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This has been my first full year with a good camera, where I was consciously taking pictures and thinking about composition, light, and my various camera settings. I focus a lot of birding, obviously. All of these pictures were taken using a Sigma 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens with a Nikon D3200. February 3rd  A bold downy woodpecker gets close. Washington Park Arboretum, February 3rd 2014. ISO 1600 (auto), 400mm, f/8.0, 1/500s I’d just finished a rather unlucky birding session in the Arboretum when I noticed a small bird climbing around on a low-hanging branch. I carefully circled around the tree to be able to catch the bird in the morning sunlight and sure enough, it not only circled the branch, but climbed toward me a bit closer as well. I liked this shot so much I made it the first photo I had printed onto canvas, and it’s hanging in my kitchen. This is a downy woodpecker, the first of about 4 that I saw in 2014. May 12th  A subadult male Costa’s hummingbird near the tiny tienda in the village of Bahia Agua Verde, B.C.S., Mexico, May 12th, 2014. ISO 360 (auto), 400mm, f/8.0, 1/1000s I snapped this one completely by luck. I’d gone ashore from the sailboat along with several others of the crew, looking to see if the tiny village had a tienda where we could buy some fresh tortillas and maybe some Coca Cola. While the others were buying things, I spotted this hummingbird fly up to a flower only about two meters away from me, directly in the bright desert sun. The first time I’d ever gotten a hummingbird in flight, and it turned out super sharp, aside from a bit of blur on the wings. This is a subadult male Costa’s hummingbird. July 27th  A young raccoon boldly checking to see if our campsite had food. Blake Island State Park Campground, WA, July 27th, 2014. ISO 2000 (auto), 400mm, f/8.0, 1/1000s Later in the morning, the raccoon were out in force, looking for any abandoned food that other campers had left behind. We were eating breakfast since we were in no hurry to leave, and one of the younger raccoon began walking directly toward us after washing its paws and taking a drink in the puddle beneath a water spigot. I didn’t even realize I’d gotten this shot with its tongue out until I reviewed the images! August 3rd  A blue heron perched on the raised boardwalk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, WA, August 3rd, 2014 ISO 720 (auto), 400mm, f/8.0, 1/1000s My first time visiting Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, I was walking down the long raised boardwalk above the marshland when I came upon a great blue heron perched on the railing. It allowed me to get surprisingly close and stand there, snapping photos of it for several minutes, until other people began approaching from the opposite side. I’ve done a bit more digital enhancement than I normally do on this photo, but I think the result is pretty close to true to life. Kenshin fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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