The rain was just light enough this morning for a few Gambel’s Quail to come out looking for birdseed. Of course I can’t resist so I obliged and got wet for my efforts. I’m hoping their feathers are keeping them dry.
Tech: Shot through window using Canon 100-400 mm lens at 400mm.
In January of 2004, my favorite lens (Canon 70-200 IS f2.8) and my Canon 10D met their end.
(long story involving Lance Armstrong, the Postal Team, Sheryl Crow, Robin Williams and Chris)
Canon 10D and Canon 70-200 IS f/2.8
I’ve really missed the lens but I sure haven’t miss the weight so I put off buying a new one.
Last month I finally got a replacement but I bought the non IS, f/4 version. In the old days,
non IS and a large aperture lens were considered a real negative but I figured that might
not be the case today because of the new cameras being able to perform so well at very
high ISOs and so far it hasn’t been. The weight is wonderful and I find the lens to be very
sharp. Another huge plus is the cost which is about 1/3 of the IS version. Canon specs.
Here’s a photo I took late yesterday out of my dining room window with this lens.
Settings were: ISO 400, f5.6, 1/125th sec at 200mm. Hand held, of course 🙂
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I have Walt Disney to thank for my perceptions of all living things.
Anthropomorphism is what I’m inflicted with. Click the word to find out how far back in history this goes!
With that in mind, who among you doesn’t think the following looks like a conversation 🙂
I tried to capture the Quail as they were gathering for the night on this Ocotillo but they heard my lens on the glass so I only managed a couple of shots. With some help from Photoshop, a dark night image turned out to be kind of cool.
Something about this image reminded me of a vintage post card. I gave it a little antique look and will follow up with text on that one of these days!
A quail checks out the rock work I did yesterday. I love this kind of work so, as usual, I worked too hard and could hardly get out of bed this morning 🙂