Nice job. Don't know what camera you're using, but you seem to know how to use it...a lot of people don't realize what a little knowledge and experience does for picture quality... I use a Pentax K 30, usually these days with a very old Makinon 135mm f2.8 manual focus lens. Had a very nice Vivitar 200mm M42 but it died a slow painful death a couple of years ago. I still miss it... I concentrate mainly on birds, and do a lot of flowers and insects too, and some macro now and then. I got started on birds in the late 80's with a Hummingbird just outside the kitchen window and a Yashica rangefinder camera. Long distance for the 135, I'm going to try and hang out in the same area and get some more soon, this is a Yellowthroat, or Common Yellowthroat, depending on which book I grab. Don't see these often, small and fast moving so it's not easy to get a shot.
Another common summer resident is the Yellow Breasted Chat
You mentioned Kingfishers, I live close to a lake, Kingfishers are some of the most difficult birds to get close to, very wary of humans. This is another land bird that is difficult, we have at least 4 living nearby and I rarely get close enough for a decent shot. Roadrunner (female)
Those were taken with the Makinon 135mm lens, here's one with the Vivitar 200mm M42 I was bragging about above, taken at a North Louisiana lake several years ago. Snowy Egret just as it speared a shad.
Gotta go, might try to come back later and show off a few more. I'll try to dig up a Kingfisher shot. I get loads of ducks and water birds, I hang out on lakes a lot. Glad to see another competent photographer on here.
Well, that’s what we named our butchering steer last year. Year before it was, ‘Supper.’
We should be getting our spring steer in a few weeks. I’m going for, ‘Weber’ (a brand of grill) this season. ;)