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Well another quiet week combined with a heavy cold means no new photos to post so here's some more stuff from earlier in the year............
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In late February we went to east Hokkaido...............and I took rather a lot of photographs.
At Akan we watched the feeding of the eagles and cranes..............
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Althought to be honest I was concentrating more on the eagles..................
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The cruise out to the sea ice at Rausu was fantastic.................this initial batch was with the 500 f4..............
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I then switched to the 100-400L.........
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It wasn't all eagles. Well it was almost all eagles.
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It wasn't all birds. Well here's one photo not of a bird.
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Wow! Splendid stuff, Stu!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Russell......................
DeleteImpressive and beautiful shots, all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Wilma.............
DeleteAll good stuff in great light, and the fox is cute, too !
ReplyDeleteYes it was................they look so much better in winter..............
DeleteWOW! What a stunning collection of fantastic photographs. Lovely to see..
ReplyDeleteThanks Margaret!
DeleteVery VERY jealous of the jay and hawfinch!
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