Wednesday, April 22, 2020

More Shelter in Place Photography

I love photographing birds and squirrels in my yard. It's a quiet time to think and see wildlife up close and unobserved. This afternoon I got to watch a deer walk across our driveway all the way up to my blind until she scented me and then made a hasty retreat the way she had come. I watched several squirrels came and go as well as a chipmunk that grabbed a few sunflower seeds and ran off between visits by the much bigger squirrels. The main thing is it gets me out of doors and in a safe place. Here is a sampling of images from the past two and a half days. All these images were photographed using simple set up created by leaning mossy log over some cinder blocks under my bird feeder. From a photoblind in my yard in Mendocino county, Northern California.God's love and blessings to all, chris All of these images were created with a Canon 7D MKII camera and a Canon 100-400IS V.1 lens. Fill flash was provided by a Canon 550 EX Speedlight. #teamcanonusa

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  1. you have some beautiful, colourful birds in your part of the world. We have squirrels here, most people regard them as vermin but I think they are fun to watch and very intelligent, I leave an apple out and they make it last a whole week, leaving it on a fence post each day and returning to it regularly. In this lock down hubby has rediscovered his camera and is reading the instructions, we have never given it much time before :)

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    1. I agree squirrels are fun to watch. Enjoy your time together. Good luck to the hubby with the camera.

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  2. beautiful work! I enjoy seeing all your images!

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    1. Thank you so very much. It is challenging and fun.

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