Monthly Archives: February 2011

Duck

No, you are not going to bang your head. 🙂 I’m talking about the bird!

Mallard Drake Foraging

I took a ride to Long Island Sound the other morning and loved the shimmer of the sunrise on the water around these Mallard ducks.

Mallard Ducks at Sunrise

Unfortunately, the birds down by the water this morning were not very habituated to humans. While I was the only person there (it was 18 degrees f), the birds wanted to have nothing to do with me. These images are taken with a 600mm f/4 with a 1.4 TCe-III. Still not enough glass which is the story of my life!

Have a great weekend.

Signs of Winter

We have had an extreme winter thus far. Over 4 ft of snow as of this last storm.

Ice in Long Island Sound

It has also been extremely cold. There are several parts of Long Island sound with significant blocks of ice cutting off fishing for many birds.

Snow Covered Boulder

But there is a silver lining to this cloud. The weather conditions have presented many great opportunities to make images that we don’t often have in a normal winter. I plan on making as many images as I can!