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Another View of Tartia-Engel Falls
Here’s another view of Tartia-Engel Falls in East Hampton, Connecticut. For this photo, I did some minor editing in Lightroom and then several edits in Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro 4. One thing I really like about this waterfall is the dark color of the rocks, which makes the water have a dark, rich color. [...]
Northern Cardinal in Winter
Another photo of one of my backyard Northern Cardinals. This one was taken with my Canon 7D and 400 mm lens at f/5.6. The 7D and 400 mm lens combination is quickly becoming my favorite photo setup for bird photography. The 300mm with Kenko Pro 300 DGX 1.4 teleconverter is very nice and has the [...]
Tartia-Engel Falls
In the fall of last year, I was on a tear photographing waterfalls. I posted several of them, but after awhile, this website was beginning to look like a “Waterfall Blog”, so I gave the waterfalls a little rest. But now it’s time to post a few more. Tartia-Engel Falls in East Hampton, Connecticut doesn’t [...]
Backyard Hawk
Today was a relatively nice, warm day here in Connecticut, so I spend some time out on the deck relaxing. I decided to take my Canon 7D with the 400 mm lens, just in case I saw any birds in the trees of the backyard. After about 15 minutes, this guy (or gal) landed in [...]
Cove in Essex, Connecticut
In the fall of last year, I visited Essex, Connecticut late one afternoon and took this shot of the cove near the town park. Essex is a beautiful, quaint little town close to Long Island Sound on the Connecticut River and I always enjoy visiting. For this photo, I ran it though Nik Software’s HDR [...]
Green Winged Teal at The Coastal Center at Milford Point
A few weeks ago when I visited The Coastal Center at Milford Point, I saw this little guy walking across the mudflats in the marsh at low tide. He was walking towards his other Green Winged Teal buddies that were about a football field’s length away. The funny thing was that other ducks were swimming [...]
Two Photos of Yellow-Rumped Warblers
During my trip over the weekend to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Connecticut, I walked out to Willard’s Island. There weren’t many people out, so I slowly walked around the perimeter of the island and ran into a flock of Yellow-Rumped Warblers darting in and out of the trees . If you are wondering [...]
Horned Lark at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Yesterday, I decided to get up early today and be at Hammonasset Beach State Park by 7 am. I almost made it – it was more like 7:10 when I rolled into the park. I was hoping to photograph shorebirds, ducks, raptors, and whatever other species of bird I could find. I drove around most [...]
Mourning Dove
Today was really windy in Connecticut, so I decided to get a few things done around the house and then head to a few local lakes to see if any ducks were grounded for the day. As I was doing chores, I looked out the window and saw this guy (or gal) hunkering down for [...]
Flock of House Finches lined up for lunch
Here’s a photo of my most common winter bird feeder visitors, House Finches. Whereas the Chickadees and Titmouses are very polite eaters, taking one seed at a time, these guys line up like it’s a buffet line (as can be seen in the photo) and really chow down. I’m just grateful they’re not the size [...]
Flying Gull Dropping Clam
Above is one of the shots of the flying gulls that I took yesterday at the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Coastal Center at Milford Point. The gulls were taking these clams (or mussels?) and dropping them (as Gulls are apt to do) to aid in getting to the meat inside. I was playing around with Nik [...]
Yawning Gull
Today, I took my new 400 mm lens and 7D out to the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Coastal Center at Milford Point to practice photography flying birds. It went really well, I learned a lot, and have lots of shots of flying gulls and ducks that I’ll post later after I’ve worked my way through all [...]
