Posts in Category: fall
Maine! Hermit Thrush again
Hermit Thrush: York County, Maine, USA, November 2023 — There were so many Hermit Thrushes in the old orchard that I did not know where to look. I can’t ever remember seeing such a group…too few to be a flock…but still a lot of Hermit Thrushes in one spot. I cannot find anything on the internet to suggest they migrate in groups, but this was most probably such a group headed south and stopping to fuel up in orchard. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Hermit Thrush in the orchard
Hermit Thrush: York County, Maine, USA, November 2023 — Out and about the other day, my first surprise (of many that day) was a small flock (maybe just a pair and their off-spring of this year) of Hermit Thrushes feeding along the path and in an old overgrown orchard. I think of Hermit Thrushes, true to their name, as being shy and keeping to themselves…not so this group, who were happily feeding among the fallen apples right out in plain sight only yards from the moderately busy path. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Bare maples and copper oak
The season continues to develop…the maples are bare and the oaks are copper at this little pond along the bridle path in Kennebunk. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.
Maine! Autumn Yellow-rump
Yellow-rumped Warbler: York County, Maine, USA, October 2023 — Color on color. A Yellow-rumped Warbler showing its color against the colors of a fall maple. Not a portrait, unless it is a portrait of the season. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.
Maine! Little River Marsh
Laudholm Farms, Wells, Maine, USA — The Little River Marsh from the overlook on wet maple forest boardwalk. We did not get many days like this this fall. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.
Maine! Copper Oak
The oak leaves turn copper as November comes on fast. They will, mostly, stay on the trees here in southern Maine, and get a little browner before spring when they fall as the new buds come out. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 50mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. -0.3 EV. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.
Maine! Mockingbird in bittersweet
Northern Mockingbird: York County, Maine, USA, October 2023 — Somehow I have not seen a lot of Mockingbirds this year. We have had none in our yard, and I have only seen one other besides this one, enjoying the bittersweet berries as they ripen. I was happy to see it eating bittersweet…I did not think anything ate the berries of this vine, and there is always an abundance of bittersweet. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and assembled in FrameMagic.
Maine! Laudholm October path
An October path at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm Farms, in Wells, Maine. About as good as autumn gets in southern Maine. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.
Maine! Fall on the Mousam
Fall along the Mousam River here in town. The colors might have been late this year, but they did come on. OM Systems OMD EM5Mkiii with 12-45mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Program mode with in-camera HDR. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.
Maine! So fall!
Maple leaf caught in Winterberry at Laudholm Farms. Fall at its most intense. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at 472mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Pixelmator Pro.