Blackwater Falls State Park
For Memorial Day I went back to Blackwater Falls State Park I went there at it normal time now during a rainstorm now I just need fall and winter
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Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Here is one of my favorite images from a trip to Botswana a number of years ago, after I had just gotten my first DSLR. The shooting conditions were far from ideal. We were mobile camping and I had just stepped out of the open-air shower attached t...
Leaping keeper save
Action is constant in soccer and I was out of position when a scoring drive on one end of the field quickly turned into a great fingertip save on the other end. This was shot with a 1DX III and EF 400 f2.8 @ 1/1600, f2.8 and the sharpness of the len...
2019 Partial Moon Eclipse
Since I didn't use a tracker for these 1 second exposures (orange moon), they aren't as sharp as I would have liked. These are single exposures and experimental to boot. I tried stacking with the composite tool, but my alignment was slightly off and ...
Small Colorful Flies - Macro
One of the reasons I love the EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM is that you can put a little distance between your lens and a skittish critter and still get 1:1. Most of these were shot with a Rebel T4i and all are quite tiny. Long Legged Fly, female. These fl...
The toughest position in soccer
The keeper was fine and did not allow any goals during the match. Shot with 1DX 3 and EF 400 f2.8. Rodger
Favorite Local Birds
Here are several favorites of mine here in the San Jose, CA area. All photographed with 7D Mark II and 100-400 mm IS II.These are generally seasonal, in the spring. This swallow is such a beautiful and athletic bird to me. Extremely difficult to p...
Dancer on the Dock
I was shooting flowers and butterflies at Reddie Point Park on the south bank of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville back in May 2015. There is a 400 foot dock that goes out into the St. Johns that attracts fishermen. Well, this youmg lady was practi...
