topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fred-tailed-hawk-captive-bird.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Red-Tailed Hawk – Captive Bird” }); We went over to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s First Saturday event. They have quite a few birds of prey and are opening a center about 3 miles from the house. Woohoo I captured this red-tailed hawk portrait during one of the programs. Captured [...]
Little Blue Heron – Village Creek Drying Beds
June 1, 2010 By 9 Comments
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Flittle-blue-heron-village-creek-drying-beds.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Little Blue Heron – Village Creek Drying Beds” }); Here’s a shot of a Little Blue Heron from the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington TX. Captured with Canon 7D with Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 2X Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod. The photo isn’t quite [...]
Male House Finch – Another 2x Extender Test
May 26, 2010 By 6 Comments
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fmale-house-finch-another-2x-extender-test.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Male House Finch – Another 2x Extender Test” }); Here’s a male house finch from the backyard with the Canon 2x Extender II on my Canon 400mm 5.6 L attached to my Canon 7D on an Induro CT314 tripod. Not bad for 1280mm and manual focus
Chinese Goose – White Rock Lake
April 15, 2010 By 8 Comments
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fchinese-goose-white-rock-lake.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Chinese Goose – White Rock Lake ” }); I always wondered what these geese were…the web tells me its a chinese goose. Captured at White Rock Lake in Dallas with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4 extender.
Great Horned Owl – Birding in Dallas
February 27, 2010 By 14 Comments
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fgreat-horned-owl-birding-in-dallas.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Great Horned Owl – Birding in Dallas” }); Great day birding today! We found a Great Horned Owl and got some good shots…I’m excited as this is bird has been on my ‘must see’ list forever.Tracie and I went out looking for birds to photograph this morning and ran [...]
MooseNewsBlog Photo Contest
April 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fmoosenewsblog-photo-contest.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “MooseNewsBlog Photo Contest” }); MooseNewsBlog (run by the one and only Moose Peterson) is having a contest. Contest Rules: The subject is nesting birds, deadline is 30 June, 2009. The rules are pretty darn simple. Gotta have a really nice photo of a nesting bird with young. Just sitting [...]
Sparrows, Grackle and a House Finch
April 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fsparrows-grackle-and-a-house-finch.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Sparrows, Grackle and a House Finch” }); Spent some time in the evening practicing with my new monopod and had quite a few different types of birds visit..nothing exotic or new but I thought they were worth sharing. Nothing spectacular but fun shooting nonetheless. House Sparrow - taken with [...]
Photowalk at the Heard Museum
April 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fphotowalk-at-the-heard-museum.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Photowalk at the Heard Museum” }); Tracie (blog & website) and I went up to the Heard Museum in McKinney TX on Saturday. We’d been itching to get some birding and wildlife photos in the Heard is always a good place for that. We were a bit disappointed…wasn’t much [...]
A Squirrel, birds & bluebonnet…
March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fphotographyminute.com%2Fa-squirrel-birds-bluebonnet.htm”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “A Squirrel, birds & bluebonnet…” }); That sounds like the start of a joke Went for a walk in the park today…didn’t have much to capture but found a few opportunities. Squirrel – Taken with Canon EOS 5D and my Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM. 400mm, ISO100, f/8.0 [...]
