Photography Thread

The summer solstice is upon us.

 

Fair warning: Picture overload.

One of my favorite past times is to go out and catch beautiful sunsets near bodies of water. In this case, the Mississippi River on the western side of Desoto. Co, Ms (near community called Walls). Right as the sun was setting, a barge carrying some type of rock/mineral (looks like coal and white rock). Anywho, hope y'all enjoy these. Cause the skitters and horseflies enjoyed me immensely.

 

Catfish?

 

Little bit of glades, cacti, gear product placement on a short day hike in Southern illinois

 

What about catfish?

 

Happy Father’s Day. This is a picture my son took of me and my Goshawk a few years back.

 

I’m a professional cat fisherman.

 

Professional as in I cast out, drink diet cokes, and reel in fish.

 

Beautiful sunset this evening
Hernando, Mississippi (Desoto County)

 

Went with mom to help clean up dad's headstone/grave area. Caught a beautiful sunset by the Master Painter.
Hernando, Mississippi.

 

Got the Falcon going again.

 

Posted the pics 2 times for some reason.

 

Fallen Leaf Lake near Tahoe with the best dog in the whole world. He turned 100 in dog years this month.


And yes, the photo is in focus. Bizarre high desert clouds above the Carson Valley.


My best friend who has brain cancer standing tall in the Pinenut Mountains.

 

Almost midnight, couldn't resist taking a pic from my phone of storm clouds coming.

 

My todays test drive. An absolute beauty..
Interestingly my friend wanted a 3.5 v6 over the new turbo or 2.5 hybrid.

 

Very nice. I would go with the 3.5 V6 too.

 

Little back story,

Over the phone and chat i was against to buy it (I couldn't go due to work) and everything changed after seeing it in person and driving it when he bring it to my house. It had 27K miles but I couldn't see a single chip on the hood or glass. There were only couple of tiny dots on the bumper. Maybe it was not a highway vehicle. Driving over speed bumps at medium speed it drove like it was brand new. The 8 speed was very smooth. It reminded me how smooth Highlanders are compared to 4runners. He liked this Highlander over this GX which I was very unhappy initially / until I see the Highlander at my house.


On the negative side:

- Highlander JBL sound system was not good as the 4runner.
- I was surprised that parking sensors was only on rear bumper.
- 3rd row seats are smaller than 4runner/ GX
- This Highlander didn't have tow package to install a hitch rack for cargo. May be will buy a roof box.
- I don't have much options for LED bulbs for low beams. The dust cap is pretty close. Did order one bulb with L shaped back. Highbeam has zero trouble because DRL is a separate light strip.

Hopefully next week it will go through complete service needed for 30K miles (including special driving condition items) and I will have the bulbs delivered. So he will have the this Highlander the way I want it

 

Good little storm rolled through southern illinois tonight. ..I got drenched

 

Old barn a friend and I drove by in Eastern Washington the other day.

 

Some of the worst Eagle pics I've ever gotten. My Nikon P900 was pretty much maxed out for the adult eagle, and no tripod on hand, the younger eagle was close enough for a semi decent shot though

 

What's the unedited photo look like/ barn color ?? Nice shot though

 

I love seeing rain burst shots like this (despite getting drenched). Took these in September, 2018 at Sardis Lake ((north of Oxford, Mississippi).

 

Those are all good shots

 

Jammer coaches at Glacier National Park in 2012.

 

Water lily taken at Ottawa State Park Ohio.

 

Lake Erie water snake. Quite aggressive.

 

I'm assuming non-ven?

 

Probably uninteresting to most. I just like how it turned out.

 

I mean...I was just out taking pics of dragon flies

 

Funny, it seemed a bit more clear on my original pic, tad grainy now