Maine! King Tide
The super moon is up…Beaver or Bear Moon, depending on who you listen to…and the tides are running very high, completely flooding the marsh. This is looking both ways from the bridge over Back Creek on the way into our local beach. Sony a5100 with E 10-18 f4 at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape Scene mode. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Herring Gull Overhead
Herring Gull: York County, Maine, USA, November 2024 — We will pause my coverage of Yellowstone to bring you this Herring Gull in flight from our local beach. I went down early yesterday specifically to try from some birds-in-flight shots with the new lens…BIF are a challenge with any camera and any lens and it takes continual practice to “keep your eye in”. Sony a6700 with Sony E 70-350 G at 525mm equivalent. Program mode with my BIF and action modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Canary Springs
Canary Springs: Upper Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — I always like to do some telephoto studies at Upper Terrace, and on our first visit there I accidentally set the ISO way too high…a heal of the hand on the button problem…so I made my patient companions drop me off at the one end of the Upper Terrace Canary Springs trail and pick me up at the other. Worth the walk. Definitely. Canary Springs from above and from below. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii at 75 and 136mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Pika reward
Pika: Sheepeater Cliffs, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — Persistence pays off. This was our 4th visit to Sheepeater Cliffs in search of Pika…on of the smaller species of wildlife in the Park, and certainly one of the cutest. Rock Bunnies with satellite TV dish ears. We had seen Pika on one visit before, but the light was failing when we were there and they were not close…this time they were close and right out in the sun. They love the little tuffs of grass at the edge of the talus slope. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Bluebird on a November afternoon
Eastern Bluebird: York County, Maine, USA — Our bluebirds are still coming throughout the day for mealworms, perhaps as active at the feeder here in the cold days of November as at any other time of year. We have four still, the adults and two of this year’s broods. This is the adult male posed in the trees above the deck in the almost horizontal light of the afternoon in Southern Maine. Sony a6700 with Sony E 70-350 G at 525mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Tetons! From the Snake
I hope you are not getting tired of the Grand Tetons already. We only had a late morning and early afternoon there but the autumn scenery was spectacular. We drove a barely a road down off the highway right down to the banks of the Snake River for a different perspective on the mountains. Top view is with the Sony a6700 and Tamron 50-400 Di iii at 75mm equivalent. The bottom view is with the Sony a5100 and E 10-18 f4 at 15mm equivalent. Program mode on the a6700 and Superior Auto on the a5100. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! The Wren Test
Carolina Wren: York County, Maine, USA — I am “test driving” the Sony E 70-350 f4.5-6.3 G OSS zoom for my Sony a6700. It is tiny compared to the Tamron I have been using, though it lacks reach on either end. These are first shots from yesterday afternoon. Of course it is the bird that counts. We have had Carolina Wrens in the yard for three years now. They don’t come every day, but they come at least once a week…and during nesting they were around much more. They like the mealworms, but prefer to pick the spills up off the deck, rather than going to feeder itself, so this is a rare catch. Such a perky little bird. Sony a6700 with Sony E 70-350 G, at 525mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Tetons! Grand Teton Panorama
Two panorama shots from across the Snake River from the Grand Tetons. The top one is 10 vertical images from the Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 at 75mm equivalent in program mode…hand held and stitched together in BimoStitch. The bottom one is 3 verticals, also stitched in BimoStitch. Processed in Apple Photos and assembled in FrameMagic. (They are shrunk down here for posting, but both of these are HUGE files.)
Tetons! Grand Tetons behind the Snake
Grand Teton National Park, October 2024 — The Tetons behind the Snake River Valley. Sony a5100 with Sony E 10-18 f4 wide zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape Scene Mode. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Success
Coyote: Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — Late afternoon coming back from our lightning visit to the Grand Tetons, we came up beside this hunting Coyote on the slope above the road and right across from a pull-out. Right place, right time, and ready. Popped out of the car and had a lot of fun watching the action. This sequence is of a successful pounce…vole, mole, something. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.