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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Originally Posted By bulldog1967: https://i.imgur.com/JLeSCK6.jpg View Quote Southern Albemarle? Out near the Trump winery? |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Sideways :(
Proud Member of Team Ranstad "Fully-loaded, safety off. This here is a recipe for unpleasantness." - Malcom Reynolds I'm a dirty old man with a vivid imagination. I'll make do. |
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You'll remember my photos earlier in the year of woodcock nests in evil clearcuts; turns out Mourning Dove also like to nest amongst the desolate and destroyed managed timberlands.
Here's a nice shady spot mama dove decided would be the perfect nest location; nestled under 1 year-old pine seedlings. Well, perfect until somebody like me comes tromping through to check last year's planted survival. All hail the clearcut! YK1805 Dove Nest by FredMan, on Flickr YK1805 Dove Nest by FredMan, on Flickr And from a few years back, a fresh dove hatchling in a clearcut. Mourning Dove Nest by FredMan, on Flickr |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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"Dum spiro spero"
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Cruising BIG WOOD today. 215 tons/acre (that's about 9 tractor-trailer loads of logs per acre). New record for me in pine.
Also some ginormous hardwood mixed in; this is a 36" diameter Cherrybark Oak that had about 56 feet of merchantable stem. This one tree is worth close to $1,500 on the stump. 36 Inch CBO by FredMan, on Flickr 36 Inch CBO by FredMan, on Flickr |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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And see this little 27 inch diameter loblolly pine? It was only 154 feet tall. Tallest one I've ever measured.
27 Inch NLB by FredMan, on Flickr 27 Inch NLB by FredMan, on Flickr |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Originally Posted By tknogeek: https://photos.smugmug.com/2023/0512/Sights/i-vzvjVvS/0/1b763a2c/X2/Tabor_20230512_102958-Edit-X2.jpg Beware the Dark Woods! (even in daylight) View Quote Very nice! Saw this on a logger's yard today. Yellow-poplar, 7.8 foot butt, 5 foot top, 25 feet long. THICCC YP Log Side_ by FredMan, on Flickr YP Log Butt_ by FredMan, on Flickr |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Very nice! Saw this on a logger's yard today. Yellow-poplar, 7.8 foot butt, 5 foot top, 25 feet long. THICCC https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52905140142_551b37151f_h.jpgYP Log Side_ by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52906163848_6a3c25a107_h.jpgYP Log Butt_ by FredMan, on Flickr View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By FredMan: Very nice! Saw this on a logger's yard today. Yellow-poplar, 7.8 foot butt, 5 foot top, 25 feet long. THICCC https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52905140142_551b37151f_h.jpgYP Log Side_ by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52906163848_6a3c25a107_h.jpgYP Log Butt_ by FredMan, on Flickr Image the table you could make. |
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God will not look you over for medals, diplomas, or degrees – but for scars
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Canon R5 - RF24-105 L
Drag-racing by Chris B, on Flickr Drag-racing by Chris B, on Flickr Drag-racing by Chris B, on Flickr |
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11M 84-87 Dare to be different - Arrogance Diminishes Wisdom Oh cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones, it bones for thee. The answer to 2022's leftist problem is 1973. |
Originally Posted By tknogeek: https://photos.smugmug.com/2023/0512/Sights/i-vzvjVvS/0/1b763a2c/X2/Tabor_20230512_102958-Edit-X2.jpg Beware the Dark Woods! (even in daylight) View Quote Nice. Where was that taken? |
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Originally Posted By Hatari: Nice. Where was that taken? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Hatari: Nice. Where was that taken? Thanks! Brandywine Falls, Cuyahoga National Park, Ohio. |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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"Dum spiro spero"
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921336890_207fcda978_o.jpg20230521_NightSkyComp001 by Carl Peters, on Flickr View Quote That is awesome, where is it? |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921336890_207fcda978_o.jpg20230521_NightSkyComp001 by Carl Peters, on Flickr View Quote I want a cabin with that view. |
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God will not look you over for medals, diplomas, or degrees – but for scars
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Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: I want a cabin with that view. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921336890_207fcda978_o.jpg20230521_NightSkyComp001 by Carl Peters, on Flickr I want a cabin with that view. https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B047'08.0%22N+110%C2%B043'52.3%22W/@43.7855467,-110.7337795,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d43.7855467!4d-110.7312046?entry=ttu |
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"Dum spiro spero"
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B047'08.0%22N+110%C2%B043'52.3%22W/@43.7855467,-110.7337795,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d43.7855467!4d-110.7312046?entry=ttu View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921336890_207fcda978_o.jpg20230521_NightSkyComp001 by Carl Peters, on Flickr I want a cabin with that view. https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B047'08.0%22N+110%C2%B043'52.3%22W/@43.7855467,-110.7337795,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d43.7855467!4d-110.7312046?entry=ttu |
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God will not look you over for medals, diplomas, or degrees – but for scars
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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When the hammer drops, the BS stops!
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Some pics of my recent trip to Idaho and Nevada.
The Road Goes on Forever by 3PennyPhotography, on Flickr White River Narrows by 3PennyPhotography, on Flickr Contrast by 3PennyPhotography, on Flickr Gas Pump by 3PennyPhotography, on Flickr Snake River Bridge by 3PennyPhotography, on Flickr Snake River by 3PennyPhotography, on Flickr |
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Our founding fathers are rolling in their graves
The land of liberty needs a regime change Until you no longer know right from wrong The constitution isn't worth the paper it's written on |
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"Dum spiro spero"
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: I really need a sharper telephoto lens https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921300865_115bc43dfe_o.jpg20230521_002 by Carl Peters, on Flickr View Quote Is that the Tamron 150-600? I found the sweet spot for sharpness was about f/9; pretty much left it there at all times. That led to ISO noise issues I didn't like, so I ended up selling it and going with the Nikon 200-500. Cost me 100mm of reach, but gained sharpness and aperture, and that was worth it to me. |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Is that the Tamron 150-600? I found the sweet spot for sharpness was about f/9; pretty much left it there at all times. That led to ISO noise issues I didn't like, so I ended up selling it and going with the Nikon 200-500. Cost me 100mm of reach, but gained sharpness and aperture, and that was worth it to me. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: I really need a sharper telephoto lens https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921300865_115bc43dfe_o.jpg20230521_002 by Carl Peters, on Flickr Is that the Tamron 150-600? I found the sweet spot for sharpness was about f/9; pretty much left it there at all times. That led to ISO noise issues I didn't like, so I ended up selling it and going with the Nikon 200-500. Cost me 100mm of reach, but gained sharpness and aperture, and that was worth it to me. Yeah, the G2 version. It definitely requires a lot of light. I think next time I spend a week in Yellowstone or someplace "special" I will just rent that new 800mm Z. |
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"Dum spiro spero"
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"Dum spiro spero"
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I've reached the limit of the 200-500. Subject is about 750 feet away. Plus there's all this damn Canuckistan smoke in the air.
Strutting at the Pond by FredMan, on Flickr |
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GD is like putting on crampons and walking through a room full of puppies.
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"Dum spiro spero"
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