[dcstep]

I've been posting lots of raptors lately so, on a different tack, here's what they like to eat:


Cottontail poses by dcstep, on Flickr

[- Paul -]

^^^^ Yummy. Great in a tomato sauce..

[vachss]

Interestingly I took a very similar shot (of a similar, but not identical, prey species) while out in the desert last week looking for lizards and snakes.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by vachss

Interestingly I took a very similar shot (of a similar, but not identical, prey species) while out in the desert last week looking for lizards and snakes.

Yes. I would call mine a cotton tail and yours a jackrabbit, distinguished by its longer rear legs. There's a larger jack, common in West Texas, but I forget what we called that.

Dave

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Yes. I would call mine a cotton tail and yours a jackrabbit, distinguished by its longer rear legs. There's a larger jack, common in West Texas, but I forget what we called that.

Dave

Whoa, flashback city. I once spent a week on the ground outside a small west Texas town called Wink. Most famous for the huge sinkhole that developed there once. Our scout chopper popped a tail rotor chip light while we were landing there to refuel and we had to wait for maintenance to come out and fix it. They changed the oil, then the gearbox, and then the sensor and still the light would come on when the engine spooled up. They finally figured out the light socket in the dashboard was shorting.

The thing I remember most about Wink was the utter isolation and the huge jackrabbits you'd see tearing across the fields. Those things are fast.

[vachss]

Originally Posted by M_Six

The thing I remember most about Wink was the utter isolation and the huge jackrabbits you'd see tearing across the fields. Those things are fast.

Yes indeed. I've seen plenty of adult jackrabbits in the desert, but it's been years since I actually managed to get a picture of one. They hear you from a mile away and just go jackrabbitting off. The one I snapped was a juvenile, chilly and hunkering down just before dawn.

The surprising thing about jackrabbits is that they're BIG. From those monster ears to those cartoon clown shoe rear feet a full grown adult must span almost 3 feet in mid leap. No wonder they call 'em jackalopes.

On the other end of the lepus spectrum we have piles of Cottontail rabbits right around my home (in what is tellingly known as the Conejo Valley). Any evening you'll find 1 or 2 of them in every yard. Keeps the local coyote population fat and happy.

[The1]

It's about to get interesting here.....
hope this front passes by.

supposed to have hail and about 55mph winds here tonight. My poor jeep parked outside.... Well, that's what insurance is for, though I can't see them repairing it. It's a heap on wheels.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

It's about to get interesting here.....
hope this front passes by.

supposed to have hail and about 55mph winds here tonight. My poor jeep parked outside.... Well, that's what insurance is for, though I can't see them repairing it. It's a heap on wheels.

Oh , you could have fun miniaturizing that pic.

[The1]

feel free, not something I've ever tryed. (or really been interested in....) It's pretty easy to get shots like that, I'm 15 floors up.

[The1]

starting to look like I might be able to attempt some lightning shots shortly. The flashes are off on the horrizon, but it's headed this way, we'll see what's what shortly.

[M_Six]

I waded out into this field today to try to capture the extreme "yellowness" of the scene. Blinding in the bright sun with hundreds of acres of yellow all around. No UWA with me, just my new Roki 35mm f1.4 on my T1i.

[M_Six]

Another in my continuing cornfield series. Again with the Roki 35mm. Love the bokeh.

[hieu1004]

The little one

7D + 50L


Stella Sleeping by hieu1004, on Flickr

[hieu1004]

Excellent shots with the Rokinon, how do you like it? I'd love to try one but have been debating...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by hieu1004

Excellent shots with the Rokinon, how do you like it? I'd love to try one but have been debating...

I love it. The 35mm f1.4 is much easier to focus for some reason than the 85mm f1.4. They're super sharp lenses, though. I have a Katzeye focus screen in my T1i. Makes it much easier to focus manually.

[The1]

nice stuff mark, and awwww that's cute hieu..... I'm such a dog person, it's ridiculous.

[hieu1004]

Originally Posted by The1

nice stuff mark, and awwww that's cute hieu..... I'm such a dog person, it's ridiculous.

Thanks - I am too...love 'em!

[The1]

Adding a bunch to the night photography thread if anyone wants to see others I managed to get, but here's a sample

[M_Six]

Nice shot, Reed. Don't get zapped.

My sister and I were standing on a balcony in Houston watching a T-storm once and a bolt came right by the front of the balcony. It was so close we heard the loud buzz before the bang. We almost killed each other trying to get back inside and our hair was standing straight up. Scared the s**t out of us.

[The1]

thanks if you check the night photography thread there's lots more, one was a lot closer.

Actually, it's funny you say the buzz because I had one shot where about 3/4 of the picture was blown out and what there was of buildings on the ground looked like day time. I think a bolt hit my building when I took the shot.

I could hear whirring and buzzing it was interesting.

other times when there wasn't lightning I was seeing weird streamers going by, looked like really really faint lightning. Not sure what it was, but it was interesting, it was a hell of a storm. I'm sad I didn't get more shots. I'll call that my inexperience. I had it more dialled in towards the end.

[Seminole]

I was trying to get some good shots of her but she thought it'd be funny to mock me instead.


Chloe Mocking by Seminolez, on Flickr

[The1]

lol, do you take pictures while your tongue is sticking out?