| Wildlife and Nature Photography |
Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area—Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
Canada Goose, at the start of the spring migration Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/1000s f/11.0 at 400mm ISO-200 March 5, 2010 11:14am |
![]() Kewaskum, Washington County, Wisconsin
A winter frost covered landscape Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/800s f/11.3 at 120mm ISO-200 March 5, 2010 10:14am |
![]() Red
Fox—Lomira, Wisconsin
I spotted this scene about a 1/4 mile off, and shot a number of pictures as she trotted and played along this shrub line) Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/640s f/9.1 at 400mm ISO-100 January 26, 2009 2:54pm |
![]() Whitnall
County Park—Franklin, Wisconsin
This clearing at the edge of the woods, in this late afternoon shot, a snowy day, became a playground for a handful of deer (you can see more of the deer on my Animal page) Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 1/320s f/3.5 at 173mm ISO-400 January 17, 2009 5:37pm |
![]() Kettle
Moraine State
Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Shot across the frozen pond near Homestead Hollow, the bench on the far side is a nice resting place in the summer and fall. The red berries caught my eye against the snow-white background and dark trees. This is one of my first gallery shots using my new 70-200 f/2.8L IS lens, and one of my last shots of 2008 Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 1/13s f/32.0 at 70mm ISO-200 December 31, 2008 3:57pm |
![]() Pewaukee
Lake, Wisconsin
A big sunset over a frozen lake, zoomed to 400mm to maximize the size of the sun (this is not cropped). I took many shots for about 1/2 hour framing the sun, the trees of an island, some ice fisherman, and snowmobilers Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/640s f/6.3 at 400mm ISO-200 February 24, 2008 5:27pm |
![]() Waukesha County, Wisconsin 18-20 inches of snow landed on Southeastern Wisconsin during the prior week. Today, we finally saw a sunny day (though the temperature with wind-chill was -25°F) Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM 1/60s f/14.0 at 38mm ISO-100 February 10, 2008 3:44pm |
![]() Town of Waukesha, Wisconsin I was looking for deer, a pheasant, turkeys, maybe a hawk. I found nothing - it was too cold Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/400s f/10.0 at 100mm ISO-100 February 10, 2008 2:42pm |
![]() Mukwonago, Wisconsin Blowing, drifting, sifting snow. At least I had fun playing with the white-balance setting Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM 1/500s f/8.0 at 55mm ISO-100 February 10, 2008 3:17pm |
![]() Waukesha County Park—Retzer Nature Center, Wisconsin I have always liked cat-tails, so I looked for a marsh to capture some of them, but it was too cold to do it right, so I just shot these small ones from the warmth of my car Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/250s f/5.6 at 170mm ISO-100 February 10, 2008 4:13pm |
![]() Kettle
Moraine State
Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
This tree reminds me of Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree, what it might have looked like in the forest, before it was cut down and placed in the tree-lot for Charlie Brown and Linus to find Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/640s f/5.6 at 250mm ISO-100 February 9, 2008 12:48pm |
![]() Town of
Delafield, Wisconsin
After searching for wild turkeys, on a cloudy afternoon, I took in the peaceful farm fields. I did find a field of wild turkeys, but they were out of the reach of my lenses and without the sun, there was no color to work with Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/400s f/10.0 at 100mm ISO-100 February 3, 2008 2:10pm |
![]() Pewaukee
Lake, Wisconsin
The prior week I was here shooting in the snowy fog. This week I wanted the sunset, and had to venture out on the ice to frame this shot (it was windy and near 0°F on this late afternoon) Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/400s f/10.0 at 100mm ISO-200 January 18, 2008 4:17pm |
Minooka County
Park—Waukesha, Wisconsin
After a fresh snow fall, I drove through this park and looked for ways to capture the clean, quiet, peaceful setting Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1/160s f/6.3 at 100mm ISO-100 January 21, 2007 3:31pm |
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