Picture-A-Week 2018 - Week 51

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, December 17 and Sunday, December 23.

 

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

[dileep]

[dileep]

 

[ski ww]

Great pictures of the wave action. 

[puppycanducruise]

Love seeing the waves.

Thanks.

[ski ww]

This morning the sun coming up across the street.

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

I wonder if the cafe was open during all that wave action?

 

Great pictures -- enjoyed the video.

[havoc315]

engagment photo.. by Adam Brown, on Flickr

[mskaufman]

NYC on a flight from Boston

[zackiedawg]

Sandhill crane off in the distance:

 

Saddling up next to big poppa for a nap:

 

Belted kingfisher getting ready to dive:

 

Osprey also fishing the same waters as the kingfisher:

 

Cormorant, launching into the air from the water:

[kenevenpar]

From a recent trip to Florida, a couple:

 

Merrit Island- Belted Kingfisher

 

 

Apopka - Yellow Rump Warbler

 

 

Fulvous Whistling Duck

 

[zackiedawg]

Very Nice Ken...lucky you to get a fulvous whistler - those aren't too common and even when one is around, they're not always out in the open.  Nice and close on the kingfisher too!

[kenevenpar]

I was pretty close on the Kingfisher, but even so, it is cropped, and was tough light.  I got a few shots of it diving, but too much backlight.

 

I also saw some black-bellied whistling ducks at Green Cay

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Love the bird pictures.

[boeckli]

17.12.2018 - Marlborough Flyer Picton to Blenheim, New Zealand

for more info see https://www.marlboroughflyer.co.nz/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engine has been re-attached in reverse

Edited December 28, 2018 by boeckli

[ski ww]

I really enjoyed the video, thanks for posting. 

[pierces]

The clock is ticking down to the end of the year with all of the assorted Holiday chaos that comes along with it. The last day of Week 51 found us sharing coffee and breakfast on our way to a pre-gathering delivery of gifts. Richie's Real American diner is one of our favorite breakfast  destinations and happened to be on the way. There are only three of them and we are fortunate to have one fairly close. With a real, working smoker out in front and a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items featuring items from said smoker as well as traditional fare, you would have to be unreasonably picky or trigger a yet-to-be-discovered food allergy to have a bad experience dining there.

 

Ah, Americana!

 

 

 

Dave

[Mistywinton]

Amazing pictures clicked.

[scubacruiserx2]

Some photos from our pre cruise stay in Argentina