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Sunday ~ April 12, 2015

Posted by Dave Updegraff on April 12, 2015
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Happy Sunday!

I haven’t had much in the way of images to share with you of late.  It’s not from the lack of trying, just haven’t found what I’ve been looking for.

I was on my way to the Mississippi River to see what I could find and I saw in the distance a pair of Great Egrets in a marshy area.  They were too far away and there were too many obstructions between us to get a good photograph of them so I opted to wade through some of the marsh.

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I had the Tamron 150 – 600 mm lens with me and i have to say I continue to be pleased with the results I am getting with it.  There was so much tall grass between me and the Egrets I wasn’t sure I was really getting a good focus lock but I had a pretty high rate of keepers.

I didn’t realize this Egret was working on a frog.  From where I was standing it looked like he was getting a clump of weeds but in post processing it was very evident that he was trying to devour a frog.

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I came across this little guy at Mud Lake Park.  I did find an eagle fishing but he was too far away to get a lens on.  I drove about a hundred miles on Friday looking for subjects.

Monday afternoon I’m meeting Dave Kettering, the head photographer for the Telegraph Herald. He wants to look at my drone and see how it flies.  Should be fun, I’ve been a big fan of his photography for years so I’m looking forward to visiting with him.

That’s it for today.  I hope you enjoy your Sunday.  I’m doing taxes this afternoon.  😦

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Be careful.

Thursday ~ November 06, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on November 6, 2014
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Happy Thursday!!

My biggest challenge yesterday was not to rub my eye.  It itched the entire day and there really wasn’t any time that I wasn’t thinking about rubbing it.

I still have the flickering this morning but it does seem to be a little less than yesterday so I’m hopeful in a short time it will stop.

I talked to a friend yesterday who some years back had cataracts in both of her eyes removed.  She had some of the same issues I’m having but she assured me they would go away.   I guess you can have cataracts at any age because she is way too young to have had them.

The image above was taken by the lock and dam.  I was at the river looking for some shots to capture and I notice this young woman get out of her SUV with a lens that was almost as big as she was.

Well being a certified gear head I had to have a look at that lens and I figured anyone with a lens like that must love photography and gear so we’d have something to talk about.

Come to find out she was Jessica Riley from the Telegraph Herald.  She was at the river capturing some of the last vestiges of fall.  She had a Cannon 400 mm f2.8 lens.  We didn’t talk long but I did tell her I enjoyed her work from the newspaper (which I do) and that I knew Brian Cooper.  I didn’t want her to think I was some Kook stalking her.  🙂

The sad thing is I really couldn’t pick her out of a line up after that encounter because I was admiring her lens.  There doesn’t seem to be a known cure for what I have.

That’s it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your Thursday and be careful.