Your Photo of the Week

[Clix Pix]

Representing Week 41:

• ILCE-1
• FE 135mm F1.8 GM
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[Jeff A]

Strangest thing. Last night I was practicing the loon/diver call for a while and I was getting quite close. It was pretty late at night and I live in small town but we have deer, Bald Eagles, Blue Herons, Egrets and so on in the neighborhood. You never know. Anyway, while practicing and getting closer to boasting rights I heard this snuffing and shuffling just outside my door. And I thought I heard a scratching, too. I figured just a neighborhood dog. I checked the door this morning and the scratches on the door were from a dog about six feet tall, or something else.

Mama Bear, I'm telling you!

 

[Boojum]

Mama Bear, I'm telling you!

I may have to use the Alaskan Polar Bear cure: large spikes driven through the door with the sharp end outside to discourage ursine attempts to open my home like a sardine can. In the meantime I will retreat to my clothes closet to practice. I am hoping the clothes will absorb the sound. If not I could be the best dressed dinner that bear has had in a long time. Maybe a little headstone attesting to that alongside whatever bear scat appears as a result of the encounter. Yes.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 42. A really nice surprise with a very late Osprey at Hickling Broad. Most likely a juvenile making a late migration, as most birds have gone by September.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[Boojum]

Mama Bear, I'm telling you!

If it is Mama Bear here is her appetizer. West Coast deer are quite small. I am wondering if I am too far west and south for a visit from a Wendigo. Was that at the door?

I should point out that this deer was at the side of a neighborhood street on my way home. They are quite tame. There are areas in town which are too steep or too unstable to be built upon so they are left rough. The deer, raccoons, various large birds and maybe Mama Bear wander there. Bear are common across the river in Washington and you'd better secure your garbage can or you will be running a bear drive-through.

• ILCE-7M3
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 120.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 27. A male fallow deer taking a rest during the rut at Attingham Park in Shropshire.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 43. A lifer bird for me today, with this Grey Phalarope at Titchwell. A rare visitor to the UK, he should be in Africa now

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Clix Pix]

Representing Week 42:

• ILCE-1
• FE 135mm F1.8 GM
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/2
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 160

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 44... A close fly by from a Great White Egret at Carlton Marshes. Huge bird, amazed it came so close.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 125

 

[Jeff A]

Week 44... A close fly by from a Great White Egret at Carlton Marshes. Huge bird, amazed it came so close.View attachment 14116

Outstanding!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Outstanding!

Cheers Jeff

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 28. I felt pretty bad after running over a grey squirrel this last week so decided to photograph one for a change. I don't normally as they are very common here and an invasive species that have contributed to the massive decline of our native reds. Hardly their fault though, someone brought them here.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Clix Pix]

Representing Week 43:

• ILCE-1
• FE 50mm F1.2 GM
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/25600 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 45 (good grief, 7 weeks to complete a year!) Stonechat, one of most willing posers.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Week 45 (good grief, 7 weeks to complete a year!) Stonechat, one of most willing posers.
View attachment 14343

7 weeks left? Wow, I need to catch up!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

7 weeks left? Wow, I need to catch up!

Well, 7 for me to make a year, which I started when the forum did.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 45 (good grief, 7 weeks to complete a year!) Stonechat, one of most willing posers.

Great shot Kev and congrats on the 7 weeks remaining! I don't want to count how many weeks I've missed!!

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 29. A cormorant on the river Teme in Ludlow.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 553.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Andrew]

Week 44... A close fly by from a Great White Egret at Carlton Marshes. Huge bird, amazed it came so close.

The bird was a paid actor

 

[Clix Pix]

Oops, almost missed posting for Week 44:

• ILCE-1
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 46. Curlew in absolutely glorious sunlight at Wells this week.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Clix Pix]

Representing Week 45:

• ILCE-1
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 30. Frank never complains when I take his photo, unlike the wife

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 320

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week47. My first ever Snow Bunting, not for want of trying in the past, and on the local beach too. Result.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[Clix Pix]

Representing Week 46:

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/14
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 31. Since our temporary garden is blessed with lots of little birds I decided to setup a perch to try and catch some of them with a cleaner background. This was just a branch I found then fixed to a fence just in front of the feeder. It's taken them a while to get used to it but slowly they are landing on it more often. We've had some long-tailed tits visiting over the last few days, a bird I've been trying to get a nice shot of for a while but could never get close enough.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Clix Pix]

Representing Week 47:

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 48. Happisburgh (pronounced Haysboro) Lighthouse. This shot was taken kneeling down in an old wartime Pill Box.

• ILCE-7RM4
• E 24mm F2.8 F051
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/18
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 10000

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 32. Trying out the bird eye af on the new a7 IV. It's worked pretty well on most of the small garden birds I've tried it on so far, including this goldfinch. A little more light would have been nice but can't have it all my way! Pretty heavy crop to 2500px.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Week 49... A break in our rubbish weather today gave me a chance to get to the beach. Strong winds and high tides this week have shifted a lot of sand, so much so that these old sea defences have re-appeared for the first time in 15 years.

• ILCE-7RM4
• E 24mm F2.8 F051
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/20
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 100