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CaliforniaPeggy

(151,761 posts)
Sat May 18, 2024, 10:04 AM May 2024

***MAY PHOTO CONTEST PRELIMINARY THREAD 3***

Our May Contest has the theme Motion. Anything that can move or is moving.

Our DU Photography Forum is dedicated to not only sharing our photos, but also discussing photography as an art, a skill, and a means of communication. Please keep those criteria in mind when voting.

There are three (3) Preliminary Threads. Please vote in all of them. The other preliminary thread links are here:
Preliminary Thread 1 https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218959283
Preliminary Thread 2 https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218959282

Preliminaries and Finals will run for 72 hours.

As always, the photographers appreciate your comments!

Afterburners!


Wings over Waves


Penquins in Flight


Time Passages


Lake Erie Before the Storm


Doom Scrolling, or Catching Up With The Latest News


The Great American Taxi Boat Race



Meet between east & westbound 'Canadians' at Henry House, Alberta



Running Girl






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Afterburners!
22 (16%)
Wings over Waves
26 (19%)
Penquins in Flight
31 (23%)
Time Passages
4 (3%)
Lake Erie Before the Storm
13 (9%)
Doom Scrolling, or Catching Up With The Latest News
4 (3%)
The Great American Taxi Boat Race
5 (4%)
Meet between east & westbound 'Canadians' at Henry House, Alberta
12 (9%)
Running Girl
20 (15%)
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***MAY PHOTO CONTEST PRELIMINARY THREAD 3*** (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy May 2024 OP
K&R Solly Mack May 2024 #1
Tough choices AltairIV May 2024 #2
Second that. I had a hard time narrowing it down to , what ... five? They were all great shots! KPN May 2024 #5
How can one possibly choose? niyad May 2024 #3
Lake Erie looks so...well, eerie. Teacher of the Year May 2024 #4
K&R 2naSalit May 2024 #6
I have decided that having five or six favorites besides the one I vote for is the only way to go. planetc May 2024 #7
Yay, photo time! K&R crickets May 2024 #8
Kicking.... a kennedy May 2024 #9
Kick! TeamProg May 2024 #10
Kick! Grumpy Old Guy May 2024 #11
Afterburners n/t ChazII May 2024 #12
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy May 2024 #13
Good morning kick. mnhtnbb May 2024 #14
kick HappyCynic May 2024 #15
Kick mnhtnbb May 2024 #16
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy May 2024 #17
All of them are great! FormerOstrich May 2024 #18
The photo of the bird flying over waves mnhtnbb May 2024 #19
Thank you! FormerOstrich May 2024 #21
We were there in February! Grumpy Old Guy May 2024 #25
I am jealous! FormerOstrich May 2024 #27
Good morning kick mnhtnbb May 2024 #20
Please vote! mnhtnbb May 2024 #22
Vote! HappyCynic May 2024 #23
k n r dmr May 2024 #24
Vote! Grumpy Old Guy May 2024 #26

KPN

(16,038 posts)
5. Second that. I had a hard time narrowing it down to , what ... five? They were all great shots!
Sat May 18, 2024, 12:15 PM
May 2024

planetc

(8,201 posts)
7. I have decided that having five or six favorites besides the one I vote for is the only way to go.
Sat May 18, 2024, 02:21 PM
May 2024

Cuts down on my anxiety level.

FormerOstrich

(2,729 posts)
18. All of them are great!
Mon May 20, 2024, 03:39 AM
May 2024

But I love Albatrosses!

As I was saying about Osprey in the first thread, I oftentimes watch the Albatross nest cams at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/royal-albatross/. The Albatross are fabulous!

I am convinced birds have much more functional relationships than their human counterparts.

mnhtnbb

(31,933 posts)
19. The photo of the bird flying over waves
Mon May 20, 2024, 05:50 AM
May 2024

is a seagull, not an albatross. Your comment made me look up the differences between them! This shot was taken off the coast of North Carolina, which is not part of the habitat of albatross. There is also a difference in location of the black on the wings, head, and beak. The gull is a shore bird and albatross are found mostly at sea. The flying pattern is also different. Albatross soar on the wind and cannot support flapping their much longer wing span for long.
Lots of info and videos about albatross
https://www.oneearth.org/species-of-the-week-snowy-albatross/

FormerOstrich

(2,729 posts)
21. Thank you!
Mon May 20, 2024, 09:59 AM
May 2024

Now I want to go visit North Carolina. It is a beautiful photo.

I appreciate the information/link.

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,519 posts)
25. We were there in February!
Tue May 21, 2024, 04:57 AM
May 2024

My wife and I visited the Royal Albatross Center on the Otago Peninsula last February. We were very fortunate that they were extremely active that day, soaring back and forth. We stayed late into the night to watch the blue penguins come ashore as well. We weren't going to leave New Zealand without crossing these birds off our bucket list.

FYI, the albatross pictured here have a nine foot wingspan.











FormerOstrich

(2,729 posts)
27. I am jealous!
Tue May 21, 2024, 06:49 PM
May 2024

I've become so emotionally invested in the bird CAMS. I would love to go to Taiaroa Head and see the Royal Albatross. After all, I feel like I have helped raise 3 generations of Royal CAM chicks. It boggles my mind how they are born in New Zealand....then migrate until they are ready to court/be courted and return back to Taiaroa Head. Get Married and have Children (I think there might be a song in there).

Thanks for sharing your pictures. If a Grumpy Old Guy made it there maybe a cantankerous crotchety former ostrich might make it there, too!

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