Spring 2011
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The moon and the rising sun getting ready for a shift change.
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
My brother Dennis' Nikon D80 getting some work this morning.
Sunrise at Sandy Ridge Reservation - in North Ridgeville Ohio.
Dennis capture a mug of me capturing a mug of him....
The early morning sun paints this birdhouse with warm light.
CS5 modifications: Nik Monday Morning
CS5 modifications: Nik Monday Morning
CS5 modification: slight desaturation.
CS5 modifications: Nik Monday Morning
Man, there must be some big beavers in this area... lol
Goose Eggs
Tree Sparrow standing guard.
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
Sandy Ridge Marsh in the early morning.
Baby Canadian Geese
Taking the kids to the park....
Canadian Geese: Sandy Ridge Reservation
A Palm Warbler ruffles his feathers.
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
A painted turtle taking advantage of the sun...which has been hiding out behind clouds for the past week.
A Green Heron hunting for anything that moves.
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
An Eastern Bluebird at Sandy Ridge Reservation
A male Yellow Warbler perching on a branch at Sandy Ridge Reservation.
If you get into bird photography, especially the small birds, you'll find that it is actually quite challenging to frame these guys while trying to obtain sharp focus. I was using a 70-200 F4L IS lens with a 1.4x extender (about 448mm on my 7D) and this was barely enough reach. All of these photos were cropped from the original. Ideal lens: anything 400mm and over for these little guys.
This guy was fidgety, like most small birds, but for a Warbler he was quite photogenic.
Yellow Warbler, Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
Check out my orange streaks on my chest. You can use this identification mark to differentiate male Yellow Warblers from female Yellow Warblers. The female Yellow Warblers look like the males but they lack the orange marks on their belly.
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
Song Sparrow. I always find birds with brown coloring hard to identify. The easiest way to identify this bird is to look for the larger dark spot on its breast. There's a few birds that look like this but none have the dark brown spot like the Song Sparrow.
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
A doe grazing in a meadow.
Maple leaves are starting to appear
Song Sparrow, Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio.
A Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio
