Fly Fishing

Not a good day to be a fish.

(More shots in this sequence, and others, can be found here.)

Two Tails

Getting Better 

See, that big lens isn't just for pigeon and bad eagle photos!

Gulls!

Great Blue Heron!

(Note that big sharp beak!)

Black Vultures!

And I took a few (a few hundred!) of these:

(To be continued ...)

Bad Bird Photos of the Week


Wing Clips ...

... focus Fail ...

... and the ever popular decapitation shots ...

Proving it's the photographer, not the equipment.

Hence the Name

;-)

Lens Envy

I'm going hunting this weekend.

For eagles and ducks and swans and whatever else may wander in front of my camera.

And I'll have a big lens.

The first stop is Conowingo Dam to photograph eagles.

And I'll be taking along some major glass.

I went last year around this time and lamented my lack of focal length.

I won't be this year.

In front is a Canon 100-400 mm IS L, my workhorse birding lens. The rear camera sports a Canon 500 mm IS L lens, which I've got for the week. As you can see, it is slightly larger.

But it is just a temporary thing. And a week from now I'll be back to just my little lens.

You can visit your favorite camera store and find out why I own the former and only rent the latter.

Wish me luck.

My 15 Minutes

Read about it here.