It has been a while since I have made a post, but I have not
had any photographs to post. I have been
having very few chances to photograph any wildlife. So I decided to change gears a bit, and I
tried to photograph the full moon about a week ago. It has been a long time since I had done it,
and since the last time I have gotten a better tripod and a gimbal head. So it
was definitely easier this time around.
I was using my Bower 650-1300 mm lens for this though; because it is the
only lens I have that can get close up to the moon. I kind of wish I had a telescope I could hook
my camera up too. I was happy with the
photographs but wish I had a better lens.
The Bower lens is not high quality, but for the price it’s great for
me. So because of the quality of the
lens the photographs are more pixilated in my opinion. After I took the photographs I did some
processing, and maybe even too much processing, but I think they came out good. My favorite thing about them is that if you
look close enough you can see the craters, which you can’t see when you’re
taking the photographs. I think the next
moon photograph I want to try is a crescent moon to see the difference from the
full moon. But I need a clear night to
try it.
Even though it has been a slow couple of months for me
wildlife wise, I am looking forward to the winter. I am hoping that this winter will be another
productive eagle winter. Last year I
managed some of the best eagle photographs that I had ever taken. I’m really excited that there migration will
start soon. I spend a lot of early
mornings trying to take a photograph of these magnificent birds of prey. But with my limited budget it makes it very
difficult to photograph them. Most of my
long range photographs are taken with a manual focus lens. So it is almost impossible to capture them in
flight. However last winter I did manage
some flying shots with my 250mm lens.
The eagles came extremely close though, and that does not happen all the
time.
I have seen several eagles lately and I hope that I continue
to start seeing higher numbers. I can’t
wait, and I will try and post as often as I can over the winter about all my
sightings. Until next time.
