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| Canon EOS 6D Mark II & Tamron 90 mm Macro Lens, ISO 400, f/2.8 @ 1/250s Manual exposure |
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Since my last post the Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider's have disappeared. I am not sure if they just moved or if they are no longer alive. It has been getting quite cold here at night and I am not sure what they do for the winter. The trees are starting to change color already here and it just seems very early to me.
Yesterday I took a trip with my brother to Hickok Brook Multiple Use Area to see if we could catch any bass. I brought my camera along in case I had any opportunities. I have seen a lot of bear's there and I never have my camera. The fishing was extremely disappointing. We did not even have a bite. Over the past few years it seems like this once great fishing hole has been completely over fished. It is saddening to me. I have very fond memories of fishing off the spill way, catching small catfish and bass. I have not seen a catfish in there in several years, and the bass fishing has steadily declined also.
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| Canon EOS 6D Mark II & Tamron 90 mm Macro Lens, ISO 400, f/2.8 @ 1/250s Manual exposure |
It was around 60 degrees or so when we got to the lake and there were a large number of bull frogs along the water. I must have seen about 10 or so without really looking for them. They just seemed to be every couple of feet. Just sitting and waiting for it to warm up. I did manage to take some photographs of them and I will post the one that I liked the most. The photograph turned out to be a very high contrast image and I liked the way it turned out. I also turned it into a black and white image and I actually like it better than the colored version. Please let me know what you think in the comments below.
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| Canon EOS 6D Mark II & Tamron 90 mm Macro Lens, ISO 1600, f/16 @ 1/400s Manual exposure |
Also while fishing I came across a branch full of caterpillars. I am not sure what species they were. They may have been an invasive species, but I really had no clue what species they were. What I found really interesting was when you tapped the branch that they were on they would go from docile into a weird defensive stance all at once. It was like they were one being. They curled up into S shapes and stuck there legs out. I figure they were doing it to ward off predators, but I had never seen anything like it before. I did take a short video of it but I have not taken the time to look at it yet. I had a pesky yellow jacket who would not leave me alone while I was trying to photograph them, so I only took about 20 or so images. All the photographs were taken with the Tamron 90 mm macro.
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| Canon EOS 6D Mark II & Tamron 90 mm Macro Lens, ISO 100, f/2.8 @ 1/400s Manual exposure |
We did not see any bears this time around but we did see about a 200 pound Black Bear on the way home. It was attempting to cross the road but it decided to turn around and run back into the woods. I did not manage a photograph of it, and it vanished back into the brush. Hopefully soon I will get a chance to photograph a bear. I really had high hopes of photographing Brown Bears in Alaska and I think missing out on that opportunity has me really hoping to at least photograph Black Bears at home.
I have been very busy lately. Last week I started to teach a college class in C++ programming, in addition to my full time job at the college. So I have been spending a lot of hours at the college. But labor day weekend finally gave me an opportunity to spend some time out enjoying the wilderness. I am hoping I will get to spend some more time out soon, and winter will probably be here before I know it. I cannot wait to really test my sigma 150-600 mm lens on bald eagles. It should be a lot of fun this year. Until Next Time.
