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Showing posts with label Reflection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reflection. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Look What We Got Here
A Reflecting Egret
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Sigma 50-500MM and 1.4 converter -- Focal Length 700MM
Exposure: f/11 1/250 ISO 200
Location: Okukubi River, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan
Date and Time: JAN 18 2016 3:09PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Reflections at the End of the Day Down in the Mangroves
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Pentax 18-250 + 1.4 converter Focal length 350mm
Exposure: f/11 1/40 ISO 100
Location: Okukubi River, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan
Date and Time: SEP 9 2015 5:16PM
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Travel Photo: Mangrove Reflections
Exposure: f/11 1/40 ISO 100
Location: Okukubi River, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan
Date and Time: SEP 9 2015 5:16PM
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Travel Photo: Mangrove Reflections
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Travel Photo: Mangrove Reflections
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Pentax 18-250 at 155mm
Exposure: f/16 1/2sec ISO 100
Location: Okukubi River, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan
Date and Time: AUG 30 2015 6:27PM
A Few Facts About Mangrove Forests
Mangrove trees only grow in tropical and subtropical coastal areas.
They become flooded and drained, twice each day, with the movement of the tides.
Mangrove trees survive in levels of salt which would kill most plants.
They are home to many snakes, amphibians, fish, crustaceans and birds.
The roots provide protection from predators for many young fish and crabs.
They help stop coastal erosion along many shorelines around the world.
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Thursday, March 5, 2015
Travel Photo: Okukubi River Mangrove Reflections
It Pays to Know When the Tide is High
The Okukubi River flows from Kin Dam to the ocean.
The water is brackish and the depth of the river, depends on the ocean tides.
To capture a photo like this, I walked the west bank of the river in late afternoon.
It happened to be the route, I was taking to do some full moon photography.
The full moon increases the effect of high tide so, the river was deeper than usual.
The setting sun, helped boost the reflection of the trees for this composition.
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Pentax 18-250 at 160mm
Exposure: f/11 1/100 ISO 100
Location: Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan
Date and Time: NOV 4, 2014 4:56PM
Friday, February 27, 2015
Bird Photo: Pause and Reflect
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Pentax F4 300mm
Exposure: f/5.6 1/640 ISO 100
Location: Kin Dam, Okukubi River, Okinawa, Japan
Date and Time: FEB 2, 2015 2:34PM
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Little Heron Reflection
On the Bank of the Okukubi River
This had to be a favorite photo from today's nature walk.
The Little Heron (Butorides striata) posed perfectly.
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Sigma 50-500 at 500mm
Exposure: f/11 1/125 ISO 100
Date and Time: FEB 12, 2015 2:30PM
Learn more about this bird, also called Striated Heron at ARKive
Related Post: Just Call This Striated Heron Bird of the Week
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Waiting for Fireworks to Start at an Okinawan Festival
Never Ending Matsuri Season
It seems like there are too many activities going on to keep tract of, during the summer months.
In a rush today, preparing for this weekend's nightly events, I discovered something.
A pile of photos from this time, last year, had never been developed.
So, I thought it would be a good idea to show them and explain the rational behind the shots.
Smart photographers, are on the scene, way before the fireworks begin.
The woman, silhouetted in the lower right, of this image, was shooting the setting sun.
Yours truly, got back a little farther and included the moon, in a wide angle composition.
Then, zoomed in to give you a better view.
With, about an hour to kill, before showtime, I decided to take a hike.
The plan was, to get far enough away, to catch fireworks reflecting over water.
The technique, I used, could use some improvement and, I'm working on it this year.
Now, I'm wondering, how that girl in the silhouette (with no tripod) made out !
Monday, November 25, 2013
Wildlife Photo: Just a Couple of Grey Herons Reflecting
Location: Tomigusuku, Okinawa, Japan
Camera: Pentax K3
Lens: Sigma 50-500 at 230mm
Exposure: f/8 1/500 ISO 400
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