*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #2

[Antetokounmpo]

Originally Posted by lnxguy

Taken up near Lake Nipigon, August 2013.

Milky Way by billmarz, on Flickr

Amazing. I hope to replicate something like this when the milky way is more visible in the summer.

[lnxguy]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Great image, Bill. I'm impressed that you got that much brightness in one exposure. It must have been a really dark night, except for the stars.

I'd be lying if I said that was straight out of the camera Definitely some work done in PS to clean things up and make them pop but nothing too crazy. I've tried to get similar shots down here in Southern Ontario, but there's just too much light pollution even with the correct moon phase.

Here's a shot taken just south of Parry Sound. You can see all the light pollution in it.

IMG_6438-2 by billmarz, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Harambe

Amazing. I hope to replicate something like this when the milky way is more visible in the summer.

Thanks! June-Sept is the best time. Gotta watch the moon phase as well, also the light pollution maps. Taking the pic is the easy part It's lining everything else up that's time consuming.

[dcstep]

Just a small part of the great blue heron mating/nesting ritual:

Please, Oh Please, Give Me That Twig by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Great series on your Flickr page Dave.

[Itsed65]

Northern Harrier #75 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Since its been raining all week, it seemed like a good time to pull the ham bone from Christmas out of the freezer and make some soup.

Using the Christmas Ham Bone by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Iridescent Cloud by David Stephens, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Since its been raining all week, it seemed like a good time to pull the ham bone from Christmas out of the freezer and make some soup.

Yeah, should be yummy.

[Itsed65]

I'm no great chef, but I do make a mean soup

Finished Soup by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

I'm no great chef, but I do make a mean soup

Looks fantastic.

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Looks fantastic.

The wine always helps



Blossoms in February by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Sun-star At Sunset

Sun-star Before Sunset by David Stephens, on Flickr

[lnxguy]

Beauty shot Dave!

Balancing act. by billmarz, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Had some interesting clouds yesterday"

Cloud Over Oak by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[lnxguy]

White Otter Lake Sunset by billmarz, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Ed, I love your artsy hill-tree-cloud B&W landscape. Well done.

Bill, I envy you the snowy. Love the sunset at White Otter Lake. Great colors and composition.

[dcstep]

Calm After The Storm by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Thanks Dave, I have a few more I'm working on from that afternoon.

[Itsed65]

I'm All Ears! by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Awesome shot, DC. Nicely done.

Ed, how do you get these critters to come so close?

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Ed, how do you get these critters to come so close?

600mm and crop

Seriously, the jackrabbits at the NWR are used to cars, so they don't spook too bad as you drive by.

[Itsed65]

Coyote #49 by lennycarl08, on Flickr