I got out and used my camera today...

[Krazy Kruizers]

Does this mean that you actually got to Albuquerque and they got the balloons up?

[Krazy Kruizers]

On our cruise last spring, helicopters also were towing a sign.

Puerto Quetzal

 

 

[dileep]

Does this mean that you actually got to Albuquerque and they got the balloons up?

 

Sure does! More again tomorrow. It was freezing cold and slightly windy. They went up an hour and a half late.

[Krazy Kruizers]

One of our local TV stations showed a snippet of the balloons this morning.

Quite a sight.

[dileep]

One of our local TV stations showed a snippet of the balloons this morning.

 

Quite a sight.

Yesterday was just a warm up on a somewhat windy day for a spectacular Sunday morning. Here is what we saw on Saturday

[dileep]

 

piloted by Wynn "Gus" Gustafson.

[dileep]

Yesterday morning was spectacular in Albuquerque. This may be too long for most people, but here it is

 

[Maligator]

Howdy, folks. After a long summer of not having much time to shoot, I finally got a chance to get out and click when it wasn't boiling hot. The subject is my new partner at work. The gear was a 5D Mark III + EF 28mm f2.8 IS USM. RAW processing with DxO Optics Pro 8.3. Edited in CS5 with Nik Viveza 2 and DxO ViewPoint (to correct keystoning).

 

DEX1wm by AV8PIX Hickory Shampoo, on Flickr

[Krazy Kruizers]

I like your new work partner.

Great picture.

[dileep]

[quepaquete]

Beautiful sunrise this morning.

[Krazy Kruizers]

That is a beautiful sunrise.

[boeckli]

A new addition to the birdlife in our area - quite large and they can be VERY loud - even call in the middle of the night. Apparently they are the largest parasitic cuckoos in the world.

For more details see http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Scythrops-novaehollandiae

This was taken from our balcony. Click on the picture for the video

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Great video -- I thought that they would make more noise while mating.

[Victress2007]

I finally caught up with the sunrise.

 

I do love fall!

 

Vic

[Krazy Kruizers]

You truly do have beautiful colors on your trees.

[judynorth]

We don't have much color yet but the monarchs are beginning to come along on the Eastern Shore of Virginia:

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Lovely

Our Monarchs left PA at the beginning of September.

[judynorth]

Lovely

 

Our Monarchs left PA at the beginning of September.

 

Thanks. They must just be getting to the tip of the Eastern Shore because one of the park rangers commented that these were the first that he had seen. I only saw two on Thursday. I'd love to be there when the masses of them come through.

[pierces]

Went out to a little car show yesterday at a local airport near the foothills and enjoyed the 85° weather with amazingly clear skies. Mt. San Antonio (center) is about 12 miles away and 8,600 ft. higher, but you can almost see the individual rocks covering the peak!

 

 

Dave

[glojo]

Taken in our back garden

 

[dileep]

[The Grumpus]

Taken in our back garden

 

Nice shot. It looks like you walked up to that bird and took the picture from about a foot away from his face. I imagine that wasn't the case however.;)

[glojo]

Nice shot. It looks like you walked up to that bird and took the picture from about a foot away from his face. I imagine that wasn't the case however.;)

:)Twas nearer to fourteen inches ;)

 

Where would we be without our telephoto lens?

 

The picture was taken with my trusty 500mm lens and I was indeed a respectable distance away.

[dileep]

:D