Carpe Lumen Photoblog

Another bird who loves our messy yard. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:200mm | Shutter speed:1/250 | Aperture:ƒ/8Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: June 9, 2009, 7:24 pm

Yeah. More birds. The look so bland from a distance but grackles, with their blue heads and bronzed and sometimes purple bodies are quite beautiful up close. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:400mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | [...]

It has taken some time, but finally the grackles will not immediately fly away when I appear nearby to take their picture. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:400mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: June 3, 2009, [...]