woolybear

Those look great! What camera did you get?

Thanks for looking and thanks for the comments fellas. This was a fun set for me to put together from shoot to post.

First the aliens... ....and the bloodsucker on chippy's nose. one for Dave. and a few more I'm getting around to.Mr. fox flyby at the fields.Mr Beaver peeing in the pool.....or is he floating logs downstream....either way, just don't drink the water,loland lastly a fawn face B&W.

Well Ruth, I suppose this makes Energizers annoying little pink bunny banging on his drum a bit more tolerable.:clown:

Here's a few bad shots of some decent bucks for you guys. Got these over the last 2 weeks or so. Just got a trail cam out 2 days ago and got my first buck coming out of velvet. I try to spend the last couple hours of daylight taking inventory around the fields I hunt with my handheld cam. Pics kinda suck but they give you an idea.Hope to see some more pics in here while I count down the days to the opener.Love the extra tine on this guy. Late evening shot at the corn edge. Several other good bucks with him but this was the only shot I managed to get.I bumped this guy the other night bedded just off the field edge.

Yup, I like it too!

Howdy men! Looking at this team there's a good chance whitetails will be on the endangered species list next year.:surrender: Looking forward to tagging along on all your hunts. Good luck fellas!

woolybear 38 Oct-Dec

Lost my puter connection so I haven't posted any pics in a while. Here's a few of the critters that kept me entertained the last few months.

Congrats to Team #4 on the big win! Congrats to everyone that found any antlers this season, and better luck next year to those who got skunked! Always enjoy playing along and seeing what everyone has found! Ruth, can you give us a hint on machine brands for the winning teams? I want to make sure I get the right color helmet to match! Thanks!:wacko:

Thanks John. These are from my 70-300mm in macro mode. I could have traded you some of these guys for your cicadas. They're much quieter.:taped:

Probably not worth the trouble.:clown: Go get one of these Ruth- Nikon D3X!:jaw::tt1::camera:

Thanks for looking guys! These suckas are kinda tricky. A little sun from the wrong angle and the wings get blown out or start flashing back at ya no matter how good they look in the viewfinder. I just learned that the hard way. Just glad I don't have to buy film and pay to get them developed before I find this out. :camera:

How? :shifty:

Hope I'm not boring you guys with all my bugs,lol. I'm infested.

That's a pretty darn nice set up. Are those misquite or hickory woodchips? I hope you didn't name them all,lol.:eat:

Whoa! Coming along real nice so far. That's one good thing about a wet spring.

Nice vid Mike. Good entertainment watching them right there! Haven't seen one here yet.

Still can't catch up with one of the little buggers. That's ok, I'm keeping busy between thunder boomers. Couple birds I think a purple finch but haven't looked it up yet. Best shot I managed to snap of the little sucker. Becoming one of my favorite targets lately. This guy reminded me of the little Darth Vaider kid in the Super Bowl commercials. This one is my card submission to Hallmark. "Got crabs....tell her you love her with flowers", lmbo! :tt1: Step back from the ledge my friend..:48: Same toad as above from a slightly different angle. My garage door in the background half open. Thought it looked pretty cool for what it was. ...and a wood frog. Hope some fawns show up this week.

Super sweet shots need2hunt! The pelican was great and white balance handled excellently, but your casual portraits ROCK! What's your set-up? Loved them all!!

Works for me..., but I can't find them either???:angry: Never mind, they're under the go advanced reply.:wacko:

Thanx for checking them out guys and once again, I appreciate the comments! Part of the fun for me is getting the pic in the first place. The rest of the fun is the research and putting a name to some of these little buggers I take for granted and learning more about them than I ever knew beforehand. Thanks for lookin' and all the help with the skeeter ID!

Still going through a bit of a lull with the furry critters so I decided to head down to the crick the other day to turn over a few stones durring last weeks nice weather. Needless to say, photo oppertunities presented themself darn near every step of the way...even though most would have gone un-noticed unless I'd been looking for them in the first place. A nice little gulley-washer on the way with just the right amount of flow. I also liked all the tangled mess in this one. On my way through the timber, I caught this little chipper spying on me from above. He was very content to just hang tight and watch me as well. A little further along I came upon this little Red Eft. I can never pass up a shot at these guys as common as they are. Now making my way across the fields above the crick, I didn't see a whole heck of a lot, But these out of place beauties caught my eye. A nice bleeding heart planted (transplanted) right along the edge. After that, things were kinda slow for a bit untill these 2 giant kamakazee skeeters came by and touched down not far from me. May have just been another case of air traffic control tower falling asleep at the tower! :-* Snapped a few shots of that mid air maylay before moving on to find another no-shoulders hiding on the hillside leading down to the crick.....just taking in the sun th way I was after a long week of crappy weather. Finally at the crick...under the first rock I turn over is this Northern Spring Salamander. :smoke: I can count on one hand how many of these things I've ever seen and still have fingers leftover. A very cool find for me. He was about 6-7 inches long and has found a new home in my pond outback now. Made my friggin day! And finally... what I went looking for in the first place down here. A hostile craw-dad full of rage,lol. :poke: It took a while to find one like him, but I love playing in the crick like I'm a kid again! The weathers's not supposed to clear up here for the rest of the week, so it may be a while before I get to go out again. That's all for now!

You're good brother.....OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD!!!:alien: Keep after them critters! Awesome shots again!

Now that buckee did all the hard work, I ran it through my noise ninja and did a little sharpening and smoothing here and there for ya too John. I think this one's just about ready to be framed and hung in the family room,lol;)