** Weekly X-Series Photo-Sharing Thread 28 APR – 04 MAY**

Thanks for your reply, Bob.
Don't feel bad about not knowing everything about windmills 😉
That's the nice thing about forums like this one - you can find out about where other people live on this planet
and the (photo) subjects that interest them.

These old windmills in NL can be divided into three main types:
- Water pumping mills (to keep the polderland dry).
- Corn grinding mills (taller, to better catch the wind above the houses in towns).
- Saw mills (especially important for Dutch shipbuilding in previous centuries).

Here's another one from Gouda, a water mill, beautifully restored last year
and they are just adding the last finishing touches in this photo.

André

Great photos! Good definition of the birds and not over sharpened.

Bob

Thank you, Morris. When I have more time I am going to go out and shoot some more birds!

Bob

Good capture, Morris.

Bob

Thanks. #3 and #4 are in fact OOC JPGs.

Thank you Bob

Morris

GHO Mother with Squirrel

t's festinating watching the owl family after sunset as they become very active. Both owlets were high in the trees and mom and dad flew into near by trees calling to them and the chicks were answering. The younger chick few about 40 feet from one tree to another flapping rapidly and desperately just making the second tree where it had a hard time sinking it's talons into the tree to avoid falling. Mom was carrying a squirrel and seemed to be luring the younger ones to follow her further into the woods. This photo of mom was taken about 30 minutes after sunset on a cloudy evening with the light of the city reflecting off the clouds making for very strange colors. I stayed another hour after taking this photo watching as photography was no longer possible as it was very windy so I could not do longer exposures than this 40 second one.

X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/40s 10000 ISO +2.3 EV

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Thank you kindly for the comment Bob 😀

After 3 and 1/2 years of not doing any serious traveling my wife and I are finally getting out of the US and going to Italy on holiday for 2 weeks. Hopefully I will be online enough to post some photos for next weeks thread. However, the last time we are off the continent was years ago on a visit to Iceland. The second day we were presented with this scene. Gullfoss.

Bob

Have a wonderful trip Bob. I like the people leading to the falls and also how they provide scale

Morris

A few recent snaps :

Regards,
Joe.

Close Shave

Originally we were planning on dining fine tonight. The birthday boy wants brats on the grill instead. I had him cleaned up anyway. Lest I be accused of elder abuse.

Hat tip to Jonathan at the Top Shave Lounge.

A Tern looking looking for breakfast

Wild Rabbit

What a beautiful photo, it shows well what an enormous amount of water is pouring down there

Thank you Andre. I just learned a little more.

Bob

Thanks, Morris. One of the very first responses you made to one of my photos a few years back was bring appreciative of people or other familiar objects as an indication of the scale of a photo. This is a very large waterfall and a very long line of people willing to get pretty wet to see it.

Bob

Indeed! and Thank you!

And what a lucky person to have an X100V to capture the moment.

Bob