outdoor photography

Bald Eagle This morning at Central Winds Park I had a pretty good morning. I saw my first Blackburnian Warbler, but was unable to get a sharp image of it.  A Bald Eagle was more cooperative; it flew not too far away from me, so I could photograph it.  I also found a couple Yellow Warblers by the shore of Lake Jesup.  The Yellow Warblers were somewhat uncooperative.  They teased me from fairly high up in the trees, and they never came low enough for a very nice look. But they're such beautiful birds, I can't help but show the photos I was able to get. Yellow Warbler My camera also disappointed me this morning.  These photos were taken at ISO 400, and on my older 40D my photos probably would have been fine.  But with the newer 50D, there's a fair amount of visible noise.  I did a little work to minimize it in the leaves and sky, but I remain somewhat unimpressed with this camera's performance even at moderate ISOs.  The higher resolution ...

Canon EOS 40D Today I would like to pay tribute to a wonderful camera--my Canon EOS 40D.  It's been good to me for 4 years, and I've taken in the neighborhood of 200,000 photographs with this camera.  It's been my trusted companion, whether photographing nature, birds, wildlife, or my kids' birthday parties. But sadly, on June 21, 2012, the mirror mechanism failed, so it no longer moves to expose the shutter when I take a picture. There was a green screen set up in the studio of my office this morning, so I decided to take a studio portrait. Perhaps one day I'll have some fun and put interesting photographs behind the camera in this shot. Here are a couple photographs from the last day I took pictures with this camera. Zebra Longwing Silver Spotted Skipper I thought it may also be good to take this moment to share a little bit about how a camera "ages." We're familiar with how cars age more by miles than by years. Cameras age more by ...