Christmas Lights in Dallas

Christmas Lights in Dallas

Things have been quiet around here…been busy lately but hope to get out more with the camera. Tracie and I went down to Highland Park in Dallas to look at Christmas lights this weekend. Saw this tree and though it was beautiful. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 17-40 L handheld.

Titmouse Taking Off

Titmouse Taking Off

Here’s a shot of a Tufted Titmouse about to take off.  Captured with a Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod.

This a junco?

Junco?

Can’t really tell if this is a Junco or not. What do you think? Captured with a Canon 1D Mark II with Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x Extender.

Cardinal Taking Flight

Cardinal Taking Flight

Went out to my regular birding location this weekend and captured this Cardinal while he was about to take off.  The light wasn’t great but I liked this composition.  Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with the Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 tripod. see more photos in [...]

Red River Hog – Dallas Zoo

Red River Hog - Dallas Zoo

Captured this Red River Hog while a the Dallas Zoo a few months ago. Was looking through my archives and liked the perspective on this one. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. see more photos in my flickr photostream and on my website at photographyminute.com or order prints from my Zenfolio [...]

Cardinal Eating Seeds – Take 2

Cardinal Eating Take 2

Here’s another shot of a cardinal eating seeds taken at Spring Creek Preserve a few weeks ago. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III + Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x Extender. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.

Great Egret Stretching at White Rock Lake

Great Egret Stretching - White Rock Lake

Here’s a Great Egret I captured at White Rock Lake a few weeks ago. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III + 400mm 5.6 L and Canon 1.4x extender sitting on my Induro CT314 Tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.

Wonder what they are looking at?

Wonder what they are looking at?

While at White Rock Lake spillway a few weeks ago, I saw these Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets hanging out looking at something. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with the Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from [...]

Juvi Cardinal Eating – Dallas, TX

Cardinal Eating - Spring Creek Nature Preserve

I captured this cardinal (looks like a juvi growing into his adult color) eating. This is a pretty heavy crop…nice and sharp Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x Extender on my Induro CT314 Tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery [...]

Squirrel preparing for winter?

Squirrel preparing for winter?

I went out to Prairie Creek Park in Richardson this morning. Not many birds but lots of squirrels. Captured this one collecting nuts for the winter. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 400mm 5.6 L. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.

Great Egret + Great Blue Heron – White Rock Lake

Great Egret + Great Blue Heron - White Rock Lake

While out at White Rock Lake last week, I saw these two great birds staring at each other. I setup the shot and catptured it with Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L with Canon 1.4x extender sitting on my Induro CT314 tripod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from [...]

Duck at Sunset

Duck at Sunset

Took the Canon 1D Mark III out at sunset to test it out some more . Captured this duck at the pond…turned out nicely. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.

Mussed up Mockingbird

Juvenile Mockinbird - Spring Creek Nature Preserve

Here’s a capture of a juvenile Mockinbird captures at Spring Creek Nature Preserve. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro CT314 tripod. I used flash on this shot. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.

Brown Thrasher – Spring Creek Nature Preserve

Brown Thrasher at 1600 ISO + Flash

Woke up Sunday to a nice cool temperature and decided to go see what I could find at Spring Creek in Garland, TX. Wasn’t much happening but I did manage to catch this Thrasher hanging around. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my Induro [...]

Great Egret – White Rock Lake, Dallas

Great Egret - White Rock Lake

I took the 1D Mark III down to White Rock Lake in Dallas last week to learn how to use it. I captured this Great Egret hanging out in a tree across the creek. Captured him with the Canon 1D Mark III with my Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender sitting on my [...]

Kingfisher at White Rock Lake, Dallas

Kingfisher

I visited the spillway at White Rock Lake with my new (to me) Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 400mm 5.6 L + Canon 1.4x Extender siting on my Induro CT314 Tripod. I caught this Kingfisher flying around and finally got a decent shot. This is a fairly large crop…best I could do. See more [...]

Goose – 1st shot with new Canon 1D Mark III

Goose - 1st shot with new camera

I traded my Canon 7D for a Canon 1D Mark III. Still getting used to the new camera, but so far…I like it. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L and Canon 1.4x extender on my Gitzo 5561T monopod. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery [...]

Brown Lemur – Dallas Zoo

Brown Lemur - Dallas Zoo

Sometimes I feel just like this guy. Captured at the Dallas Zoo with a Canon 5D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.

Hammerkop at the Dallas Zoo

Hammerkop - Dallas Zoo Bird

Here’s a photo from the bird exhibit at the Dallas Zoo. Took a little bit of searching to find that this is a HammerKop. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.

Female Lion – Dallas Zoo

Female Lion - Dallas Zoo

Here’s a quick shot of one of the female lions at the Dallas Zoo. This was taken through glass….which normally doesn’t work real well. Turned out nicely. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. See more photos in my flickr photostream or order prints from my Zenfolio gallery at photos.ericbrown.com.