Saturday Morning

I woke up early to catch the sunrise this morning. The earth has finally tilted far enough that I can once again watch the sun come up over the Mendocino Range. In a few months as it moves farther south the trees on that end will block my view of it through the winter. I can enjoy it for now. God bless your day, chris All of these images were created with a Canon 7D mkII camera and a Tamron 150-600 G2 lens. the camera was supported with a Manfrotto 055 XPROB tripod with a Bogen heavy duty ballhead. #TeamCanon, #withmytamron

Pair of Band-tailed Pigeons

I got off to a late start this morning and wasn't into the photoblind until eight o'clock. I also got outsmarted by the squirrels because I had forgotten set out a special feeder for them off to the side. Naturally because of this for the first half hour all I got visiting the bird feeder were squirrels. I climbed out of the blind and set a bowl of seed just for them. By then it was starting to get too bright for photography. Luckily the Band-tailed Pigeons started coming down from the trees and I was able to capture one nice image of a pair of them. May you have a blessed week, chris This image was created with a Canon 7D MkII and a Canon 100-400IS v.1 lens. The camera settings used were Manual Mode, ISO 200, F13.0 at 1/160th of a sec. Lighting was provided by four Canon 540 EZ flashes in 2'x 2' soft boxes. The flashes were set to 1/16th power.The camera was supported with a tripod. #TeamCanon