my entry to '52 weeks' contest by 
( the initial post & rules , all 52 prompts, this week entry )
This week prompt was 'Zoom All The Way In', and I naturally ventured with my 300mm tele lens into birding; the move not creative that much... but I am happy with the results, how it turned out, especially in monochrome mode. photo #3 is my entry to the challenge.
I kindly request to click and watch these shots in hi-res, with all the detalization -- it is part of the fun. This time b-w is the case: those images are really mono, they need no colour details to distract you from the essence of the frames.
following his footsteps
go away and dont ever come back!
speaking secret alphabet
(for this one, I also considered a title "What husband it will be, depends on his wife" ("Каков супруг, зависит от супруги").
What I wanted to add, is that having macro- and tele- lens is a... let me put it so: its a huge leap forward for anyone who loves our amazing nature, who admires it and wants to know it better, an immense help. And the birds... they dont let you come close enough to observe their everyday life, which sometimes is very, very bizarre and amuzing (especially true, when it comes to such clever creatures as crows). Get yourself a tele- (or at least a monocular blotch for your smartphone -- they are comically cheap today!) and entertain yourself. An endless source lies behind it, believe me.
Also, I apply my post for the #AmazingNature challenge by 
Images taken with Canon 5D + 70-300mm
Location: St.Petersburg, Russia