Tag: San Jose Nature Photographer

Least Sandpiper

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Least SandpiperThese little guys are so cute. I took this last week-end while up north in Lodi for the Sandhill Crane Festival.

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 80-400mm G| Hand-held

Moulton Barn-Mormon Row Grand Tetons National Park

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This place has been on my bucket list since I first passed through here back in the early 1980’s. We didn’t spend any time in the park on that trip and I’ve regretted it since. This barn has been photographed a million times I’m sure, but I had to have my turn.
This was one of the first places my group visited while in the Grand Tetons. We arrived just at sunrise and already there was quite a crowd of people here.
There wasn’t much color pre-sunrise, but once the sun crested the mountains behind me and lit up the Tetons, and the barn it made getting up early and traveling 45 minutes well worth it. I really hope I get another opportunity to return to this area.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@ 25mm| f10| 1/30s| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Matrix Metering| Tripod

Grand Tetons National Park, Mormon Row, Travel and tourism, Nikon Photographer

 

Bushtit

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BushtitThis is my first Bushtit capture. These little birds usually stay deep in the branches and are quite flitty. This morning while birding with Rainey and Dali we saw quite a few on two bushes so, I hung out hoping I’d be quick enough to capture a photo of one if it happened to venture out onto an exposed branch.

This was a great morning. Birds of note that we saw are a Merlin having breakfast, Thompson Warblers, Vireos, Hummingbirds, Ruddy Ducks, Acorn Woodpeckers, a few Cedar Waxwings, and the Mandarin Duck.

Note: This was shot at a very high ISO 1250 to stop action and blur so there is quite a bit of noise even after using a noise reduction tool. I’d rather have noise than a blurry photo. I delete the blurry ones.
 
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 300mm f/4