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I had a great time photographing birds in the rain today from my photoblind in the Little Lake Valley of Northern California. The bird photography started off very slowly as I haven't been out to restock the bird feeders for a couple of days. All the while the rain came down in a steadily drizzle though it did let up a couple of times. Here is a female House Finch captured with a Tamron 150-600 at 483mm. VC off on a tripod and a Canon 7D set at ISO 800, F 8.0 at 1/400th of a sec. Please take some time to check out my new book, Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography. It is available in hardbound and as an Ebook from Amazon and most major online book sellers. Have a blessed evening, chris #Bringit #TeamCanon

Teisel Topper Two

Yesterday afternoon I went out to the Burris Ranch in the little Lake Valley for about an hour of photography. When I arrived there were only a couple of birds in the garden where my photoblind is located and all of the feeders were cleaned out. Because I only had an hour I quickly restocked the feeders and put up a Teisel perch next to the bird feeders. I ended up photographing a lot of Dark Eyed Juncos until the very end when I had a male House Finch land on the Teisel. I held the shutter made a few images. I looked at the resulting image and quickly recomposed it and made a few more. I checked the screen and I knew I had my image. This image is the perfect partner to the female House Finch on Teisel that I posted last week. Another great "Teisel Topper". God's light and love to all, chris Image created with a Canon 7D on a Manfrotto 190 XPROB tripod with a Bogen 3055 ballhead. The lens used was a Tamron 150-600 at 428 mm. Camera settings used were ISO 800, F 8.0 at 1/500th of a sec.

Topping the Teisel!

I set up a perch of teisel beside the bird feeder out at the Burris Ranch in the Little Lake Valley. I prefocused my camera on the top most portion of the teisel and waited. Then I waited and waited some more. Soon the House Finches started using the feeder but none of them landed on the teisel. Patience was the main ingredient needed here and eventually one female alighted on the teisel. She left and then came back. I was able to create some really nice images of her. This one was my favorite. God's love and blessings to all, chris This image was created with a Canon 7D and a Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens at 400mm. ISO 800,F 5.6 at 1/500th of a sec.

Jack Frost Nipping at Your Nose

This past week has seen the thermometer dipping down below twenty degree Fahrenheit which is pretty cold for the Little Lake Valley in Northern California. This has resulted in some good opportunities to photograph the frost that has been forming on everything in the early morning. Tuesday morning after I dropped off Annika at school I looped through the valley stopping at several points to photograph the scenery and the frost. What a glorious morning the Lord had made! Enjoy the sights and God's blessings to you, chris

Equipment used- Canon 7D, Canon 10-22 EF-S Lens, Camera settings- AV Mode, ISO 400, F stop varied