Thanksgiving Leftover

This afternoon when I was cleaning up I found some left over Big Leaf Maple leaves that had been used to decorate our Thanksgiving table. This evening I grabbed one ofthem and photographed it on a white background. i hope that you had a great day. God bless, chris Canon 7D MkII camera and a Canon EFS 17-85mm lens.

Something Good Down There!

I've got too many irons in the fire at the moment! I got a good chunk of work done on a book I've been working on last night so I'm feeling pretty good. It's going to be a great book. But the house is falling apart around me right now and I've got to get my office cleaned up once again along with bunch of other things. Here is a simple image for today. I picked up this lichen covered branch as I drove up our road last night coming home. This morning I put the branch up next to the bird feeder and the Chestnut Backed Chickadees loved using it when they were coming in to the bird feeder. God's blessings upon you, chris This image was created with a Canon 7D MkII camera and a Cann EF 100-400mm f 4.5/5.6 L IS USM v.1 lens. The camera settings used were AV mode, ISO 800, F 8.0 at 1/500th of a sec. A Canon 550 EX flash was used for fill light set to -1 and 2/3rds stops. If you haven't got the photographers in your life a present yet please check out my book, Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography on amazon and other online book sellers. This book has gotten great reviews. Check it out.It is available in harbound and as an ebook https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Backyard-Photography-Chris-Hansen/dp/1937538559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511985253&sr=8-1&keywords=secrets+of+backyard+bird+photography #TeamCanon

Variations on a Touch of Oil

This evening I set up a glass pan with some water and dripped some drops of oil into it. I photographed the drops with my camera and a macro lens. I must say that photographing water and oil drops is very addictive. Here are some of my favorites. God's love and blessings upon your week, chris The above images were created with a Canon 7D MkII lens and a Canon EF- S- 60mm macro lens.#TeamCanon

Images From a Rainy Day

Yesterday it poured rain off and on all day. Late in the afternoon I decided to photograph some birds and squirrels in the backyard. I did it from the comfort of our back bedroom window so I had a cozy chair and I stayed warm and dry.Our backyard is such a fun place to photograph birds and squirrels. I was using my Canon 7D MkII camera with a Canon 100-400 L IS USM v.1 telephoto lens. It was really dark and cloudy out so I upped my ISO to 800 and I used my Canon 550 EX for a fill flash to brighten things up just a little. Especially the shadows. I had the flash set to minus one and two third stops so it wouldn't be too bright. I photographed in AV mode at F 8.0 to keep a pretty shallow depth of field and too let in a lot of light as it was so dark out. I was really happy with the images that I created after I went through and edited them. I ended up with some really beautiful images of some Chestnut Backed chickadees and one Douglas tree Squirrel. God's light and love upon your week, chris #TeamCanon

Quick Hike

Late this afternoon we went for a quick hike up Thimbleberry Trail along the banks of Willits creek. I hope that you are Having a great week. God bless, chris

Sopot

This last summer we stayed in an apartment in Brzezno a suburb of Gdansk. One day we rented bikes and rode our bikes to Sopot a beautiful seaside town beside the Baltic. We road a lovely bike path through Ronald Reagan Park.It passes by many old dachas. We even saw a Hooded Crow. Sopot was much more upscale than Brzenzo. There is a beautiful touristy pedestrian walkway/road through the center of town called the Monciak. We checked out the local church and shopped. While taking in the sights we stumbled upon a fashion shoot with three models. Something we have rarely see where we live out here in the country. God's love and blessings to all, chris Canon 7D MkII camera and a Tamron 18-200mm lens.#TeamCanon, #withmytamron

Lichen and a Splash of Color

Yesterday morning I wanted to create a simple image with a splash of color. I thought about it a little bit and grabbed a lichen covered branch and clamped it up beside the bird feeder to use as a perch for the birds to land on. For a splash of color I added a fall covered backdrop about eight feet back behind the perch. Next I went back and forth between our back bedroom and the set up adjusting things so that they looked just right when I was looking through the camera's view finder. For the camera settings I put the camera in AV mode so I could choose the F stop. I used an F stop of 8.0 so the background would be out of focus. For my ISO I set it at 800 a it was fairly cloudy out. I waited for a bit until the birds found the feeder and started using it and i could start photographing them. Three or four times I had to yell at the squirrels to chase them away as I didn't give them their own feeder. After creating over a hundred images. I went upstairs to my computer to edit them. It didn't take very long to eliminate the ones with chopped off tails and heads. After that I got rid of the ones that were way too soft or out of focus. Fairly quickly I was down to just one image. Here is my favorite from the morning a Red Breasted Nuthatch. I love how the bird's plumage matches up with the background colors. God's blessings upon your week, chris This image was created with a Canon 7D MkII camera and a Tamron 150-600mm G2 lens at 600mm. The camera was placed on a ground pod on our back bedroom window ledge with a Bogen 3055 heavy duty ballhead. #TeamCanon, #WithMyTamron