june gloom

[jeff lapoint]

this overcast california june gloom is getting me (and my shots) down. ...(see: major depressive disorder with seasonal modifyer)

checked out a great site for birding with a few lads from the dgrin crew yesterday and all my shots are gloomish, so i let some of the backgrounds go to all white.

these two terns were fighting over one fish. i call it "as the world terns"

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926985-L.jpg
this dude scored (with a blue sky behind him, i might have too)

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926987-L.jpg

hope this little guy is worth a third lookhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/ne_nau.gif as everyone and their brother seem to have a pic of himhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/headscratch.gif

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926986-L.jpg
bout as close to a raptor as i may ever comehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/umph.gif

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926993-S.jpg

i call this one, "egret and night heron share dirty, and somewhat suspicious water"

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926998-L.jpg

one of my first night heron shots... (just a few more..bare with me here)

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926995-L.jpg

and now, my speciality: the slightly OOF, partially blown, somewhat noisey, egret in flight!

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/24926997-L.jpg

thanks for viewing, and please take my commentary lightly. this is what happens to me when i sit in front of a computer for 8 hours taking practice exams.http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/uhoh2.gif

-jeff lapoint

[jwear]

Jeff the terns is a great capture and you win the little guy award [i have to take back the long glass comment ] yours is right on! is the red tail from the walk to the post :scratch that is the same red tail i saw last time will post and you will see why i say that - nice shot JEFF l

[jeff lapoint]

Jeff the terns is a great capture and you win the little guy award [i have to take back the long glass comment ] yours is right on! is the red tail from the walk to the post :scratch that is the same red tail i saw last time will post and you will see why i say that - nice shot JEFF l
jeff,

yeah, thats the guy from the post we were after...100% crop and he's still tinyhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/ne_nau.gif

[bfjr]

June Gloom , Bull I say :D
These are great the baby looks great, love the foot in the air :D
You got that hawk :wow and well done
the tern's are sharp and well composed
the NH gonna get to Harry :lol4 if ya know what I mean, stay tuned :lol4

The only Gloom that day was the weather, your company and your shots are rockin :clap

Oh yeah the confusion has been solved, you are now know as DocJeff

[jeff lapoint]

-Ben

thanks for the kind comments. thanks also for not taking pics of me sinking in mudhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/uhoh2.gif


Oh yeah the confusion has been solved, you are now know as DocJeff
that's very nice of you, but right now i'm just the guy who runs urine samples to the lab for the people who are already docshttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif oh, and my wife votes for "jackass jeff"http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/eek7.gif

i look forward to next timehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

-docjeff

[bfjr]

-Ben

thanks for the kind comments. thanks also for not taking pics of me sinking in mudhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/uhoh2.gif


that's very nice of you, but right now i'm just the guy who runs urine samples to the lab for the people who are already docshttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif oh, and my wife votes for "jackass jeff"http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/eek7.gif

i look forward to next timehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

-docjeff

Well your wife can call you anything she wants, she's earned the right :lol
Do you want to be known as PeeJeff, I don't think so :lol4
Oh about the mud, No I would not make comments about that particular fobar, but .......... I did find your shoe :lol4 :lol4 :lol :D

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/24943418-M.jpg

[jwear]

-Ben

thanks for the kind comments. thanks also for not taking pics of me sinking in mudhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/uhoh2.gif


that's very nice of you, but right now i'm just the guy who runs urine samples to the lab for the people who are already docshttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif oh, and my wife votes for "jackass jeff"http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/eek7.gif

i look forward to next timehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

-docjeffwell so the mud is what you wanted :scratch now tell me do we not go the extra mile for the shot but if Ben and i had not been there :dunno

[jwear]

well so the mud is what you wanted :scratch now tell me do we not go the extra mile for the shot but if Ben and i had not been there :dunnowell you be the judge

[BigAl]

Those terns are GREAT :clap

regards
alan

[jeff lapoint]

Those terns are GREAT :clap

regards
alan

alan-thanks for the comments and for stopping by http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif

[jeff lapoint]

well so the mud is what you wanted :scratch
me and my big mouth...http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/tdo3.gif

[Harryb]

Excellent shots Jeff. You did very well considering you had the other Jeff and en with you. You were wroking with a major handicap. :rofl

[jeff lapoint]

You were working with a major handicap. :rofl
harry, my friend...you have no idea!http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/lol.gifhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/hahaha.gifhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/lol3.gif

actually, (all canon vs nikon, senior citizen, and handlebar mustache jokes aside http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif) they are both a ton of fun to shoot with!

very cool dudes indeedhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gifhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif

[Khaos]

Nice set. I really like that first shot.:thumb

[bfjr]

Excellent shots Jeff. You did very well considering you had the other Jeff and en with you. You were wroking with a major handicap. :rofl
What now I can't even have a whole name ? :lol
I tell ya I just get no respect :lol4 :rofl

[jeff lapoint]

What now I can't even have a whole name ? :lol
I tell ya I just get no respect :lol4 :rofl
man En, err Ben, you got hosedhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/Flush.gif

[ginger_55]

I missed this post before! There is a shot of one of you: which one? I seem to be dense this AM. May be all those days in the southeast heat.

I love the shoe shot.

Also, love the "everything wrong about it bird shot".:D My kind of shooting!

ginger

[jeff lapoint]

I missed this post before! There is a shot of one of you: which one? I seem to be dense this AM. May be all those days in the southeast heat.

I love the shoe shot.

Also, love the "everything wrong about it bird shot".:D My kind of shooting!

ginger
thanks for stopping by ginger! unfortunately, the shot is of me trying to do 2 things at once: 1. jump my way out of the deep mud i foolishly wandered into and 2. hide behind a bush from jeffW and Ben who started shooting at me.

i'm pretty upset about that picture they posted of mehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/kali.gif
if anyone from Milan sees it my modeling career is overhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

[ginger_55]

thanks for stopping by ginger! unfortunately, the shot is of me trying to do 2 things at once: 1. jump my way out of the deep mud i foolishly wandered into and 2. hide behind a bush from jeffW and Ben who started shooting at me.

i'm pretty upset about that picture they posted of mehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/kali.gif
if anyone from Milan sees it my modeling career is overhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

Why the tripod? Was it dark???? :rofl

g

[jeff lapoint]

Why the tripod? Was it dark???? :rofl

g
naah, not dark. i use a monopod most of the time...trying to get used to hand holding the new 400 5.6 and i'm a bit....shakeyhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/Twitch_anim.gif

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