Mayapple

Mayapple

I recently photographed this young mayapple plant.  I thought of my photographer friend, Michael Jarosick, who has such a sensitive eye for light.  I set up the shot using a 42 inch Stroboframe diffuser.

Camera Setup

I am becoming aware that the light changes from second to second during a shoot and that I need to be aware of it as the camera is when set on auto ISO.  We had clouds that morning moving across the sky.  When I viewed my shots later on the computer, I noticed that I liked the one where the clouds softened the light even more than the diffuser by itself did.  

Mayapple

This, to me, was my better shot from that shoot.

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Four Leaf Clover

Four-leafed Clover

I took Carol for a walk yesterday afternoon.  It was so warm and sunny.  We did not mind the wind at all.  I showed her the woodpecker nest.  She went because I promised not to take my cameras.  On the way back I remembered this plant.  She picked one to keep.  I also commented on the wild flowers growing along the path.  I certainly enjoyed walking with her and holding her hand.

I apologize that my blog has not posted.  Blog Spot scheduled posting has stopped working and I have not had time to manually post each day.  I will try to manually post until it is fixed.  

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Video Side Advantage

Cardinal Bird

While sitting behind the video camera waiting for action, I have the opportunity to create still images with another camera.  When photographing the cardinal, I value the crest raised as it is in this shot.

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Water Lilies

Water Lilies

I liked the color of the new water lily leaves.  The wind created tiny waves and made the leaves difficult to photograph.  I finally made the capture that pleased me.  As an after thought, I decided to capture video.  I think that the video conveys more of the charm of the scene.  What do you think?

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Red-bellied Woodpeckers

Red-bellied Woodpecker Male

I have learned much since, several years ago, I first noticed the call of this bird (hear it later on the video).  It took me a year to spot the bird.  My first shot of it was from far away and the wrong angle.  Since then I have become more aware of it and recently have filmed its activities at a nest site.  I used my Canon 7D to make these videos.  

Movie Setup

The microphone is a Rode SVM and records high quality sound.  The problem here is that its best sound needs to come from 15 to 20 feet and the woodpeckers are a lot farther away.

It is interesting to watch them at the nest.  Only one goes in at a time.  The male my spend more time there than the female.  If not it is equal time.  I have observed mating behavior (yet to be filmed but I have stills).  I am unsure at the present whether the eggs are already laid, hatched or not.  The birds exhibit a lot of activity.  I do not hear young begging so I assume that they are  not yet hatched.  The mating behavior, in my opinion, had the wrong bird on top so I wonder if it was just playfulness.  At any rate, it is interesting to observe and learn.  Please check out the video.  It is as the bottom of the page.

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