Feeding Nuthatch

Our resident nuthatch prefers C&S High Energy Suet Cakes during the cold winter months. While feeding this guy still has time to ham it up for the camera. Quick shot in our backyard with Nikon D3 with 70-200mm 2.8 lens. Iso 800, 1/800 at f-4, -0.33 exposure compensation. Raw conversion with Aurora HDR Pro with additional exposure and color adjustments in Photoshop CC.

Too Late Almost

I had plans to visit New York on January 23rd but winter storm Jonas made me wait until the weekend after. One, glad I did because the streets were clogged with snow. Two, regrets because by the time I got there the park was trampled. Here are a few I got in Central Park on the 31st a week later.

On Broadway

This interesting building was on Broadway and 73rd St. in NYC. What I love most about the Canon powershot hs50 sx is the zoom. The small lightweight camera zoom is perfect for travel photography. Saves me from carrying a lot of gear. I was very unhappy when Canon butchered the new model. As a real photographer I would gladly give up all the gimmicky gadgets meaning the scene modes, face detection, and so on and keep the real stuff like raw format, flash mount, faster focusing. Just my opinion.

Who You Gonna Call

My recent trip to New York City I got a chance to photograph the famous apartment building that was possessed by Zuul the Gatekeeper of Gozer in the 1984 Ghostbuster movie. I took a few creative liberties and added some effects to the images.

Preening Pelican

Preening pelican shot in Monterey.

Ugly is Beautiful

I brought out the detail in this bird with Aurora HDR pro.

Tips for Birding in Florida

Things you need to get right when photographing birds. Always have the eyes sharp. Make sure the bird is showing a frontal or side view. Always get a proper exposure. This white egret is very difficult to capture all it's details in the white feathers against the blue background, but when done right it looks awesome.