Along The Deerfield. December 10, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: bald eagle, Canon 2X tele-Extender III, Canon 400mm f/5.6L prime lens, Charlemont MA, deerfield river, Gizmo, high ISO photos, route 2
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On the way to the Shelburne Falls post office this morning I spied an eagle in a tree across the Deerfield river from Route 2.
Naturally, I hung a Bat Turn to get a shot.
I took these from my driver’s seat while pulled over on the shoulder:
That’s from about 50 yards away, with Gizmo’s 400mm and a 2X Tele-Extender, and cropped pretty hard.
I was hoping to get this beauty taking off, but all it seemed inclined to do was preen in the drizzle. 😦
At last it spread it’s wings:
…but only hopped to another nearby branch.
These were taken at ISO 4000 and f/11, so they’re not technically great. Still, I had fun shooting them; gotta practice that steady hand, especially with no auto focus or image stabilization on this lens!
Good Morning! November 29, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: Canon 400mm f/5.6L prime lens, Charlemont MA, Eastern Summit Gift Shop, Florid MA, Gozmo, Hawks Ridge, sunrise
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Two shots as the sun came ’round the bend.
Crack O’ Dawn, No Witnesses:
…and then, this:
Sunrise over Hawks Ridge in Charlemont.
That’s from Gizmo at 400mm. And no, I didn’t boost the colors; as a matter of fact, I reduced the vibrance by 10%. 🙂
First Snow. November 27, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: Canon 2X tele-Extender III, Canon 400mm f/5.6L prime lens, Charlemont, horses, snow
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Here in Charlemont, the high pastures saw a nice fine snow fall throughout the day.
Local horses seemed oblivious:
Horses in a pasture up at The Warfield House, a beautiful local venue for dinner or events.
Thanks to Gizmo for these shots at 400mm, with a 2X tele-extender for the close-ups.
A Few Climbing Shots. August 18, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in climbing.Tags: Canon 400mm f/5.6L prime lens, Erving MA, Farley Ledge, Gizmo
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From last weekend, at Farley Ledge in Erving, MA.
Matt smoothing the steep rock at the left end of the sport wall:
…and Zach throwing the moves on a taller piece of rock right of that:
I hadn’t come prepared for this shoot with quite the right lens; the whole forest is grown in with invasive vines, and my line of sight was reduced so as to make Gizmo almost useless. These shots really need context to evoke any emotion, and it was all I could do to get a whole person in the frame!
Anyway, they’re a bit of documentation of what’s happening in my world, and here they are.
A Vermont Minute. August 15, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: Canon 2XTele-Extender III, Canon 400mm f/5.6L prime lens, copper flashing, Dover VT, farm pond, steeple, water lilies, weathervane, wildflowers
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Part of my time last weekend was spent toodling around southern Vermont in search of skies.
The skies never quite materialized despite forecasts and teaser clouds, and as the odometer churned, I wondered about the sanity of my venture.
I looked for rivers, and found none which beckoned. I looked for barns, and found none which called to me. I looked for wildflowers, but they’d all dried up in the preceding month of drought.
When at last I’d resigned myself to finding the route southward, a glint of gold caught my eye, passing over my shoulder, or rather I was passing under it’s watchful brow – the steeple of a town building in West Dover.
I turned the car around and parked, then took this shot with Gizmo and my 2X extender:
This steeple was fully clad in copper flashing and sporting a jaunty weather vane.
It troubled me only slightly that its directional letters were reversed from my point of view.
I got back into the car and resumed driving, but due to a lucky accident of parking I had to drive a little way up a side road to reverse direction.
And the driveway I chose to turn around in was flanked by a farm pond full of water lilies:
Ah, Serendipity, You Rock!
I threw Gizmo back on the box and got these shots before resuming the journey home.
Blooms beneath cat-tails:
…and closer view of a blossom:
And among the hundreds of beautiful magenta blooms, one contrarian:
It wasn’t the fraught skis I’d been hunting, but when the object of my desires failed to materialize I was pleased to have these shots to come home with.
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