03-29-2015, 06:15 PM
It was a nice warm sunny Saturday and the river area was packed with people. Met some nice folks that were like professional bird watchers (if there was such a thing) and they told me where there was a barn owl nest and two hawk nests. I'm gonna see if I can find them next time I'm out. But in the mean time, here are the most recent good shots...
A woodpecker - I little disappointed in this - this guy posed in several nice places, but wouldn't sit still and I only got a decent shot - was hoping for an amazing one...
A Waxwing - a springtime visitor - don't see these around often. He landed on a branch right above me, then took off...
I think this is a Lesser Yellow Legs (DP has ID'd it several times - see if I get it right)
An early season turtle party
This was a late visit this time - the sun was long set by the time I left. When I'm here this late, I sometimes find the Cormorant's night time perch - all of the area's Cormorants hang out together for the night, not always in the same tree. There were about 10 in this one, but I've seen as many as 25 in a large tree...
This is why I LOVE my SX50. These shots are in a very dark place - near the base of a 60' cliff that is covered in dark foliage. Sunlight has to filter though a forest and was close to setting at this point. It's damned dark down there. AND it's on the other side of the river - a LONG shot. I got this one at full zoom, hand held, 1/20sec, 150-200ISO (I try really hard to keep the graininess down - high ISO doesn't make for pretty pictures on this thing). Took about 10 using a 2 sec timer and got these two really nice shots (neither has been cropped)
A far shot of a Blue Heron in the last little bit of light
Extreme low light again - this is how the camera saw it, I didn't punch the saturation or anything [edit] this one was taken on full auto, so no doubt, the ISO was set very high. All other shots are done on shutter speed priority - I set the speed and the camera does the rest to make it work.
A woodpecker - I little disappointed in this - this guy posed in several nice places, but wouldn't sit still and I only got a decent shot - was hoping for an amazing one...
A Waxwing - a springtime visitor - don't see these around often. He landed on a branch right above me, then took off...
I think this is a Lesser Yellow Legs (DP has ID'd it several times - see if I get it right)
An early season turtle party
This was a late visit this time - the sun was long set by the time I left. When I'm here this late, I sometimes find the Cormorant's night time perch - all of the area's Cormorants hang out together for the night, not always in the same tree. There were about 10 in this one, but I've seen as many as 25 in a large tree...
This is why I LOVE my SX50. These shots are in a very dark place - near the base of a 60' cliff that is covered in dark foliage. Sunlight has to filter though a forest and was close to setting at this point. It's damned dark down there. AND it's on the other side of the river - a LONG shot. I got this one at full zoom, hand held, 1/20sec, 150-200ISO (I try really hard to keep the graininess down - high ISO doesn't make for pretty pictures on this thing). Took about 10 using a 2 sec timer and got these two really nice shots (neither has been cropped)
A far shot of a Blue Heron in the last little bit of light
Extreme low light again - this is how the camera saw it, I didn't punch the saturation or anything [edit] this one was taken on full auto, so no doubt, the ISO was set very high. All other shots are done on shutter speed priority - I set the speed and the camera does the rest to make it work.