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Yellow-rumped Warbler with fly

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Yellow-rumped Warbler with fly

The picture of this Yellow-rumped Warbler was taken in Central Park in the Rambles.The picture of this Yellow-rumped Warbler was taken with my CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

This Yellow-rumped Warbler was activley foraging in an open meadow in Central Park where I was able to take many pictures of him in farily close proximity. I am beginning to understand the reason so many bird photographers enjoy taking pictures in Central Park because the birds are much more accessible than in more densely forested areas.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Juvenile

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker juvenile

The picture of this juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was taken in Central Park, New York City in the Rambles. The picture of this Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was taken with my CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

Once again I was glad to be have the use of the flash with the better beamer because this bird was in a shaded dark area of the Rambles in Central Park. It was fairly low down on the tree so that I could get a fairly sharp closeup of this bird.

Hermit Thrush

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Hermit Thrush

The picture of this Hermit Thrush was taken at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, New York. This picture was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens with a flash attachment.

I am pleased to be able to get captures in the more shaded parts of the woods using the flash with a minus 2 and -3 adjustment. Some birds are rarely seen in bright light. I was in the forest portion of the New York Botanical Gardens when I came across about 5 Hermit Thrushes moving about low to the ground.

Fall Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager Fall Male

The picture of this Fall Scarlet Tanager was taken at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. It took me awhile to identitfy this as a Scarlet Tanager since true to their name they are bright red during the spring. I took this picture with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens.

When taking pictures of these tiny birds, I am really glad that I have an 18 mp camera so that i have a decent size image after they are cropped.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

I spent a wonderful afternoon at the New York Botanical Gardens this past Sunday where I was able to capture pictures of these beautiful Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are currently in fall migration and what could be a more wonderful stopover than the New York Botanical Gardens with their assortment of tastey flowers.

I used my CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens with a shutter speed between 2000 and 2500. I did not use a flash at all.

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Black and White Warbler

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Black and White Warbler

The picture of this Black and White Warbler was taken in Central Park on the path near the Point. The picture of this Black and White Warbler was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

I am still trying to the hang of shooting in some of the more shadowy areas in Central Park. I am using the Canon 580EXII with a better beamer and am adusting the compensation on the flash to -2 especially when I am close to the bird.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

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Black-throated Blue Warbler

The picture of this Black-throated Blue Warbler was taken in Central Park, New York City. It was taken with the CANON EOS 7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580 II flash.

I took this picture early in the morning in the Rambles part of Central Park where it is rather dark. I used a better beamer on my flash in order to get the capture of this beautiful warbler.

Pileated Woodpecker in flight

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Pileated Woodpecker in flight

The picture of this Pileated Woodpecker in flight was taken in Shrewsbury, Vermont. This picture was taken with the CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens.

I took this picture early in the morning before there was much light. Since I needed to use an ISO of 1000 in order to capture the Pileated Woodpecker in flight, it had lots of noise that I needed to remove in Photoshop. I usually use Noise Ninja in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop CS5 to remove noise.

Unless I have a right on camera setting, I have alot of noise to contend with on a regular basis. Now that I am using a flash more regularly, the noise factor is being reduced quite a bit..

Black-throated Blue Warbler

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Black-throated Blue Warbler

The picture of this Black-throated Blue Warbler (male) was taken in Central Park, New York City. It was taken with my CANON EOS7D with the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580 EXII flash. I have been using my flash with a better beamer attachment when going to Central Park because so many of the birds are in the shadier areas of the park.
This Black-throated Blue Warbler was very close to me when I took this picture so I needed to have my flash at -3 not to “blow out” the picture.