Photo-A-Day January 2016

WestEndFoto

Praca da Republica, Elvas, 2015

I have always loved how the Portugese tiled their squares and often their streets. Praca da Republica in Elvas is a fine example. Elvas is a hill town and former military citadel on the frontier with Spain and successfully defended itself against three Spanish sieges.

Coastalconn

Jimo has some great Great Blue Heron shots, so I will go with that theme..

Canon 1D4, 200 F2.8 prime at F3.5, ISO 100, 1/2500

starralazn

D800, 50mm 1.4G @ 2.8

Msmoto

A friend asked me if I wanted to take some photos of one of the local hockey leagues....so, my first attempt....and I learned a lot .....planning on a rerun soon.



A bit larger here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/24021522383/sizes/o/

dissent

Also shot with the 200-500; processed in Silver Efex.
I call this a Still Life(less) - Dead Grasses on a Dead Branch

aman

proudgeek

MsMoto my first experience shooting hockey was a humbling one.

D800 | 170mm | f/5 | 1/800s | ISO 400 | -1/3 EV

jimo

Thank you Coastalconn

Beso

djwga

jimo

Photobug

proudgeek

Although I did forget to clone out one dust spot from the sky.

D810 | 300mm +TC20 | f/9 | 1/1600s | ISO 400 | -1/3EV

Beso

Gjesdal

Model: Sinba NSFW or family viewing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjesdal/24063438664/
D810 - Sigma Art 50mm

Koru

dissent

another squirrel profile, this time framed by some tree branches

PB_PM

flight3

@Beso I was there over the summer, I'd love to go back during the winter.

spraynpray

@Photobug:

I'm getting deja vue here; you posted that eagle yesterday too... :-?

jimo

Rx4Photo

2 Runners and a Greg Mike Mural

WestEndFoto

Model: Sinba NSFW or family viewing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjesdal/24063438664/
D810 - Sigma Art 50mm

Gjesdal, you shouldn't be so shy. If you can't show this shot, then you can't show shots of the beach. And what a great shot it is.

My submission:

World's Best Ham, Barcelona, 2015

There are a few reasons why this was my fourth trip to Spain, and this is one of them. The Iberico Jamon - which is simply put, the world's best ham. There were five grades for sale here ranging from about 80 Euros per kilogram to 195 Euros per kilogram. Sorry Italians, while I love fine Parma ham and spent a fortune on it in Rome last March, I am not sure it is good enough to compete in this lineup. I didn't fly 8,000 kilometres to be cheap either. Every day it was the expensive stuff. Final bill for ham on this trip? Over a thousand Euros.

Photobug

@Photobug:

I'm getting deja vue here; you posted that eagle yesterday too... :-?

Hopefully it was a different view. I'll take a look...didn't mean to post the same one two days in a row. Absentmindedness.

Darn, it was the same. Opps. Sorry about that.

Photobug