Author: Joe
Spider-Man swings to rock n roll
Green forest just before fall
Eye on a Gator
Happy New Year and welcome to 2018
Happy New Year to all of our family and friends.
May 2018 be a GREAT year for everyone!
Testing a Canon Super telephoto loaner lens on Eagles and Birds
I had fun recently. I am a member of Canon’s CPS program- Canon Professional Service.
This entitles me to try almost anything Canon makes for 10 days.
So, I thought I’d try the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x.
The lens is a beast. It is very sharp but that comes with some negatives- size and price.
Weighs almost 8 lbs and cost $10,000 For more info on lens:
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/lenses/ef/super-telephoto/ef-200-400mm-f-4l-is-usm-extender-1-4x
Images of Pomegranates
Good day for bird pics, bad day for ants
So since it wasn’t raining today, I thought I’d go take some birds pics. Long story short- I spent the afternoon in the ER.
While I was shooting this Red-shouldered Hawk I was bitten by some ants. 10 minutes later I was swelling up and had hives. I went to ER, they took me right away. My eyes, ears and mouth was swollen.
Damn ants. Anyway, they took care of me and I’m OK now.
Adolescent Bald Eagle sitting in tree
This is 1 of the 2 Adolescent Bald Eagles that we have in the area. They are around 9 months old. I’ve been photographing over that time period but this is the first time he/she came and sat outside my window.
He/she likes to sit there and squawk and make noise. I don’t mind. I just wish he would turn and face me (camera) so I can take a front view pic.
Taken with Canon 70D with Canon 100-400mm L II IS lens.
ISO 200, F5, 1/320 sec, at 220mm.
Osprey hawk came to visit
The Osprey hawk visited today and sat and posed for me.
I love the detail in his/her feathers. Also I love the death stare.
There are 3 Osprey that fly around in our area. This one sat while the other 2 were flying high above.
This was taken with Canon 70D with Canon 100-400mm II L lens.
F5 at 1/2000 sec at ISO 200, focal length 300mm