Category Archives: Articles by Sensor Size

Why I Prefer Practicing With Gulls

This article discusses why I prefer practicing with gulls, and shares an extensive selection of new images recently captured at 40 Mile Creek in Grimsby.

Some photographers seem to view gulls as nothing more than a nuisance… and they don’t bother trying to photograph them at all. From my perspective, of all of the bird species I could choose to photograph in-flight, it is difficult for me to identify better practice birds than gulls.

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HHFS Flowers with 100-400

This article features a selection of HHFS flowers captured with the M.Zuiko 100-400 mm f/5-6.3 IS zoom lens. Often when we think about handheld in-camera focus stacking (HHFS) when photographing flowers, using a macro lens come to mind… rather than a long telephoto zoom lens.

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Kingfishers Taking Flight

This article features some handheld image runs of kingfishers taking flight near 40 Mile Creek in Grimsby Ontario. Over the years I’ve had precious few opportunities to photograph this kind of action with kingfishers. On this particular October afternoon I had four opportunities and was able to successfully photograph these kingfishers taking flight with all four of them.

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Choosing the Right Birding Lens

Choosing the right birding lens can vary significantly depending on our photographic objectives, and by the specific conditions we face.

This article shares some recent handheld images of perched birds captured with the M.Zuiko 75-300 mm f/4.8-6.7 II zoom lens. This is a follow up article to the recent one that discussed metering and composition with photographs captured at Bird Kingdom.

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Metering and Composition Choices at Bird Kingdom

This article discusses the metering and composition choices at Bird Kingdom that were utilized to create the images featured in this posting. As photographers we sometimes get caught up in new technologies and the ‘latest and greatest’ gear that is being promoted… and as a result we can overlook some fundamental decisions when creating images.

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Heron Landing at 1680mm EFOV

This article shares 14 consecutive test images of a heron landing at 1680mm EFOV. These were captured a couple of days ago at Hendrie Valley. The past few months have been a challenge for me in terms of getting out with my camera gear. So much so that I was sadly in need of some practice.

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Upcoming Fall 2024 Presentations

We have a number of upcoming fall 2024 presentations that will be held by various organizations in the Niagara Peninsula area. While the overriding theme (Finding Visual Expression) will be the same for each of these three presentations, the content of each has been tailored to the specific needs of each organization.

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