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This is a piece for my coursework to do with apart and together it relates to this topic because I have taken this photo while being apart from the rest of the community but together as I was with a group of friends. It's titled 'Bored Teenager' because much of what I do in my own time I end up bored so end up finding somewhere new to go and finding something to do, away from everyone and everything.
OK, I normally never shoot any camera over ISO 1600, but on this day, December 23rd, I was preparing to call it a night, and opened my back door to let the dogs back in. Just then, my eye caught a glimpse of something sitting on one of the lilac bushes--it's winter in the Yukon so naturally, there were no leaves on the bush, and anything unusual sticks out like a sore thumb. Looking closer, I realised that perched on a branch was a little owl. It was barely five feet from where I was standing on the back porch.
Anyway, I was sure it would fly off when it saw me, but it just looked at me and then kept right on sitting. I wandered back inside and picked up my Canon EOS R, along with one of the fastest Canon lenses I own, an old EF 85mm f/1.8. I quickly mounted it to the body with the Canon EF-EOS R Mount Adapter. Then I cranked the camera’s ISO all the way to 12,800. I know, that's insane, but it was basically pitch black outside except for a little light coming from a single bulb beside my door.
With the camera prepped, I went back outside, Sure enough, the little owl was still there. He still made no moves to fly, but just swivelled his head around to look at me. I walked to within 5 feet of the owl, and took this photo. The lens was set wide open at f/1.8, and I slowed the shutter down to 1/60th of a second. There is no IS on the R and the old EF lens isn't stabilised either so 1/60th was about as slow as I could go.
After taking three or four shots in succession, I came back in the house and processed this image from raw with DxO Photolab 4.1.1, using the DeepPrime noise reduction algorithm. Here is the result. You know, for a photo taken in pitch black at ISO 12,500, it's not all that bad, and what an amazing experience! This is the second time this winter that I’ve been treated to an appearance by one of these little Boreal Owls, and pn both occasions I was able to come away with a very cool photo. To see the other photo, taken in daytime with my Olymus OM-D E-M1, surf back a few weeks in my photostream. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
I've just returned from a five day birding trip to the Peace River region of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, the far northeast corner of the province is an excellent area to find many eastern bird species at their westernmost limit of their range.
The Boreal Chickadee has been a major nemesis bird for me. I've missed them so many times- a couple times in the Okanagan, and at least three times I have missed them in Manning Park, even after hours of hiking searching for them. While driving near Dawson Creek, we came to some spruce habitat that looked good for Boreal Chickadees. I decided I may as well get out of the car and take a look. Sure enough, I immediately heard a pair of Boreal Chickadees calling! I spent a while photographing them, and this is one of the shots that I got. It felt so good to finally get my lifer Boreal Chickadee!
Taken at Brassey Creek Road (Chunter Brassey Road) located outside of Dawson Creek, BC, Canada.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II | Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM | 1/640 | ISO 640 | f/5.6
Continuing to add photos from a flash drive.
I visited the Weaselhead Park in hopes of finding at least one of two special owls that had been reported in the park. Lots of walking on icy paths. I was thrilled to see this Boreal Owl as I was on my way back to the parking lot! I was never close to it and left after I got my photos.
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Black cat looking bored in Manhattan (NYC), New York (NY), United States (USA). Maybe she just needs a nice mouse to play with. #manhattan #newyork #usa #cats
1:1250 scale model by Risawoleska # Ri968B
Passing through the Finnish archipelago en route to Stockholm
I am posting this for one reason only - to show off a little...... backlit with a desk lamp and shot at ISO1600 Baby!!!!! ;)
I picked up my D300 yesterday afternoon - I am pretty sure it was the last new one in a retail store in all of Southern Ontario. I've been lusting for this camera for 2 years now and there is no way that I was going to pay an extra $500 for the video feature on the 300s. But, I've been saddled with a brutal cold for the last couple of days, so I've just been wandering around my condo shooting stuff at ISO1600-3200. I probably should've posted something with some darker darks to really show it off, but I kind of like this shot.
i haven't used my camera in days. this is just another random of shot of the same damn person, debo. it's from a couple of days ago, but it was all i had really so that my flickr wasn't too boring. sorrrrry..maybe i'll try and get creative soon, we'll see.
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Continuing to add photos from a flash drive.
I visited the Weaselhead Park in hopes of finding at least one of two special owls that had been reported in the park. Lots of walking on icy paths. I was thrilled to see this Boreal Owl as I was on my way back to the parking lot! I was never close to it and left after I got my photos.
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A Boreal Owl (Aegolius Funereus) perched in a coniferous tree near the Refiel Bird Sanctuary a few years ago.
In the dark of the night, the small Boreal Owl comes alive in the spruce and fir forests of northern North America and Europe. This bright-eyed, square faced owl sits and waits on a perch for small mammals and birds before gliding down talons first to grab it. From late winter through spring, its quick, hollow hooting sounds across the dark forest as the male calls for a mate. They spend the year in boreal forests, occasionally making their way farther south in years of prey scarcity.
It was 14 degrees F. below zero when I sent my Mavic Air 2 aloft to capture the boreal forest, we live in. I don't know where global warming is, but I can tell you that this has been one cold, snowy winter around our cabin. Today we had a high of 9 degrees below zero.
These photos are from a small group shoot we did in the gritty section of Freak Alley, Boise, Idaho in June 2021. Jenn and Rachel were both there. I rarely shoot multiple people in the same photo but this was too good to pass up. Jenn is a Labor and Delivery nurse, Rachel just finished Nursing School - good people to have at photo shoots.