IMG_5507 venus in transit
by sfalice

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It must have been foggy there, or overcast. Still, this is much better than what we saw here, which was solid clouds.
I sort of like the hazy foggy look to this one.
Seeing the shooting info, you must have been able to look at it with only sunglasses.

Broken Bridge
by Ja-9

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This is a strange thing to see. The road bed was added to the old RR trestle left over from the Overseas Railway after the '35 hurricane. They added structure above the RR and put the road surface on top of that. It's falling into the water now, a piece at a time. The "spalling" of the concrete is from the rebar rusting inside the concrete, because they mixed the concrete with salt water when the bridge was built. It makes the concrete pop open like that.
This is a marvelous location for vacationing. It's about 40 miles from Ke West and has a nice anchorage (anchored there before,) good campground and award winning beaches with beautiful water.

A beautiful couple
by Lelez

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Wow, what a splendid photo Lele.

Egrets
by scooter97

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Last month was nesting time here again. This looks like it might have been at Ding Darling Refuge, on Sanibel Island. That's a great birding spot for shore and wading birds. Great pose in this one.

They're gone... time to relax!
by Kelli

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Now I have to go find a pecan pie in the next few days to appease the awakened demon. : )

Bear Wrestling
by Kelli

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That's a happy kid shot!

IMG_4701-Memorial-4-800
by sfalice

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I come back to this one. This is what the day is all about.

May 28 - Snail
by hajeka

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This one would make a good demo shot for thin DOF.

May 21 - On a pole
by hajeka

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I guess that it would be a "short walk" for the heron LOL.
Mirror lenses are fun to use, and can get the "reach" without being big and clumsy to use. I have noticed though, that they are not as sharp in detail when you look at the images at 100% crop. The "different" bokeh and the fixed aperture make it a thinking process to get good photos with them, as you have to consider what's behind the subject, and if there is enough light to shoot without motion blur. They do allow you to capture many scenes that would not be possible though, without spending a ton of money and having a huge lens to lug around. Looking through some of the images you have posted in this S C, I can tell that the lens that you are using has better resolution than the older ones that I have and use. That may be partly because the 7D is a full frame camera too.

jog anyway
by skewsme

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I like the scene, the focus and the composition in this one. I didn't vote this challenge, but I thought that this would place much higher.