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A Bird and her babies………Madison CT
I spoted this birds nest with the Momma Bird and her four babies purchased above while near the waters of the Long Island Sound in Madison CT. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, (in medium file size mode of 26mp), and a Sony 24-70 f2.8 GMII lens at 70mm. 1/60th, f22, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE
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Ron DiCostanzo shares Alaska photos!
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”7000″ height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]We’re fortunate enough to have our second contribution to this blog by my friend Ron DiCostanzo. Back in June of 2015 Ron, along with his wife, flew out to the area of Juneau Alaska which borders British Columbia Canada and hopped on a boat to try out his new Canon 7D Mark II (birders dream camera). He knew he could capture some good Eagle and Whale shots in this part of the world and his trip didn’t fail him. His Eagle shots were either at Chichagof Island, (30 miles west of Juneau), or in the area of Juneau. The whale shots were also in the…
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Hawks – Stratford CT shoreline
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”7000″ height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]My friend Ron, (one of the best surf casting photographers you’ll ever find), treated me to a late afternoon birding session at a Stratford CT shoreline to photograph hawks. This is an area that Ron frequents often and it has a lot of hawk activity while at the same time very few people. Ron knows a lot more about this type of photography than me and taught me where to sit and the best way to photograph them without intruding on their space. There were a couple of nests nearby that these fish hawks occupied. Some of the photo’s show a catch that one hawk was…
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Blue Heron
[wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]While travelling through Cheshire, CT I spotted this bird sitting on the side of a pond. I parked the car, grabbed my camera and took these three shots from the other side of the small pond. I believe this to be a Blue Heron. Camera Sony Nex 7, 55-210.
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The Heron – my first bird picture.
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]NOTE: The above two photo’s represent the original un-cropped photo with no post processing and the second photo is cropped with post processing. The added digital “noise”, seen mostly in the water, is due to the crop. I took my first bird picture today, strictly by accident. I was at Lyman’s Orchards in Middlefield, CT with Cheryl and we took a walk over to the duck pond. I had no desire to take any photo’s of the hundreds of ducks that were there (everyone feeds them from the rear porch). However, there was a beautiful, (possibly Blue Heron), perched on a rock in the pond. It was the…
