Walking on the trail that runs outside of our cabin today the 3 of us came across more Red Efts
Had the phone this time
My 25 year old started didn't want to give me phone back once he saw the deer. He is ready to set up a blind in your yard - grin.
That's got to be frustrating, although it is nice to see them. Maybe she will have a change of heart if they start eating her garden or the shrubs.
Great Newt, and snake is too!Walking on the trail that runs outside of our cabin today the 3 of us came across more Red Efts
Had the phone this time
Nice cat, and great Havestman! Was that taken with your new lens, and was it just tele with no extension tubes? Loos like you were able to get in pretty close.
Great looking deer, and I love the name!
Yeah, my oldest keeps wanting to set up a stand in the back yard (woods), but I won't let him. We get deer and turkey every now and then.
An extension tube is a tube that goes between you camera and lens. By moving the lens you can focus much closer, but loose focus far away. It really lets you get in close. Looks like your lens focuses pretty close for as long as it is, seems like it should be very versatile for you.I'm still such a rookie I don't know what an extension tube is. Just now getting a handle on a converter.
Both were taken with the new lens. Camera on full auto...haven't played with shutter speed and aperture in a few days. Cat was at about 5 feet and zoomed in until it framed like I wanted it. Granddaddy Longlegs was at about 3 feet and also zoomed until it was framed like I wanted and the camera focused right. I play with the Granddaddy Longlegs all the time. Been doing that since I was a kid. Never been bit once.
Haven't seen the Kingfishers in a few days, but there are several subjects here from time to time.
There were three bucks that came up in the front pasture about 40 yards from the house all together about seven years ago all summer long, one older 8 point and two young ones. I named the 3 point one Oscar. Kinda funny... one time Oscar was by the side yard fence and I walked out the back door and looked over his back at a deer camp trailer about 300 yards away. The hunters were way back in the woods on the other side of the road. Hey guys...the deer are over here. Oscar just kept grazing away.
There are does in the front yard at night all the time. I don't hunt on my little bit of land...want to keep them coming up. If I hunt I'll go to another place.
A terrible pic. of a little buck from about 5 years ago taken through the window of the back door. He was in the backyard having a snack on the honeysuckle that grows on the backyard fence.
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Edit: SWMBO came home and told me a buck like to had gotten into the car window while she was driving again...this time on the driver's side. They run out into the road all the time...I see road kill a lot, mostly does but she said this one was an 8 point. That's a close encounter.
