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Beautiful cruise on our boat through the Bay of Quinte, Ontario, Canada today. Taken with S1R with Leica 24-90 at 24mm. 

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The drive to Artist's Palette, Death Valley National Park.  This was my first outing with the S1R and my first time to visit Death Valley, the park is massive at roughly 3.4 million acres, too much to cover in the the 2 days that I had.

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Lumix S1R & Leica VE SL 24-90mm  -Another passion, one of the last 10 R107 series made, my August 1989 300SL.

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Great Blue Heron at Destin Harbor.

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Sailing into Toronto harbour yesterday the famous Bluenose II was on her way out onto Lake Ontario. S1R with Leica 24-90 at 90mm, photo cropped a bit. 

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This gentlemen was waiting yesterday morning at Destin Harbor to go out fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.  We struck up a conversation, after which he allowed me to take this un-cropped portrait - one shot and done.  Too bad I missed focus on the near eye.  The 90 Summicron at 2.0 doesn't give you any slack at this distance.   (S1R + Summicron-SL 90)

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On my way to the beach this morning I spotted this Red Gerbera Daisy standing alone in a sea of green, and I did an about-face.  The Summicron-SL 90 f/2 is an incredible close focus lens.  I had not seen the termites until I opened the file in Capture One. Cropped slightly for composition.

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I finished a weekend project this afternoon, building a small bar on the back deck of my condominium.  Now it's time to enjoy the fruits of my labor, and or course take a picture or two for posterity. 😊 (S1R + Summicron-SL 90) 

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These four little Carolina wrens are about ready to leave the nest and let me have my fountain back.

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Although missing a foot, this Great Blue Heron seems to be getting along well, albeit not quite as skittish as most of the others.  I was able to get amazingly close to him on the beach this morning.  (S1R + Summicron -SL 90)

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22 minutes ago, relms said:

Although missing a foot, this Great Blue Heron seems to be getting along well, albeit not quite as skittish as most of the others.  I was able to get amazingly close to him on the beach this morning.  (S1R + Summicron -SL 90)

You seem to have a bunch of these impressive birds to shoot.  Can you identify individuals?  Watch them enough to spot interesting behaviors?  Are they always alone?

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1 hour ago, scott kirkpatrick said:

You seem to have a bunch of these impressive birds to shoot.  Can you identify individuals?  Watch them enough to spot interesting behaviors?  Are they always alone?

Scott,

We do have quite a few of these herons who are year-round residents along the Florida Panhandle.  Unlike Pelicans and Seagulls which tend to congregate, all varieties of the heron tend to feed alone, although they do nest, generally in treetops, in colonies of up to 100.  They are typically found stalking frogs and small fish in grass and weeds along the edges of marshes, and a few such as this one can be spotted most any morning before sunup along the beach near the outflow of one of our dune lakes.  Here he stalks fish and fishermen, hoping for an easy meal.  

It is difficult to identify individuals unless there is some distinguishing feature about the bird like this one missing a foot, but since they generally frequent the same areas to feed, I see what I believe to be the same local residents in areas near me.  Another feature that distinguishes one from another is their tolerance to the presence of humans.  Most will fly away when I get within 30-40 yards, but some "local residents" will let me get within 10-15 feet before taking flight.

One interesting thing I have noticed is that they can catch and swallow a fish weighing a pound or more.  I have seen more than a few herons with fish I would have been happy to bring home for my dinner.

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