Daily Archives: June 3, 2023
India! Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, March 2023 — I posted a photo of a Striated Heron, misidentified as a Black-crowned recently and had to correct it…but these are definitely Black-crowned Night Herons. 🙂 From our last morning in Keoladeo. Again, as I said in the last post, they have one of the largest ranges across 5 continents of any bird in the world. Sony Rx10iv at 586mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Maine! Busted!
Raccoon: Kennebunk Maine, USA, June 2023 — We have been bringing our feeders in overnight for the past week, because of this bandit! During last evening’s rain, with Carol out and the kitchen empty, he evidently decided it was safe for a raid while the feeders were still up. The temptation of sunflower seeds was just too much for him as the chill of evening came on. The phone rang and I went to answer it, or I would not have known he was there. Busted! I got both the screen and the deck doors open for a few photos. He was very reluctant to leave any seed in that feeder and was determined to wait me out…but, since I was happy taking photos, I was not going anywhere. 🙂 OM System OM-1 with 100-400mm zoom. Deck shots at 200mm equivalent. Tree at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my evolving critter modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro. ISO 25600 @ f5 @ 1/200th and ISO 25600 @ f6.3 @ 1/80th. -.3EV