well, kind of a weekend minus travel, mostly just relaxing on the beach in the Outerbanks, NC. I got up for some sunrise photos but the lighting was very poor so went back to bed. Of the 400 or so bird species in the area I found 4-5 
On the plus side I saw a large bull-shark breach from the water, not more than 50ft from where I was swimming, on the same beach that this happened:
http://www.sharktimes.com/deadlyobxsharkattack.html
I got out the water pronto and wasn't really tempted to go back in!
These are just holiday snaps so not looking for critique really.
Landscape at 420mm (left 24-70 in the car...)
But I actually like landscape at extreme focal lengths:
Hatteras lighthouse, from several miles away.
The beaches were mostly populated with 2 birds:
The Eastern Willet
And the Dunlin:
Not sure what this bird is:
There was also a turkey vulture
Apart from birds (and sharks) there were plenty of crabs:
Mostly was chilling in the shade of the beach tent, babysitting
But an evening stroll between thunder shows gave same dramatic lighting:
This is the largest sand dune on the US east coast although much smaller than the Oregon dunes
3:1 is my favourite landscape aspect ratio
On the plus side I saw a large bull-shark breach from the water, not more than 50ft from where I was swimming, on the same beach that this happened:
http://www.sharktimes.com/deadlyobxsharkattack.html
I got out the water pronto and wasn't really tempted to go back in!
These are just holiday snaps so not looking for critique really.
Landscape at 420mm (left 24-70 in the car...)
But I actually like landscape at extreme focal lengths:
Hatteras lighthouse, from several miles away.
The beaches were mostly populated with 2 birds:
The Eastern Willet
And the Dunlin:
Not sure what this bird is:
There was also a turkey vulture
Apart from birds (and sharks) there were plenty of crabs:
Mostly was chilling in the shade of the beach tent, babysitting
But an evening stroll between thunder shows gave same dramatic lighting:
This is the largest sand dune on the US east coast although much smaller than the Oregon dunes
3:1 is my favourite landscape aspect ratio
For some reason I like the look of any of those crabs with the sticky out eyes like a Ghost crab if that isn't a Ghost crab!