Another in the backyard series with my 500mm f/4.0 lens. An American Goldfinch taking a momentary rest on a weed I hadn’t gotten around to pulling.
Cropped to 50% Nik Dfine and a small amount of Nik Sharpener is all.
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Tags: Avian, Backyard, Birds, Canon 500mm f/4.0L, Canon 5DMII, Goldfinch, Nik Filters
Taken with that amazing Canon 500mm f/4.0L lens on the 5DMII. ISO was set to 1250. The only editing done was to use Nik Dfine to clear up the noise. I’m amazed at the bokeh along with the sharpness. Now if I could only hire a sherpa to carry the beastie for me I’d be even happier.
Tags: Avian, Birds, Canon 500mm f/4.0L, Canon 5DMII, Juvenile Tree Sparrow, Lincoln, RI
Another image from my first try with the 500mm f/4.0L lens. A nuthatch eying the bird feeder:
Nuthatch
I’m still amazed how amazingly sharp this lens is. Processed just gently in photoshop cs5 with Nik plugins – Viveza 2 to give an overall brightness to the image since it was shot under trees, and White Neutralizer from Color Efex Pro 3.0 to adjust the white balance. Sharpened gently with Sharpener Pro.
Tags: Avian, Backyard, Bird, Canon 500mm f/4.0L, Canon 5DMII, Lincoln, Nik Software, Nuthatch, Photoshop CS5, RI
A 500mm f/4.0L lens. It arrived today, a day early, and it is a BEAST. It weighs 9.5 lbs and comes in a hard case (which is apparently a good thing because the box from Canon that was inside the intact box from B&H was all crumpled on one end with the Styrofoam crunched up good inside). The Wimberly head for the tripod comes tomorrow so I hand held it, well, not really hand held it, I’m not up to that – yet – I sat in a chair in the backyard and balanced my elbow on my knee or on the arm of the chair. The birds and squirrels were very cooperative after an initial fly off. This is one of my favorites, just for the color and sharpness, it’s a bit busy for me with that branch in the foreground but he didn’t stay still very long. 50% crop, Dfine and Pro Contrast Nik filters.
Male Cardinal on Branch
Tags: Avian, Backyard, Birds, Canon 500mm f/4.0L, Canon 5DMII, Handheld, Lincoln, Northern Cardinal, RI
The Lotuses are blooming down in Wickford and although it was a bit windy and the sun was too high in the sky I was able to get some nice images of the new buds.
I thought I’d try something different so I dug out my old Canon 300L f/4.0 and my 1.4X tele. It gives me a bit more reach than my 100-400 and I think it’s a bit sharper.
Tags: "Canon 1.4X teleconverter", "Canon 300L f/4", "Egyptian Lotus Flowers", Canon 5DMII, RI, Wickford
Every time I see lupines I think of my BFF from college Eva and the trip we took circumnavigating Nova Scotia the year I started practicing in Newport. Mike and I took a too short trip to Acadia National Park three weekends ago, just before the beginning of the summer season and luckily the lupines were in bloom. So Eva, this Lupine is for you.
Tech Specs
Canon 5DMII, Canon 24-105L f/4 @55mm, ISO 100, Slight brightness and color adjustment with Nik Plugins in CS5 and sharpening done by Tony Kuyper’s sharpening Action.
Tags: Acadia NP, Bar Harbor, Canon 24-105L f/4, Canon 5DMII, Flower, Lupine, Maine, National Parks, Vacation
Taken during the workshop Roamin’ with Roman given by Roman Kurywczak and Denise Ippolito at Nickerson Beach on LI, NY. Cropped in CS5 and applied a “glamour glow” from Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0.
Tags: Canon 100-400L f/4.5-5.6, Canon 5DMII, Denise Ippolito, LI, Long Island, Nickerson Beach, Nik Plugins, NY, Photoshop CS5, Roamin' with Roman, Roman Kurywczak, Workshop
The full moon as it was setting at 4:45AM, from the parking lot of Nickerson Beach where I met Roman Kurywczak and Denise Ippolito for a half day workshop shooting the birds at Nickerson Beach. I can’t say enough good things about those two and the workshop they lead, full of great information, ideas, vision and a perfect location. I even got to meet the famous (infamous?) Artie Morris. Going to go back and do it again in July and I can’t wait. More pictures from the workshop to come as I weed through the 1000+ images I took in 4 hours!
Tags: Avian, Birds, Canon 100-400OL f/4.5-5.6, Canon 5DMII, Denise Ippolito, LI, Nickerson Beach, Roman Kurywczak, Romin' with Roman, Workshop
We saw this female Barred Owl at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. This is after she finished eating a mouse (quite messily) and brought the carcass to her nest (which we couldn’t see). We were packing our stuff up to continue walking the boardwalk when she came back and stared at us for a while before closing her eyes for a nap. Barred owls often nest in tree cavities, often taking them over from crows or squirrels. They eat mice and rodents but will also feed on grouse, hawks and ducks. They have been known to go after fish.We saw this female Barred Owl at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. This is after she finished eating a mouse (quite messily) and brought the carcass to her nest (which we couldn’t see). We were packing our stuff up to continue walking the boardwalk when she came back and stared at us for a while before closing her eyes for a nap. Barred owls often nest in tree cavities, often taking them over from crows or squirrels. They eat mice and rodents but will also feed on grouse, hawks and ducks. They have been known to go after fish.
Tags: Audubon, Barred Owl, Canon 100-400L f/4.5-5.6, Canon 5DMII, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida, Naples, Nik Software, Tony Kuyper Actions