Maine! Egret takes flight
Great Egret: York County, Maine, USA, September 2023 — This is 4 shots of a Great Egret taking flight, composited into the same frame. Not perfect…but certainly eye-catching. Original shots: OM Systems OM1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Composited and processed in Pixomator Pro. Working with the number of images and layers needed pushed the limits of my Mac Air, but I am pretty happy with the result. Not your everyday egret shot. 🙂
Maine! Great Egret makes a wing
Great Egret: York County, Maine, USA — I always think that the wing of the Great Egret, or an egret of some kind, must have been the inspiration for angel wing paintings, and I always hope to catch a Great Egret preening. As it happens, they preen often and often extend their wings to get at the underside. The lighting here is dramatic. OM Systems OM1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. ISO 200 @ f6.3 @ 1/640th. -0.3EV.
Maine! Monday special
Fall is coming on fast. My first foliage reflection of the season. Kennebunk Maine USA. OM Systems OM1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 246mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Pixomator Pro. ISO 1250 @ f5.6 @ 1/640th.
Maine! Splish splash and blow dry
Sanderlings: York County, Maine, USA, September 2023 — Still showing off the shots from the beach as Hurricane Lee went by off-shore, These are Sanderlings bathing and preening…taking a break from their frantic feeding. Ever active at the height of the storm. OM Systems OM1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro. ISO 200 @ f63 @ 1/640th.
Maine! Sunday Supplement
High waters in the Mousam above Old Falls Pond. From the bridge. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with the 12-45mm Pro at 24mm equivalent. In-camera HDR. Nominal exposure: ISO 200 @ f8 @ 1/250th.
Maine! Semi-palmated Plover
Semi-palmated Plover: York County, Maine, USA, September 2023 — As Hurricane Lee passed by, the migrant shorebirds congregated on our local beaches…mostly Sanderlings, but there are still a few Semi-palmated Plovers coming through. This handsome bird was feeding above the tide-line. OM Systems OM1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro and assembled in FrameMagic. ISO 400 @ f6.3 @ 1/640th.
Maine! Sanderlings
Sanderlings: York County, Maine, USA — As Hurricane Lee passed by off-shore, we had our first real inundation of Sanderlings on our local beaches, likely forced in trying to get around the storm. If you look at a distribution map you will see that they breed at the very north fringes to the continent. Their winter range starts just south of us on the east coast, and we do see them into winter, but mostly we just get them as they pass through. They were feeding furiously and very hard to catch in the frame. Another tidbit gleaned in this morning’s research is that the name comes from “sand plowman”…makes sense 🙂 OM Systems OM1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro. Mostly ISO 200 @ f6.3 @ 1/640th and 1/800th.
Maine! Friday fresh. Back Creek Marsh
Just something to celebrate the end of the week! Colors and light of fast approaching fall. This is Back Creek near where it flows into the Mousam River in Kennebunk Maine. In-camera HDR with the OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii and the 12-45mm Pro zoom at 24mm equivalent. HDR scene mode. Nominal exposure: ISO 200 @ f9 @ 1/320th. Processed in Pixomator Pro.
Maine! Baird’s Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper: York County, Maine, USA, September 2023 — Though they are classified as rare on the east coast and in Maine, I am pretty sure this is a Baird’s Sandpiper…a lone bird feeding quite far from all the Semi-palmated Sandpipers and Plovers, in the dry sand above the surf line. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro. ISO 200 @ f7.1 @ 1/1000th.