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Fungo Squiggly said:
Excellent! You have some prime birding locations down the central Florida. If you are actively going after bird shots, you should definitely check out:

-Merritt Island NWR out near Titusville. The Black Point Wildlife drive is ridiculous. Tons of wading birds during the winter (Great Blue, Little Blue, Tri-colored, and Green herons....Great, Reddish, Snowy, and Cattle egrets, roseate spoonbills, white + glossy ibises; wood storks -- not to mention the absurdly fun Florida Scrub Jay) -- it absolutely blew my mind. I cannot recommend highly enough getting out there in December/January. We are headed back there for a couple days in a couple months. We took probably 2000 pictures down there.

-Orlando Wetlands -- about an hour east of Orlando, too -- In May, the place is crawling with alligators + tons of birds. Unfortunately, it is closed from 11/15-1/31 every year for hunting season -- one of the stipulations of the folks that donated it.

-There is an Audubon Center for birds of prey up in Maitland -- not as much fun as getting them in the wild, but you can get some really good looks at eagles, owls, falcons, and hawks
-Disney Nature Conservancy - a rare chance to see a red-cockaded woodpecker -- not glamorous, but we got to check it off our list

-Ding Darling -- down on Sanibel, so a bit of a hike - one of the top birding sites in the US, (although a bit underwhelming when we were there in May). Winter time is supposed to be prime.

-Throw in Dry Tortugas and the Evergaldes down south -- I am truly envious!

EDIT - Flickr is a PITA these days. Jeez.
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Yeah, I've seen more diversity in birds over the last 2 years here in Central Florida than I've seen in my life, and I love it. My main goal right now is to get some great Bald Eagle shots, but when I'm patiently waiting for one, I always take advantage of other birds around me (I've really developed a liking for Sandhill Cranes for some reason, just find them interesting). Living right down the road from Lake Toho puts me right next to a large concentration of active nests. I've already seen 5 flying around at work, and had a great shot at one close to its nest, but my focus was just barely off and they ended up not being useable. I need a 2x magnifier, though, to give me the reach for the Eagles that I really need.

Those locations outside of Orlando are all on my must-do list this season, and I'm hoping I can actually make it out this year.

Thanks for the compliments, guys, really appreciate it!
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
Excellent! You have some prime birding locations down the central Florida. If you are actively going after bird shots, you should definitely check out:

-Merritt Island NWR out near Titusville. The Black Point Wildlife drive is ridiculous. Tons of wading birds during the winter (Great Blue, Little Blue, Tri-colored, and Green herons....Great, Reddish, Snowy, and Cattle egrets, roseate spoonbills, white + glossy ibises; wood storks -- not to mention the absurdly fun Florida Scrub Jay) -- it absolutely blew my mind. I cannot recommend highly enough getting out there in December/January. We are headed back there for a couple days in a couple months. We took probably 2000 pictures down there.

-Orlando Wetlands -- about an hour east of Orlando, too -- In May, the place is crawling with alligators + tons of birds. Unfortunately, it is closed from 11/15-1/31 every year for hunting season -- one of the stipulations of the folks that donated it.

-There is an Audubon Center for birds of prey up in Maitland -- not as much fun as getting them in the wild, but you can get some really good looks at eagles, owls, falcons, and hawks
-Disney Nature Conservancy - a rare chance to see a red-cockaded woodpecker -- not glamorous, but we got to check it off our list

-Ding Darling -- down on Sanibel, so a bit of a hike - one of the top birding sites in the US, (although a bit underwhelming when we were there in May). Winter time is supposed to be prime.

-Throw in Dry Tortugas and the Evergaldes down south -- I am truly envious!

EDIT - Flickr is a PITA these days. Jeez.
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I winter in New Smyrna Beach and always make it down to Merritt a time or two.

The photo below is not a great quality pic, but considering he saw me first and gave me a warning "huff" from inside 50 feet I am kind of proud to have taken it as he was walking away. (A lot of zoom involved as I made my way down the trail a bit before turning back around.)

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Oh8ch said:
I winter in New Smyrna Beach and always make it down to Merritt a time or two.

The photo below is not a great quality pic, but considering he saw me first and gave me a warning "huff" from inside 50 feet I am kind of proud to have taken it as he was walking away. (A lot of zoom involved as I made my way down the trail a bit before turning back around.)

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your timing sucks.. if you waited you could have answered the question of the ages.. does a bear shit in the woods?

pretty sure I woulda set world records in the 40.. or learned to fly
 
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Those are some awesome shots from the Utah parks, Grand Canyon and the surrounding parks are tied with Yosemite at the top of my list for National Parks to visit. I haven't been as active behind the camera lately thanks to life, but here are some shots from the last several months.

Your Chair in Paradise: Took this on the Castaway Cay day of our honeymoon cruise. I can't be back on a Disney ship soon enough.



Monorail Monday: A Streak of Yellow



Brothers Playing: Busch Gardens recently had cheetah cubs and they were so fun to watch and photograph!
 
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Went back home with the wife to our childhood hometowns in SW Michigan. We love Ohio but dear goodness do we miss this beauty, and this was an unusually mediocre sunset.

Also got to play around with the Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art lens. Wow is that thing spectacular, and a far cry from the budget lenses of theirs that I used when I started out. The last two are taken with that lens, but the potential for portraits and other things is limitless.

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Those are some awesome shots, and I have been salivating over those ART lenses since they came out. If only I could actually afford one... :lol:

Dreaming about finally getting an UWA (either the Tokina 11-16 or the Sigma 10-24) before my trip back out to Disneyland in September, but that's looking more and more unlikely.
 
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scarletmike said:
Those are some awesome shots, and I have been salivating over those ART lenses since they came out. If only I could actually afford one... :lol:

Dreaming about finally getting an UWA (either the Tokina 11-16 or the Sigma 10-24) before my trip back out to Disneyland in September, but that's looking more and more unlikely.
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You can rent the 50mm 1.4 for $35 or so for a weekend (or 6 days) at various outlets. It's a great way to play around with a killer lens.

I read tons of reviews and it seems to dwarf the Canon 50mm f1.2. I was shocked at the build quality of the lens, having handled many cheapo sigmas (which are nice for what they are, but not something a pro would use at a portrait session, at least not as the workhorse lens).
 
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