Thursday, February 17, 2011

Relationship

You'll get tired of seeing these birds pretty soon,
but here's a few I shot today with the Nikon P100.
The herons are developing relationships!
If it stays warm tomorrow and if I can find a time when the rain stays away, 
I'll take the Canon down there and see what I can capture with the 70-200 lens..

First -- renovation of the old abandoned nest.
Next -- bill and coo -- hey! the neighbors are watching!
And finally, just a couple of shots to show what the P100 can and can't do.
First with no zoom.
Then, zoomed in all the way -- isn't that amazing!
But the chromatic aberration is distracting to say the least,
so I converted this to black and white.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

H is for heron

Spring is definitely trying to make an entrance!
There's still snow and ice on the ground, but the first of the
great blue herons have migrated back to their nesting ground.