Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

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Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Roger Hogan » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:13 am

High Country Sea Gulls I found these at Lake Heron and the elevation is over 7,000 ft. Every time I see them I wonder why are they at a lake this high and where do they go when the lake freezes over in the winter ???

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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Jason Rose » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:18 am

That's pretty wild.
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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Allan Kirkpatrick » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:30 am

Roger,
What camera & Lens do you use to take these pics?
Great shots.
Is there a little photoshopping going on as well?

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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Roger Hogan » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:33 am

Jason Rose wrote:That's pretty wild.


Every time I see them I wonder about why they are up here.
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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Roger Hogan » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:36 am

Allan Kirkpatrick wrote:Roger,
What camera & Lens do you use to take these pics?
Great shots.
Is there a little photoshopping going on as well?

Allan


Hi Allan, I only take raw photos so yes they all visit photo shop.
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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Larry Sullivan » Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:43 pm

Once again fantastic shots. I'm used to seeing gulls constantly, as I'm about 10 miles or so straight line from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but I'm always amazed these birds make it to States you wouldn't think they'd be in. The third shot down is a ring billed gull, could be just migrating through - though seems a bit late for that. The others look to me like California gulls, according to my birding book they can be year round in that part of the country.

Thanks again for sharing Roger!
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Unread postby Allan Kirkpatrick » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:35 pm

Thanks Roger,
Always nice to see what someone else is using.
A friend has the 5Dmark2 and really likes it.
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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Roger Hogan » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:26 am

Larry Sullivan wrote:Once again fantastic shots. I'm used to seeing gulls constantly, as I'm about 10 miles or so straight line from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but I'm always amazed these birds make it to States you wouldn't think they'd be in. The third shot down is a ring billed gull, could be just migrating through - though seems a bit late for that. The others look to me like California gulls, according to my birding book they can be year round in that part of the country.

Thanks again for sharing Roger!


Thanks for the information.
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Re: Chama, N.M. High Country Sea Gulls (off topic)

Unread postby Roger Hogan » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:26 am

Allan Kirkpatrick wrote:Thanks Roger,
Always nice to see what someone else is using.
A friend has the 5Dmark2 and really likes it.
Allan


I also like my 5D.
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