Posted on December 18, 2022
I am going through my Hard Drives cleaning up & removing images I do not need. But as I am cleaning up disk space I am finding images that I could use on the blog. These 2 Reddish Egret images were from a visit to J.N. Ding Darling years ago. The Featured Image was taken with a Canon 1D mkIV with a Canon 400mm DO lens @ f/4.5, 1/250 sec. The Courting Dance was interesting to watch and went on for about 1/2 hour.
Category: Birds, Birds, birdscapes, Blog, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 1D MkIV, Equipment, J.N. Ding Darling NWR, Reddish Egrets, Wildlife, wildlife drive Tagged: canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 400 f/4 DO lens, canon 400mm f/4 DO, J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, J.N. Ding Darling NWR, J.N. Ding Darling Wildlife Drive, Reddish Egret, Reddish Egret Courting Dance, Reddish Egrets
Posted on September 10, 2022
Dragonfly season will soon be ending but here are a series of Blue Dasher Dragonfly images from a series of different outings. The Featured Image was taken with a Canon 400mm DO lens on a Canon 1D mkIV, @f/8, 1/400 sec.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Blog, Blue Dasher, Blue Dasher Dragonfly, Brigantine NWR, Oceanville NJ, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 1D MkIII, Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 7D, canon R, Davidsons Mill Pond Park, Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel FL, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Insects, Plainsboro Preserve, yard & pond Tagged: Blue Dasher Dragonfly, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 1D MkIV, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, canon 300mm f/4 lens IS, Canon 400 f/4 DO lens, Canon 400mm DO lens, canon 400mm f/4 DO, Canon 7D, canon R, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Dragonflys
Posted on August 5, 2022
A series of Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly images taken with a Canon 300mm lens on a Canon R. Most images shot with a 1.4x Teleconverter @ f/5.6 or f/6.3 to get smoother looking backgrounds. On the image of the Male Great Blue Skimmer I wanted more detail on all the wing damage so I stopped down to f/16 and used a 2X Teleconverter.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Blog, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, canon R, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Insects Tagged: canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 2X teleconverter, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, canon R camera, Female Great Blue Dragonfly, Female Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly, Great Blue Dragonfly, Great Blue Male Dragonfly, Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly, Male Great Blue Dragonfly
Posted on July 27, 2022
Lately we have quite a few Eastern Amberwing Dragonflies in our yard. It is fun to watch them flying around in our gardens. For this post I am showing a series of Eastern Amberwing males. All images were taken with a Canon 300mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter on a Canon 7D.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Amberwing Male Dragonfly, Blog, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Insects, yard, yard & pond Tagged: Amberwings, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, canon 300mm f/4 lens, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Eastern Amberwing, Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, Male Amberwing, Male Eastern Amberwing dragonfly, yard, Yard Photo Subjects
Posted on July 24, 2022
On our visit to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland I had the chance to photograph a couple of Dragonflies I never photographed before, the Needhams Skimmer (Female) & the Seaside-Dragonlet (male). We only saw a couple of these at the refuge. One by the first Observation Platform along the Wildlife Drive and the other was at the was in the Marsh Edge Trail area.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR, Cambridge MD, Blog, Bugs, Cambridge MD, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D, Damselfly, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Favorite Locations, wildlife drive Tagged: blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Drive, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater Wildlife Drive, cambridge maryland, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, Seaside Dragonet Dragonfly, Seaside Dragonlet
Posted on July 22, 2022
On our visit to the Blackwater Natiional Wildlife Refuge I was concentrating on photographing Landscapes, Birds & Dragonflies. It is taking a while to go through all the Raw files so I will be posting a few each day from those categories. This post is showing images of Needhams Skimmer Female Dragonflies.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Blackwater NWR, Blog, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Female Needham Skimmers Dragonfly, Needhams Skimmer Dragonfly Tagged: blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR Wildlife Drive, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 lens, Canon 7D, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, Female Needhams Skimmer Dragonfly, Female Skimmers Dragonflies, Needham Skimmer Dragonflies, Needhams Skimmer Dragonfly
Posted on July 21, 2022
I am still going through images from our trip to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland. I had posted some of the bird images I had taken but I wanted to switch and post some Dragonfly images from the trip. All images were taken with a Canon 300mm lens with a 1.4x Teleconverter on a Canon 7D. The Featured Image is a Female Eastern Pondhawk.
Category: Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR, Cambridge MD, Blog, Bugs, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Insects, wildlife drive Tagged: Blackwater dragonflies, blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater NWR, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 7D Camera, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, Eastern Pondhawk, Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly, female Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly
Posted on July 19, 2022
I am still going through images from our visit to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge which is 12 miles south of Cambridge, Maryland. The images here are of a Great Blue Heron roosting in a tree along the Wildlife Drive. It seemed like it liked posing for me so I had a lot of poses to choose from. Here are a few from the series of images of the Great Blue Heron. On a few I removed a tree branch here or there. was trying to see which I liked better. All images were taken with a Canon 7D with a 300mm lens with a 1.4X Teleconverter.
Category: Birds, Birds, birdscapes, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR, Cambridge MD, Blog, Canon 7D, Equipment, Favorite Locations, Wildlife, wildlife drive Tagged: 300mm lens, blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Drive, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR Wildlife Drive, Blackwater Wildlife Drive, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, Canon 7D Camera, Great Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron roosting in tree, wildlife drive
Posted on July 2, 2022
A series of images of a close Osprey flyBy at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland.
All images were taken with a Canon 1D mkIV with a 1.4x Teleconverter.
Category: Birds, Birds, Birds in Flight, birdscapes, Blackwater NWR, Blog, Cambridge MD, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 1D MkIV, Equipment, ospreys, Wildlife, wildlife drive Tagged: blackwater National Wildlife refuge, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 400 f/4 DO lens, canon 400mm f/4 DO, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, osprey, Osprey @ Blackwater NWR, osprey flight, Osprey FlyBy, Osprey Flying, Osprey in Flight
Posted on June 17, 2022
A series of images of Black Skimmers flying and skimming from previous trips to the Brigantine Division of the Edwin B. Forsythe NWR in Oceanville, NJ. The Featured image was taken with a Canon 1D mkIV with a 400mm DO lens & 1.4x Teleconverter
Category: Birds, Birds, Birds in Flight, birdscapes, Black Skimmers, Blog, Brigantine Division, Brigantine NWR, Brigantine NWR, Oceanville NJ, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 1D MkIV, Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Equipment, Oceanville NJ, Wildlife, wildlife drive Tagged: black skimmer, Black Skimmers, Black Skimmers Fishing, Black Skimmers in Flight, Brigantine birds, Brigantine Division, Brigantine Divison Edwin B Forsythe NWR, Brigantine NWR, Brigantine Wildlife Drive, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 400mm DO lens, canon 400mm f/4 DO, Canon 400mm f/4 DO lens, Canon 400mm f4 DO lens, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter