{"id":3284,"date":"2014-06-09T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2014-06-08T19:47:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T23:47:43","slug":"connecticut-trail-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/connecticut-trail-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Trail Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend was CT Trail Days<\/strong><\/a>. Since the weather was spectacular I thought I would visit a local nature center to celebrate :-). <\/p>\n

\"Eastern<\/a>
Eastern Cottontail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have to admit that I do not particularly like any of these images, it was just nice to get out, hike for a few hours and make some images. The location I visited was the New Canaan Nature Center<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Chipping<\/a>
Chipping Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Away from the Red Bellied Woodpecker, the other backgrounds are too busy for my liking….and style. I like natural settings, I just like cleaner backgrounds.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>
Red Bellied Woodpecker Peek-A-Boo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red<\/a>
Red Bellied Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ideally I think this location wood be best photographed with a tripod while sitting in one spot. I think my movement had the effect of scurrying the wildlife. That is a little odd for a public location, you would think the wildlife was more acclimated to people. However, that won’t stop me from returning.<\/p>\n

Images captured with Nikon D4s and 80-400 VR III on Lexar digital film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weekend was CT Trail Days. Since the weather was spectacular I thought I would visit a local nature center to celebrate :-). I have to admit that I do not particularly like any of these images, it was just nice to get out, hike for a few hours and make some images. The location […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t