Monday May 18 was a mostly rainy, windy day in Kitimat. Late in the evening, just after ten, I stepped out on my deck and saw through a break in the clouds, the crescent new moon and a bright star. A quick check on the Sky Map app (link to web version) on my phone […]
Last spring Sony released a new super telephoto zoom the FE 400–800 mm F6.3–8 G OSS . Prerelease reviews said was one of the best bird and nature photography lenses on the market. I was very hesitant, the base price is $4099.99 in Canada. After months of mostly glowing reviews the tempetation was increasing. Here in […]
Fireweed across the street in heavy rain, August 5, 2025. One of the test shots for my new Sony 400-800mm E mount lens which arrived this afternoon.
Early last Sunday morning I heard the thump of a bird hitting the glass door that leads out to my deck. I looked out and saw the bird stagger around the deck then take wing and land on the table on the deck. Birds do hit the door a few times a year and […]
So one of the “rules of photography,” especially nature photography, is you don’t shoot on a clear, bright, blue sky, summer afternoon with the sun high overhead. So today I broke all those rules and got a shot I’ve been trying to get for some time–the “white raven.” So what is a “white raven?” One […]