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So now I have the image that I envisioned! Sue's comment..."Fake Picture!" What do I take away from this? 1. Your best concepts might not go as planned because of factors not in your control (stopped freight trains.) 2. Don't get bummed out, but take what comes your way (nice video.) 3. Be creative and use the tools available to you (Photoshop and AI.) 4. Have fun and explore new ideas (I haven't used much AI but was willing to try something new.) 5. 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And this guy on the left had the catch of the day. This action was quite a distance from my camera and even with my longest lens it was a stretch to get a good image. You can also see the size of the wingspan. The information site listed above says the wingspan can be as long at 9 feet. Like I told my grandkids, we are sitting in a room that has an 8 ft ceiling so the pelican could not fit on edge in this room with its wings fully extended! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1553824708838-EIWJK0J37X7YD55ONRRG/_6NZ0445.jpg Blog - Migrating American White Pelicans I don’t know how long they will continue to show up…I can only hope for a nice blue sky day again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1553823721642-6HUGHKLPOZZ3URKZGVGV/_6NZ0246.jpg Blog - Migrating American White Pelicans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1553825080943-Q14LIB505ZCOT0JR5T9U/_6NZ0428.jpg Blog - Migrating American White Pelicans The large group slowly paddled around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1553824058594-4YYCUGBU31IBUDDJIOGQ/_6NZ0432.jpg Blog - Migrating American White Pelicans As a unit, they extended their long necks under water moving a few strokes. https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2019/1/30/cold-mageddon-january-30-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1548871186730-5VVAIDGXP201PDZMPYZX/_6NZ0665.jpg Blog - Cold-Mageddon-January 30, 2019 https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2019/1/21/lunar-eclipse-2 monthly 0.5 2019-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1548099669741-W38PK3ED7Q33VSGBXANP/Eclipse+composite__6NZ0139.jpg Blog - Total Lunar Eclipse #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1548099591384-TCTQ6THGYODHSVNQN9U8/_6NZ0297.jpg Blog - Total Lunar Eclipse #2 Super Blood Wolf Moon. https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/12/14/danny-settles-down monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544847358211-U9GS70NEOVIVS87Q9LCZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Danny Settles Down https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/12/10/frozen-fog monthly 0.5 2018-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482467855-3O6TICB9OOZ773PT0KZH/_NZ70614.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482468211-1P063IPQ14PH4ICP1K41/_NZ70619.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482479068-VL71JGPXMF1094C0XYR3/_NZ70624.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482478791-MUM5BWVXVYL10624BTHR/_NZ70625.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482490641-O234MT5R9U8L6YG4HUBJ/_NZ70644.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482490828-XLXQAPQH6SHQ31IIC9ZH/_NZ70658.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482499682-NTPBLUBAS6AMDCID6OPS/_NZ70780.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482500149-9I642ZXSLEM1MG21TEPB/_NZ70806.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482508482-97ZRB43VVPIOZUPAYOUZ/_NZ70808.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482509223-H9UY33XM500BD1DCBM77/_NZ70814.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482519452-HIGMEYAEL0I6I706NV22/_NZ70828.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1544482519652-631ZFUNZVLQWA67FK1A0/_NZ70844.jpg Blog - Frozen Fog https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/10/11/the-bride-never-stopped-smiling monthly 0.5 2018-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1539312318079-5JPWEIF42F42LRRIFT3L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Bride Never Stopped Smiling! https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/8/24/ww-ii-and-beyond monthly 0.5 2018-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535161778238-YREAI0N1H803TH0GUJV9/0003_Blue.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond The precision formations of the blue Angels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535159689940-OOZ7RDIET3EH0491ZKFU/0003_tora.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond One of the sequence of events on that day was that a flight of B17 bombers were arriving at Pearl from the mainland. The radar operators saw the invading aircraft on the screen but mistakenly thought it was the arrival of the B17's. During the raid, the unarmed B17's attempted to land and were attacked by both the invading planes and the friendly ground fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535159656137-XZG4G7TV2YTC7J66MDVL/0002_tora.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond Zero https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535158692376-96AP8J3GDO8J7Y7V6DJ0/0001_sun.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond Having access to the planes from early in the morning allowed me to get to the airfield before sunrise. One morning the sun was just rising, burning off the fog, and I was able to get this image of the rising sun over the rising sun emblem on the Japanese planes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535160416707-LBI2ELR2953INSG5NB6M/0001_jets.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond At the end of WW II, the jet engine was just being introduced. At the show were some early jets that ushered in the jet age. Some of these planes were used in the Korean and Vietnam wars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535161165966-NBAIDWVR7I2AEBJOQ30G/0002_Blue.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond The Blue Angels demonstration consists of 6 Boeing F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The narrator said that the maneuvers are not just for show but are actually combat maneuvers. The show consists of 4 of the aircraft performing close formation-and they are tight and precise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1535160556013-SSIMXELLVXFALJXLV8ZX/0002_jets.jpg Blog - WW II and Beyond Another highlight of the show was a demonstration of the flying capabilities of the F22 Raptor. This aircraft is capable of flying at supersonic speed while at the same time maneuver with fantastic speed and grace. The image on the left shows the vapor cone that forms on the plane at high speed. this aircraft made several high speed passes and yet did 90 degree turns to vertical. 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To get an idea of how fast these planes fly, my camera shoots 10 frames per second, I have several images where the nose of one jet is in the far left of the frame and the next frame (1/10 of a second later} only the tail of the jet is visible. https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/7/23/the-gommel-girls monthly 0.5 2018-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1532373462763-QDXV9HFTR62GH01OUS5I/_5NK0611.jpg Blog - The Gommel Girls https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/7/4/kacies-bat-mitzvah monthly 0.5 2018-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1530751552538-LFEFHI3QTWC07OJKZDD0/_5NK0162.jpg Blog - Kacie's Bat Mitzvah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1530753004116-AWJVS1PHRGHHO2P31HAB/party.jpg Blog - Kacie's Bat Mitzvah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1530749876069-04P7LK7FWGGTIA4OVG1Y/0249_063018-Morris.jpg Blog - Kacie's Bat Mitzvah https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/5/30/it-was-a-hot-wedding-for-sure monthly 0.5 2018-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1527736601032-LPWNFJ9YMJV7P2JQGIPH/0269_052618-B-Myers-Carlson.jpg Blog - It was a hot wedding for sure! Every Love Story is Beautiful ... https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2018/3/19/she-said-yes monthly 0.5 2018-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1521481170509-EMRLXREBKE6UOBXROPQT/She+Said+Yes+1.jpg Blog - She Said Yes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1521480944311-U0Z8784VAMYRJA6VCRJ3/0013_022018-Balsan__5NK2744.jpg Blog - She Said Yes! The perpetrator of the ruse peeks around the book stack as Amanda reads the inscription: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1521480845824-QB8SLTC5S0ASV9IJARXG/0001_022018-Balsan__5NK2721.jpg Blog - She Said Yes! 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It made for great portraits. https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2017/7/28/eaa-airventure-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501248382183-ZPJUJSKIIRG4RVIYV9QC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 B1-B at night. 2500 ISO, 18 mm f3.5, 0.8 sec exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501259739406-RMP949A3KWBTNAOZOH2W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501260699125-6HLFYL9TPM71G67AA96Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 Sky writer...look closely you can see the plane which gives you some idea of the size of the face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501247038565-8LKMH3KEBBXJRJCMKEKO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501247925529-BHJR31FDMCR4GSGRDLDH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 B1-B make a high speed pass swept wings B1-B with wings extended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501257786310-GBYE28H8E8D41MWKS1K8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 The artwork is quite detailed on the planes. The EAA museum has an exhibit of nose art on display (something to go back to see?) The mission symbols on Georgie's Gal above represent 27 bombing missions, 2 downed aircraft, two ships, and a train. The one symbol that I was not able to find a description of was the little house with a moon on it...several of us jokingly said maybe they had hit an outhouse! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1501255813162-00I6HHBX1MOO5YPFOQVV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - EAA AirVenture 2017-Day 1 https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2017/2/22/sunsets monthly 0.5 2017-02-22 https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2017/2/20/we-both-come-back-to-hawaii monthly 0.5 2017-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487635281249-9KQJLWV8YGZQ9W2EIIOW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Head Rise or Spy Hop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487634769089-CI66WAFHETME7KIXA4CT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Fin Slapping Humpback Whale off Maui, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487638396455-XQGGLIUYX5J8CWUWOVAY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Outrigger canoe whale watch-Yes that dark area right in front of the boat is a whale that had breeched a few moments earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487636111204-94DVBKPB4LL4TJTN562A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Surfacing whale close to the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487636846570-KDWK8GF8HDPS581YPW2D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Breeching whale as seen from the hotel balcony-this is mom teaching the breeching technique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487637736455-7GKE9TZS40CR7CCR5EHM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Baby Whale breech-mom is flowing close behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487637511022-EA89VHSXD1511A91FWEH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! breeching whales-mom and baby-as seen from hotel balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487634849852-6ZFCOWUWD3Y3XGHT8IBP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! Fin Slap Whale-Notice the hotels on the beach in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1487639664089-FC55RV0SWSBGWWD3OFHJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Both Come Back To Hawaii! 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It was amazing to see such a large animal be so agile and quick. I realized that if one was ever chasing me I was toast as there is no way one could ever outrun a bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473050288029-NOK177R3PV5AZ8LPJNHO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears She had been fishing and was finishing up one of the fish she found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473050630089-OK6G203VEPAVTGICE2C9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473050852159-GM20YSS9MBGNENAZ6FAZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears She would slowly walk close to where a fish was swimming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473049561133-ZU8KT3WJR5YD0ZM7NTDN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473049938377-1SH5F2QNLB7DXOTRT4ED/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears I wish I had something to put besides these tracks to give them scale as they were huge. The wolf was about the size of my fist with just the ends of the fingers bent over. The bear was probably the size of my size 10 boot. The guide said that this wolf had to be big as he was sinking into the sand so deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473050677740-DJV70YBUYDF0K3YWXH6J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473050251753-5DS5ZCRWTEB3QTG5BU36/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1473050936652-8EAM03KQJFAAB13MJFVW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Day With The Bears Then she would start running toward the fish. These salmon are powerful and fast swimmers. If you have ever tried to catch a fish with your hands you know how fast a fish can be. 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While I was taking these images, a surfer climbed over the tape signifying the beach was closed and immediately the lifeguards were there making him leave the beach. I asked him how big these swells were and he estimated them at about 30 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1456391941151-9CTCTIOG70ZKO7TRBE7N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Big Surf This image was from the area known as Pipeline and the lens does not do justice to the size of the wave.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1456392801880-HX91OGVIXX8CVLM1BFC1/OLY20177.jpg Blog - Big Surf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1456392372860-PHAFHP5RFGIPCZ9X1TO5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Big Surf   The brown in the wave is the sand being churned up from the beach. Tonight on the news they showed pictures of the beach as it normally is and it is a wide and beautiful beach, but after the surf of the last few days, much of the sand is gone and the black lava rocks are exposed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1456392848377-3R8BF0H83FSBD9J93ARA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Big Surf   Turning the camera the other direction I was able to catch the waves as they battered into the rocks. I was able at one point to get so close to the edge that spray and salty mist hit me as the waves crashed into the shore. I did grab a little video, but even it does not capture the full force of these waves. https://www.thepicturemaninc.com/blog/2016/2/12/whale-watching-adventure monthly 0.5 2016-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455324489584-B63IQ3US4FFEMB53L60D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   This particular whale put on quite a show for us for several minutes. He first was on his back (top image) as the black was visible. The bottom image he is on his stomach just lifting the tail and slapping it down. I took a video in hopes of capturing the loud thumping when the tail crashed down, but it was too windy so ally hear is the wind howling. But the video still portrays the force they create. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455323923209-Z5XYE901NOUAEN74O0SN/NK7_0682.jpg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   This breech happened about 20 yards for the boat. I was holding the camera in my arm looking for signs of whales when out of the corner of my eye I caught some action. I just pressed the shutter and even with the motor drive set to continuous high, I only got the last of the breech...oh and believe me, it was a great breech! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455323053679-NTE1B8GL0A7G9VJNMG40/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   One of the shots you see in all the shops and on the postcards is the "tail shot." The top image is of the whale going away from the boat while the bottom image is of a whale come towards the boat. The underside of the body and tail have white marking on them. Each whale's marking are different, so the researchers can track specific whales by studying these markings. Our captain said he hates to see tails because it means that the whale is diving and probably will be down for some time...not good for the whale watching business. I was glad I got to see tails today as in my last whale watching trip I did not see any so no "tail shot" in my library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455323739890-59EIHMT0QBC3T4Y5VV8A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   the other shot you see all the time is the "breech." this is where the whale propels itself out of the water and then comes crashing down with a huge splash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455323904075-5AB8D9TSLSVSFCNSOZ64/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455323825284-JGSX8T5LWNYTIP5143KA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   I always hope for a whale to breech and then come back for a few more, but this seldom happens. So you hope that you are ready when it does happen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455323028178-IZOD5VZ6FTVFRNH05CU3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455321342977-4GVHUJZ28HJM037CAK49/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   The first sighting was a mother and baby. The Humpback whales travel from Alaska to the Hawaiian waters to give birth to their calves. The do not eat once they leave the Alaskan waters. The calves nurse while they are here and hopefully gain enough weight and strength for the long journey back to Alaska in the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc18c9e4b0422ecd6446fe/1455324147785-G1UAQ1HV20E5FSTXWT95/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Whale Watching Adventure   What another tail shot? Yes it is a tail, but this whale is doing a "tail slap." 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