Bolts were hitting on both sides of the road!
When I first scouted for my new spot to shoot from I thought I'd try the parking lot of Worldview Enterprises/ since it was fairly big and if it did start to downpour I'd be on asphalt instead of a muddy field. If you look on the map you'll see that Worldview is right off a road called Aerospace Parkway which is definitely not a main road so I figured it would be quiet, especially on a Tuesday night at 9:30 in the evening. Boy was I wrong!
Evidently this road is used a lot by Boy Racers to do their thing on. especially since it isn't a main road. There was plenty of traffic going by so I decided to find another spot where I'd be a bit more hidden from the road and wouldn't have to worry about any security folks coming by and asking questions.
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Another shot from the storm that blew through on July 11th.
When I first scouted for my new spot to shoot from I thought I'd try the parking lot of Worldview Enterprises since it was fairly big and if it did start to downpour I'd be on asphalt instead of a muddy field. If you look on the map you'll see that Worldview is right off a road called Aerospace Parkway which is definitely not a main road so I figured it would be quiet, especially on a Tuesday night at 9:30 in the evening. Boy was I wrong!
Evidently this road is used a lot by Boy Racers to do their thing on. especially since it isn't a main road. There was plenty of traffic going by so I decided to find another spot where I'd be a bit more hidden from the road and wouldn't have to worry about any security folks coming by and asking questions.
This was 35 seconds in BULB mode. Not sure why but it seems that I was catching 3 bolts with each shot, maybe it was my timing?
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I've seen Pelicans sitting atop a piling, panhandling at a fishing pier, or gliding above the surf but sitting in a tree is a first for me!
We were walking down the Malecon when we crossed over the Rio Cuale (Cuale River) which flows out to the sea when I saw this fellow. Now I've seen a lot of Pelicans in a lot of different ports but I can honestly say this is the first one I've ever seen sitting in a tree. Pelicans have webbed feet which really aren't conducive to sitting on a branch, just ask any duck!
I\'m assuming this is a Mexican Brown Pelican just because of the color and location. Hopefully some of the hardcore birders like Jim Frazier and toddkeith533 will chime in and regale us with all the details!
I don't take bird shots, they're really not my bag man, so I'm not exactly sure how they should be cropped. If you take bird shots, how do you do it when they're sitting like this. Do you zoom in tight and make the bird the focus or do you leave some of the foliage to establish a setting for the bird? Online opinions go from one extreme to the other so I thought I'd ask some folks who really do take bird shots!
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CENTENARIO (IMO: 9396098) is a Oil/Chemical Tanker that was built in 2010 (13 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Mexico.
Her carrying capacity is 46925 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 183 meters and her width is 32.23 meters.
I got this shot of her as we were leaving Mazatlan. Don't know if she's taking on or dropping off but she was there when we came into port.
When I pulled up Google Maps to get the location I noticed that she was pictured on the map at the same dock. This must be a regular stop for her.
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Not a lightning shot though I was ready if they had shown up!
Storms last night stayed way off to the West and headed West so lightning just wasn't going to happen. The clouds did look awful pretty and the sun definitely set the sky on fire! The lights you see are from the city and the airport.
This is a SOOC shot other than some cropping to get rid of some of the empty black space in the lower third. If you look at the EXIF you'll see that I had the camera set at F29 because it was still pretty light out and other shots I tried were pretty washed out!
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