I’m dimming the lights on this photo blog, at least, for the foreseeable future.
I have launched a new blog featuring my photography at Google’s Blogspot.com. The new format is better suited to displaying my photographs.
Please visit and tell me what you think.
New site: Cycroft Photography
I went for a walk on Monday and took about 800 photos of the waterfowl that make their home here in Burlington. Some, of course, are just visiting or wintering. It was a beautiful warm day—very un-typical weather for this time of year in Burlington.
Photos were all taken with a Nikon D300 digital SLR and an AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED mounted on a Manfrotto 055XB tripod with a Black Widow Heavy Duty Mark 2 Gimbal Head.
Ring-billed Gull juvenile (Larus delawarensis)
Bufflehead Duck (Bucephala albeola)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
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The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a small falcon sometimes (mistakenly) called a “Sparrow Hawk.”
Ring-billed Gull_DSC7840, originally uploaded by Russ Cam.
Here’s a Ring-billed Gull having a snack at Valley Inn Road.
I’ve had a wonderful year out here in cyberspace, blogging photography and such. It’s not much fun writing if no one reads your stuff, so a big “thank you” to all you readers, and I hope you’ll return next year.
This is the week for concentrating on family, so I’ll give the blogging a rest until January 2010.
To all good cheer and good health.
Have a very Merry Christmas!
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One of the most regal birds in Ontario is the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). The photo below is of a youngster who does not yet have his white head. these birds are making a comeback in my area—north-west corner of Lake Ontario, and are a welcome sight from time to time.
Nikon D300 DSLR with 300mm f/4 lens + 1.7x teleconverter
1/1250 sec at f/6.7, ISO 720 (handheld)
The popular Web TV show, DTown TV, hosted by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski is set to return on January 7 after a hiatus of several weeks. The show originally covered only Nikon products, but the new version will be expanded to cover DSLRs in general, including lighting, studio, on location, post-processing and other digital photography topics.
To see a video of the announcement visit Scott Kelby’s blog, Photoshop Insider. For those of you who might have been in outer space for the past decade or so and don’t know who the co-hosts are: Scott Kelby is the president of NAPP, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has written several excellent books on Adobe® Photoshop, Adobe® Photoshop Lightroom and other digital photography topics.
Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for NAPP. He has written several books on the Photoshop and Illustrator Adobe® applications, and is a trainer of international reputation.
I watched all 24 of the show’s original episodes and found them entertaining and informative.
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The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a small falcon. It is sometimes (mistakenly) called a “Sparrow Hawk.” American Kestrels are widely distributed across the Americas, with their breeding range extending from Alaska, across northern Canada and south to Mexico and the Caribbean.
Most of the birds breeding in Canada migrate south in the winter, though some do stay as year-round residents. Another tiny jewel of the forest.
Nikon D300 DSLR with 300mm f/4 lens
1/400 sec at f/4.0, ISO 280
This is the famous Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), the tiger of the forest. This magnificent raptor sits haughtily atop the food chain in his forest environment—his only predator being man.
The Barred Owl (Strix varia) is a medium-sized owl about 20 inches long with a wingspan of about 44 inches. Some are as small as 16 in long and as big as 25 in long. The Barred Owl is also known as the Hoot Owl and is widespread in North America, occurring across most of the eastern half of the continent from Florida in the south up into southern regions of Canada.
In the north, these owls are spreading westward causing concern that their aggressive defense of territory will endanger the Spotted Owl.
Nikon D300 DSLR with 300mm f/4 lens
1/400 sec at f/4.0, ISO 200
This little beauty is yet another example of natures perfect creations. The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is a tiny owl growing to about 18 cm long (7 to 8 in) with a 43 cm wingspan—proof positive that sometimes the most beautiful things, like jewelry, come in small packages.
Nikon D300 DSLR with 300mm f/4 lens
1/500 sec at f/4.0, ISO 320
Congratulations are due to Dr. Willard Boyle, the Canadian scientist whose work virtually invented digital photography. Those of us who love to take pictures digitally owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Boyle, who along with Dr. George Smith invented the charge-coupled device (CCD) in 1969.
The CCD translates light into an electric charge and is the technology behind the sensors of many digital cameras. The CCD started its life as a “Bubble” memory device at the AT&T Bell Labs. By 1971, however, Bell researchers were able to capture images with it and the CCD imager was born, leading to the explosion in the growth of digital photography.
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