More From the Sunflower Series

Yesterday afternoon I worked on the background of the sunflower images. I added more texture in the form of flowers between the sunflower perch and the fall background. Around four o'clock the lighting got really nice and I climbed into the photoblind and photographed birds for about half an our or so. I came away with about a dozen or so images that I really liked. After editing and processing I narrowed my favorites down to four images. Two each of Red Breasted Nuthatches and Chestnut Backed Chickadees. God's precious love upon your day, chris All images were created with aCanon 7D MkII camera and a Canon 100-400 L IS USMv.1 lens.#TeamCanon

Working the Set Up

Yesterday afternoon I worked on changing the background for the sunflower set up I have been using in the backyard. I thought a fall color background would go very nicely with the sunflower. This morning with a new sunflower in hand I went out into the backyard to photograph the birds. Upon arrival I discovered that the squirrels had devastated the feeder. So the first order of the day was to put up a new bird feeder. I have a love/strong dislike relationship with the squirrels. They can be a lot of fun to photograph but they do take a toll on my bird feeders by chewing them apart. I spent less than half an hour photographing birds almost non stop as they kept coming into the perch one right after the other.It sure kept my eye glues to the viewfinder of the camera! After editing the images this morning this Red Breasted Nuthatch ended up being my overall favorite. God's light and love to all, chrisThe nuthach image was created with my Canon 7D MkII camera and a Canon 100-400 L IS USM v.1 lens at 350mm on a Manfrotto 055 XPROB Pro tripod. The camera settings used were AV mode, ISO 800, F 8.0 at 1/200th of a sec. Fill flash was provided by a Canon 550EX flash set to -2 stops. #TeamCanon

Sunflower Kind of Day

Todays' photoblog was created with a nod to Jack Brock. He is one of the most talented and prolific bird photographers that I know. Please check out his bird photography on Facebook. He is always posting something new and creative. He posted some birds with sunflowers recently and I decided to create something of a similar nature. Last night I went out into the backyard and did the preliminary work on the set up. This morning I headed out to the backyard with a sunflower in hand and completed the set up. I photographed the Chestnut Backed Chickadees for about half an hour. After editing these three images were my favorite. Thanks, Jack. God's love and blessings to all, chris All of the images were created with a Canon 7D MkII camera and a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L is USM v.1 Lens. The camera settings used were AV mode, ISO 800 and the exposures varied. Fill flash was provided by a Canon 500EX flash set to -2 stops. Please check out the book, Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography for more information on how to photograph birds in your backyard. #TeamCanon

Flying High

Whenever I fly I always try to get a window seat. I love to look at the clouds and the geography of the landscape below. I just find it fascinating.You never know what you might see! Here are some images from two of our flights over Europe this last summer. God's blessings upon your week, chrisAll of the images were created with a Canon 7D MkII camera and a Tamron 18-200mm lens. #TeamCanon, #WithMyTamron

Above the Clouds

I've been going through my images from this last summer looking for ones that catch my eye. Here is one from our flight from Poland to Spain. There was the coolest contrail sitting just above the clouds. This image was captured with my Canon 7D MkII and a Tamron 18-200 at 18mm. The camera settings used were AV mode, ISO 400, 1/800th of a sec. at F 8.0. God bless, chris #TeamCanon, #WithMyTamron

My Little Corner of the World

One for fun from yesterday afternoon. Canon 7D MKII and a Canon EF 28-135 IS lens. I hope you are having a nice weekend. God bless, chris

Postcards from Greenland

Well not exactly post cards. But I was super excited to see Greenland from the air when we flew over it in daylight on our return trip from Europe this last summer. The whole return flight was cloudy except for flying over the ice cap of the southern part of Greenland. 80% or 666,000 sq. miles of Greenland is covered by an ice cap that is roughly 6,000 to 9,00 feet deep. That's a lot of ice! This summer the ice cap saw the highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded there during the summer. On July 4th they recored a low of -33C at Summit station and in the same month on the 28th they recorded a high of +1.9 C. The most disturbing sight for me to see was the ice melt in center of the ice cap around one of the rocky peaks poking up through the ice. Though this year the ice sheet data shows no net loss for this year pending checking some more incoming data. God's blessings upon you weekend, chris Canon 7D MkII exposure varied. #TeamCanon