Thanks Ann and Jack for your comments. Jack, I did some fiddling with the goldfinch - there is a slightly reworked version in the same folder as the previous one. The newer version is more of a vertical crop, a few other tweeks.
stan On May 24, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Exceptional collection, Stan. Especially like #6 (Goldfinch) in the Flora& > Fauna folder. > Tiny bit more contrast please.(?) > > Jack ;-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stan Halpin <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 8:27 AM > Subject: GESOs: Birds, flowers and waterfalls > > I've added three small galleries under the Flora&Fauna folder on my photo > site; these cover the last three days of my trip around Lake Michigan. > > Flora&Fauna folder is here: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/f373033916 Last > three galleries are new. > > When I left Milwaukee after the gathering there, I headed north into central > Wisconsin. Sunday morning I spent time in and around the Horicon Marsh > National Wildlife Refuge (NWR): > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p818771490 > > Sightings included several Black-backed Stilts and Dunlins (new to me and > rare in the midwest). And my first relatively close-up view of a pair of > Redhead ducks. > > I then proceeded northwest into the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan. Quite > a bit of rain along the way and overnight. Monday morning I spent in and > around the Seney NWR; > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p1006118452 > > Monday afternoon I drove through heavy rain to Whitefish Point, usually one > of the top birding spots in the state, especially during spring migration. It > seemed that all the birds were hunkered down because of the cold wet weather, > so I did also. I stayed overnight in Paradise, then did some short walks > around the Upper Falls at Tahquamenon Falls State Park before heading south > for home through more rain. Besides the Falls etc. I did see an American > Redstart pair (new to me) but couldn't get any decent pictures. Couldn't even > get my usual picture of the Macinaw Straits bridge - too much fog/low-lying > clouds. The 3rd gallery has a few shots of the falls and elsewhere in the U.P. > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p542727846 > > An enjoyable trip, one I would like to repeat when the weather is a bit drier. > > stan > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

