Wow, that is nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Beautiful Assateague photos! I would love to be there when it snows. Agree...Thanks for sharing nw balt Beautiful sunset tonight Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Beautiful sunset tonight Gorgeous!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Decent amount of ice on the inner harbor still. This morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 From today's Clipper system (Jan. 21). Got 1.8" where I'm at, and it was very pretty how it lined all the trees. I didn't get a chance to take photos until late this afternoon when a lot of the snow was falling/melting from the trees, but I did get a few good ones. Including this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Caught the sunset (and the remains of the clipper snow from yesterday) as I got home this evening: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 A snowy Great Blue Heron 1/21/15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Wider shot from Great Falls last Saturday just before sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I took these on Sunday at Loch Raven Reservoir. Downy woodpecker Pileated woodpecker There are also many bald eagles there right now, but I wasn't able to get very close. These are cropped pretty tightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Holy crap - those pics! Wow! Note to self - get to Loch Raven Reservoir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Holy crap - those pics! Wow! Note to self - get to Loch Raven Reservoir. Holy crap is right! Great captures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Holy crap - those pics! Wow! Note to self - get to Loch Raven Reservoir. Holy crap is right! Great captures! Thanks! I appreciate it. I've been reading and practicing, but I need to learn a good editing program. That downy woodpecker picture, for example, would be better I think if I could give some contrast to the background. I was shooting in to the clouds when I took it and had to increase the stops to get enough light on the bird. I'm off this afternoon and might go back up there to try to get closer to the eagles. Thanks for the comments. The many great photos in this thread are inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks! I appreciate it. I've been reading and practicing, but I need to learn a good editing program. That downy woodpecker picture, for example, would be better I think if I could give some contrast to the background. I was shooting in to the clouds when I took it and had to increase the stops to get enough light on the bird. I'm off this afternoon and might go back up there to try to get closer to the eagles. Thanks for the comments. The many great photos in this thread are inspiring. Do you birdwatch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Do you birdwatch? It's a new hobby really. I like the outdoors and I like taking pictures, but the pictures I have taken over the years when hiking are pretty boring. But I really like trying to get a picture of something elusive, especially wildlife. Not to mention that some of the bird pictures I've seen on the internet are nothing short of spectacular, and I find it challenging to try to emulate those photos with affordable equipment. It feels as much like hunting as photography because getting close is more important than snapping a photo with a quality 600 mm lens from the back of a pick up truck. Don't get me wrong. If I could afford the lens, I would be perfectly content using it. So, no, I'm not a traditional birdwatcher, but I do like trying to find something unique or different, and photograph it. An example are the pictures I posted from Assateague last week. My girlfriend and I went down and spent 6 hours hiking 12 miles in the sand, sneaking up on every sand dune along the way, solely in the hopes of spotting a snowy owl. How's that for nutty? But I also believe I'm going to win the lottery one day, so it shouldn't be too surprising. How about you? A birdwatcher? Here are two others I took. One more of the downy woodpecker, and a cardinal from the backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Nice shots! You can almost feel the softness of the downy woodpecker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 It's a new hobby really. I like the outdoors and I like taking pictures, but the pictures I have taken over the years when hiking are pretty boring. But I really like trying to get a picture of something elusive, especially wildlife. Not to mention that some of the bird pictures I've seen on the internet are nothing short of spectacular, and I find it challenging to try to emulate those photos with affordable equipment. It feels as much like hunting as photography because getting close is more important than snapping a photo with a quality 600 mm lens from the back of a pick up truck. Don't get me wrong. If I could afford the lens, I would be perfectly content using it. So, no, I'm not a traditional birdwatcher, but I do like trying to find something unique or different, and photograph it. An example are the pictures I posted from Assateague last week. My girlfriend and I went down and spent 6 hours hiking 12 miles in the sand, sneaking up on every sand dune along the way, solely in the hopes of spotting a snowy owl. How's that for nutty? But I also believe I'm going to win the lottery one day, so it shouldn't be too surprising. How about you? A birdwatcher? Here are two others I took. One more of the downy woodpecker, and a cardinal from the backyard. LochRavenDWP2.JPG Backyard Cardinal.JPG Wow! Those pictures are beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Pic of the stacked stone wall in my front yard. Filtered, diffused sun as the storm was breaking up was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 "A Snowy Path in the Woods" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVsnowlover Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Had a blast down in Canaan Valley today. Was good to get a snow "fix". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Those are some awesome snow pics. Out of curiosity, how far east did you get before you were out of the snow? East of Mt. Storm? I've been thinking of head back out there for some winter pics, but won't have the time until the middle of the month. Here's a recent pic from Elakala Falls in Blackwater Falls State Park that I came across on flickr. Not my pic. https://flic.kr/p/q23vu2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Nice Tucker county photos! I went out to Loch Raven again last weekend looking for eagles. I saw a few, but no good shots. But there are a ton of geese and ducks near the dam, and a few hawks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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