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Butterflies & Birds
Cheryl and I went looking for unique birds and butterflies this day. I captured the brown monarch, spicebush swallowtail, butterfly using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens at 290mm (35mm equiv.=435mm). 1/3200th, f6.3, ISO 1800, Manual Mode. I also photographed the yellow, eastern tiger swallowtail, butterfly using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens at 400mm (35mm equiv .= 600mm.) 1/1000th, f6.3, ISO 1250, Manual Mode. Chery photographed the yellow bird, an American Goldfinch, using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens a 400mm (35mm equiv. = 600mm.) 1/1600th, f7.1, ISO 1600, Manual Mode.
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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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Bird in Flight Photography – Hubbard Park
[wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”] This was my first attempt at bird in flight photography or what is known amongst photographers as “birding”. My current systems didn’t have fast enough autofocus to handle birds in flight. However, I purchased the new Nikon D7100 which shoots 6fps, has 51 point AF and autofocuses with lenses F8 or faster. This feature is normally only found on hi-end pro camera’s whereas most camera’s in this price range only AF at 5.6 or faster. This allows more lens choices or perhaps a multiplier. I coupled this with the also new Nikon 80-400, AFS-VR, 4.0-5.6 lens. I took about 400 photo’s this afternoon and surprisingly had…
