Birds Eyes And Butterflies

The picture of this Pileated Woodpecker in flight was taken in Shrewsbury, Vermont. This picture was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens.

I took this picture early in the morning before there was much light. Since I needed to use an ISO of 1000 in order to capture the Pileated Woodpecker in flight, it had lots of noise that I needed to remove in Photoshop. I usually use Noise Ninja in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop CS5 to remove noise.

Unless I have a right on camera setting, I have alot of noise to contend with on a regular basis. Now that I am using a flash more regularly, the noise factor is being reduced quite a bit..

The picture of this Black-throated Blue Warbler (male) was taken in Central Park, New York City. It was taken with my CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580 EXII flash. I have been using my flash with a better beamer attachment when going to Central Park because so many of the birds are in the shadier areas of the park.
This Black-throated Blue Warbler was very close to me when I took this picture so I needed to have my flash at -3 not to “blow out” the picture.

The picture of this Northern Mockingbird was taken in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York

This picture of this Northern Mockingbird was taken with the CANON EOS 7D with a 100-400mm lens.

The picture of this Magnolia Warbler was taken in Central Park, New York City during Fall migration. This picture of the Magnolia Warbler was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the 100-400mm lens. I am experimenting with posting the birds that are partially concealed by their surrounding environment. The majority of the pictures of warblers that I do take show them momentarily exposing themselves, I think that this picture of the Magnolia Warbler in the grass gives a more realistic picture of what a person might see when coming across a Magnolia Warbler in the field.

The picture of this Common Yellowthroat Warbler was takin in Central Park, New York City. The picture of the Common Yellowthroat was taken with the CANON EOS7D with a 100-400mm lens. I have been really enjoying going to Central Park during the fall migration. Since I am not very familar with Central Park birding, I signed up for a morning birding class given through the American Museum of Natural History. It is a very fun group experience and I am certainly learning the spots along The Ramble in Central for spotting the birds.

The picture of this American Redstart was taken in Central Park, NYC. I took this picture with the Canon EOS7D with the CANON 100-400 mm lens,

The picture of this Ovenbird was taken in Prospect Park, Brooklyn during Fall Migration. It was taken with the Canon EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens. The challenge of capturing a picture of a Warbler was made more difficult because of the lack of light. The flash provided most of the light in this picture which really emphasizes the eye ring on this guy.

The picture of this Blackpoll Warbler was taken in Central Park, NYC during Fall Migration. I used the CANON EOS7D with the 100-400mm lens to get this Blackpoll Warbler.
Warblers are quite the challenge to capture because they are very small and are always in motion. I usually need to do some work in photoshop to eliminate the foliage that they “hide” in.
I followed this bird for awhile before I could get a clear shot.

The picture of this Osprey in flight was taken at the Rye Marsh Conservancy in Westchester, New York. This picture was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens.
It was exciting to be able to get the picture of this Osprey with back lighting and still have enough detail on the underside of the bird. The effect of the light coming through the feathers reminds me of stained glass lighting.

The picture of this Yellow-crowned Night-heron in flight was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. It was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens.

In the case of this picture, I like the “graininess” of the finished picture which makes it look somewhat painterly. Also there is a softness about the finished picture which fits the hot hazy summer day that I took that I took the capture.