• Journey's,  Wildlife

    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…

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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…

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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…