Monday, April 4, 2011

Osprey Pair


Osprey Pair, originally uploaded by Thru Kurts Lens.

I spent the morning (4-3-2011) at Shady Hook in NJ. My first visit... In search of Osprey and I found them. What a great place and very well maintained and a lot to photograph. The Osprey were busy feeding and flying around. I try not to upset them by keeping my distance and standing in one spot until they get used to me. This pair gave me a great show for 4 hours. I could have stayed longer but I was frozen as it was cold and windy.. in April!

This is my second time photographing Osprey and I found it very hard to figure out my exposure while shooting as this bird is very white in areas and very dark. You cannot just under or over expose you have to be right on.. I guess another reason why I only shoot raw so I can adjust in PS or LR with ease.

Had a great time and I will be back.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Red Fox hunt


Red Fox, originally uploaded by Thru Kurts Lens.
Red Foxes..
Had a great day looking for red foxes in NJ. We saw 5 foxes during the day and one was very friendly and gave us quite a show. i used a 300 2.8 and shot in manual. the snow gave some challenge with exposure but it was a great day out. End of January in the snow looks like a great time to spot them during the day.