Eastern Cottontail - Canon 7D Mark II
There are a number of Eastern Cottontails that have taken up residence on our property. The rabbits mostly are harmless with the exception of the early-summer vegetable garden, which we have fenced off this Spring. The bunnies also attract the hawks and owls periodically, who do a decent job of keeping the bunny population in control.
Read MoreI have added a new tool to my photo bag; the CamRanger wireless camera controller. While we have been mostly without snow this Winter in the New York Capital Region, the temperatures have been seasonal nonetheless. With the CamRanger, the camera can be placed outdoors within 150 - 300 feet of my location indoors, and then I can shoot from the comfort of my sofa using either the iPad or iPhone.
The images here were my first attempt at using the CamRanger. Photographed with the Canon 7D Mark II and the Canon EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens, the images here were all shot off of a tripod and remotely triggered with the CamRanger.
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I have been seeing a lot of woodpecker sign this Spring and every once in awhile I spook the Pileated Woodpeckers while walking the dog...there is always two. On this late sunny afternoon in early April, my son happened to notice that we had a visitor on the tree stump in the backyard. I managed to grab the camera and start taking a few photos through the glass window in our backdoor.
Capital District, however the sunlight is making it feel warmer than it is and and the mood is not as gray and glum. Spring is just around the corner!
Another week in the NorthEast and another Nor'Easter providing the white winter background well into March. On this weekend in early March we had a number of House Finch visiting.
While working to photograph a few birds in the back yard, this little guy slinked his way into the frame. I had the Canon 135MM F/2.0L lens on the camera to capture images with that shallow depth of field and creamy bokeh, so I immediately thought there would be no way of getting a descent close-up image. So I waited. And waited. Eventually he went for the bird seed while I was kneeling just five feet away, which gave me a great opportunity to take the above images with the Canon 7D Mark II.
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It has been dark and gloomy day in the Capital District. While working on the year-end clean-up of my Lightroom catalog I came across an image of some flowers in the mid-day Summer sun that I thought would work well as a background to one of my winter bird photos and add some color and warmth to the day. Above is the result of some quick editing.