An Overdue TR

[Wild One]

This past winter has been detrimental to my desire to fish. I've had other thing on my mind and other hobbies taking up my time. I guess seeing everything underneath several inches of ice for 3 or 4 months had a little something to do with it too.
Yesterday, however, marked the first day I've held a rod since October of last year. 5 months is a long time to be away and I am happy to report that I don't feel like my casting missed a beat!
I traveled to my favorite lunch time spot, which is a park that sits next to the Big Walnut River and has a nice sized pond as well. Our high temp yesterday hit 79 degrees (a record!) and I couldn't just sit in my truck and read by the pond. Lucky for me I had my 7wt with a big olive bugger attached from last year.
It was nice to feel the rythm of the rod again and watch as the loaded graphite shot my line out over the calm water. I think I had one bump, but no fish brought to hand. But, what would a TR be from me if it didn't have pics?!?
Here are a few I've taken at the pond with my new 80-200mm lens.






and a little woodpecker to help show off the beautiful clear skies we had

[jsmartt]

fishing is more than catching fish

[Big Bad Wulff]

fishing is more than catching fish

So it is for many more recreation activities. Do not support groups that are hell-bent on closing recreation activities.

[JohnScott]

Ryan -

Great pics. Really like the mallard.

John

[nighthawk]

Very nicely done! Glad you finally got back out on the water.

What model of zoom lens do you have? I bought a Sigma 70-300mm DG Macro just before Christmas that I really like.


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[modocdan]

.....We got a beautiful spring day here in So. Ore.... Though a little chilly at about 29 deg. Wild One's photos are much like one of my spots nearby where I go to let it all run off..... Ducks, Geese, and a nice little bass pond. It's often the best of the best.................ModocDan

[Wild One]

Very nicely done! Glad you finally got back out on the water.

What model of zoom lens do you have? I bought a Sigma 70-300mm DG Macro just before Christmas that I really like.

EXIF:
Camera Make: PENTAX Corporation
Camera Model: PENTAX K10D
Date/Time: 2009:03:10 16:47:50
Resolution: 799 x 535
Flash Used: Yes (manual, red eye reduction...
Focal Length: 210.0mm (35mm equivalent: 315...
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO Equiv.: 800
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix

Oh man, I'd love to get that Sigma 70-300mm. I've looked at it off and on for a while. I'd also love to replace my kit lens with the Tamron 18-270mm (not a typo, 18-270!!).
The lens I just got is the Canon 80-200mm E.F.4.5-5.6. It's an older model that I got from my Dad (didn't use any more) for free! The Autofocus motor in it is broken so shooting with it is really helping me learn how to manually focus quickly and efficiently. It's making me plan my shots out in advance, which is definitely good. All the above shots were shot with something similar to this EXIF info:
Make: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
F stop: F/8.0
Exposure: 1/1250 sec.
Focal length: 200.0 mm (I think that equates to 320mm on 35mm)
Metering mode: pattern (5)
White Balance: Daylight

Also, these were all shot in RAW format and converted to JPEG via Photoshop CS4 (just got it and it is AWESOME!!).

Here are a few more because I like to show off (at least I'm honest, eh?).

[TyroneFly]

Nice Pics WildOne. Good to have you amoung the living again.

[FishnDave]

Really really nice pics! Thanks for sharing them.

[JohnScott]

Ryan -

This thread could use some fish pics !! Here are some trout rising to midges on the South Fork today. Look closely.









The third pic has six or seven, if you can find them.

These were all shot at full telephoto ( 250mm ) on the Sport mode with the Rebel XSi.

John