Results tagged “Arboretum” from V2
I took the new 120-300mm lens and 2x teleconverter out for a test-drive yesterday at the Arboretum and was quite impressed by the results, even in fairly overcast conditions. This chickadee was out on Foster Island, shredding the fluffy cattail while searching for seeds and insects. Although the above shot has been somewhat cropped and processed, the results were crisp and sharp (other than when shutter speeds were insufficient... then they were blurry and dark, but that's what I intended to discover on this test set!)
Anyway, many photos from this endeavor and an earlier trip on March 1 are now posted to the Arboretum Flickr set. If you viewed the set in the past, the first thirty or so shots will look familiar, but the second half of the set is all new.
UPDATE (3/20): If you already looked yesterday, head on over again because I added yet another fifteen shots... this time a few even with the ultra-wide-angle lens to get some practice in composing shots with that lens since it requires a fair bit of thought to get the most out of it...
I stumbled upon a Bald Eagle yesterday on Foster Island at the Washington Park Arboretum. It was sitting in a tree at the very northeastern tip of the island, watching the boaters and kayakers float past.
Many more photos to follow, including some much better close-ups of the herons in the neighborhood.
Washington Park Arboretum, Montlake, Seattle - March 1, 2008 (click image to enlarge)
The gallery from the Washington Park Arboretum trek is now posted. Take a gander (or a heron) at it here. This Great Blue Heron was fishing in the marshes between MOHAI and the 520 bridge, just out-of-sight of most hikers who didn't take a careful look into the weeds.
(Also, in case you missed the update to yesterday's kiteboarding post, that gallery is also posted and can be found here.)
NaNoWriMo 2007
