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Showing posts with label Wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wildlife. Show all posts
This little fellow just happened to be standing in the fence row right beside the road when we drove by.
He was standing there just having an afternoon snack. He was on the passenger side of the jeep so I had Sabrina, my wife, take the picture from her window.
She isn't the most comfortable with my camera, but did pretty good considering she never takes pictures. The little deer actually stood and watched us for several minutes and Sabrina was able to get a few decent pictures taken before he decided that it wasn't a safe situation and ran off to find some cover.
Hope you enjoy the blog today!
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I will let this speak for it self.
All comments and feedback is appreciated.
Thanks and God Bless
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
All comments and feedback is appreciated.
Thanks and God Bless
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
A photo taken in Tama Iowa that can really grab your eye with such contrast of colors.
I always like red on blue so I think
that this just works on these beautiful days the silver is a bonus.
You usually never think of pigeons being photographed unless it is in some large city park setting so I think it is nice to try and show them in other settings as well.
Enjoy and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I always like red on blue so I think
that this just works on these beautiful days the silver is a bonus.
You usually never think of pigeons being photographed unless it is in some large city park setting so I think it is nice to try and show them in other settings as well.
Enjoy and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
While at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines we did get to see one breed of our grabby little friends.
I am not familiar with this particular breed, he like most little monkeys are very curious and wants to
automatically start checking every thing out. It did not take this little guy very long to come over and check us out.
As soon as he did he was right to the point of letting us know that he was checking us out not the other way around.
It did not take him very long at all to figure out that he wanted to check out my camera as well. As I can not blame him if I am near a camera I tend to try and pick it up as well. Camera stores love that habit, The person sitting next to you at a graduation noticing you eyeballing their camera is more then just uncomfortable.
Anyways that is a whole other story.
While taking photos this little guy starts trying to grab my camera, It is a really cool camera so like I said I can not blame the little guy.
Well once he figures out I am not going to let him have my Camera you guessed it he just took off.
And here I thought he came over to check us out, nope I see his ploy now it was just a play for the camera. With agile moves, cute as could be he did make a good run at it. However he will have to try some one else. Plus there is no way my camera could have fit back through that fence.
Enjoy and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I am not familiar with this particular breed, he like most little monkeys are very curious and wants to
automatically start checking every thing out. It did not take this little guy very long to come over and check us out.
As soon as he did he was right to the point of letting us know that he was checking us out not the other way around.
It did not take him very long at all to figure out that he wanted to check out my camera as well. As I can not blame him if I am near a camera I tend to try and pick it up as well. Camera stores love that habit, The person sitting next to you at a graduation noticing you eyeballing their camera is more then just uncomfortable.
Anyways that is a whole other story.
While taking photos this little guy starts trying to grab my camera, It is a really cool camera so like I said I can not blame the little guy.
Well once he figures out I am not going to let him have my Camera you guessed it he just took off.
And here I thought he came over to check us out, nope I see his ploy now it was just a play for the camera. With agile moves, cute as could be he did make a good run at it. However he will have to try some one else. Plus there is no way my camera could have fit back through that fence.
Enjoy and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
One thing about Wild life Photography is it can have as much excitement as it can be boring. Here in Tama County Iowa we have such an over population of deer it is so much easier to capture good photographs now compared to 10 years ago.
Even though it may be easier you still need
to be prepared. One way is to try and always be ready to take a photo even if you do not have anything in sight. You just never know when something is going to come running over the hill towards you or sneak up from behind you. Also you need to be prepared to be outside for long periods of time. It really does not take that long to get frost bite or worse if you get to far out and are ill equipped. So always make sure you take the time to be prepared. Let some one know where you are going and when you will be back.
Your comments and feed back are always welcomed
Thank you and God Bless,
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Even though it may be easier you still need
to be prepared. One way is to try and always be ready to take a photo even if you do not have anything in sight. You just never know when something is going to come running over the hill towards you or sneak up from behind you. Also you need to be prepared to be outside for long periods of time. It really does not take that long to get frost bite or worse if you get to far out and are ill equipped. So always make sure you take the time to be prepared. Let some one know where you are going and when you will be back.
Your comments and feed back are always welcomed
Thank you and God Bless,
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I think here in the Mid West is one of the best places to photograph geese.
I particularly like Marshalltown and Tama Iowa for quick easy access areas where the birds are wild enough
that they do not look tame on film. As well as use to people enough that you can get close enough to get a reasonable photo at times. The two love birds above got a little uncomfortable with my prescence so they decided to fly out to the Ice shelf giving me the opportunity I was waiting for.
Enjoy and God Bless,
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I particularly like Marshalltown and Tama Iowa for quick easy access areas where the birds are wild enough
that they do not look tame on film. As well as use to people enough that you can get close enough to get a reasonable photo at times. The two love birds above got a little uncomfortable with my prescence so they decided to fly out to the Ice shelf giving me the opportunity I was waiting for.
Enjoy and God Bless,
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
11:30 P.M. I here whoo whoo and think that is an Owl but I live in town. In the past two years of living in Toledo, Iowa I have never seen or heard an Owl around here. So I jump up Throwing my boots and jacket on and grab my Trusty E3 with 50-200 swd lens attached and throw the FL 50 R flash on top.
I run (walk) out the door and listen. Sure enough I hear Whoo Whooo and then a little further south Whoo Whooo. There was not just one owl but two. After just a minute I was able to locate
the one closest to me. So I get a good focus and start to slowly walk closer. He knows I am there and checks me out once in a wile but does not seem to concerned that I am getting a little closer.
As I aproach the tree that the Owl is in he starts showing sings of being nervous at about 20 yards from the tree. He knows that I am there so I take a shot. Drats it is a little to dark so I push the flash 2 stops to help with the reach and adjust the Iso to 640 giving me a little more room and shutter speed. This way I was able to keep the shutter at a 250th. I take another photo, not a bad shot just he was not looking at me. Then he shows He is really uncomfortable and starts to ruffle his feathers. So I quickly take another photo (the top one) and sure enough he said that is enough and leaves. Swooping down the first 15 feet leaving me very little chance to get an in-flight shot. I really would have liked to been able to get a owl in flight at night but no such luck. Maybe Next time.
Thanks for reading and God Bless
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I run (walk) out the door and listen. Sure enough I hear Whoo Whooo and then a little further south Whoo Whooo. There was not just one owl but two. After just a minute I was able to locate
the one closest to me. So I get a good focus and start to slowly walk closer. He knows I am there and checks me out once in a wile but does not seem to concerned that I am getting a little closer.
As I aproach the tree that the Owl is in he starts showing sings of being nervous at about 20 yards from the tree. He knows that I am there so I take a shot. Drats it is a little to dark so I push the flash 2 stops to help with the reach and adjust the Iso to 640 giving me a little more room and shutter speed. This way I was able to keep the shutter at a 250th. I take another photo, not a bad shot just he was not looking at me. Then he shows He is really uncomfortable and starts to ruffle his feathers. So I quickly take another photo (the top one) and sure enough he said that is enough and leaves. Swooping down the first 15 feet leaving me very little chance to get an in-flight shot. I really would have liked to been able to get a owl in flight at night but no such luck. Maybe Next time.
Thanks for reading and God Bless
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Last week a friend of mine & I went to Lake Red Rock in Pella Iowa to try and Photograph eagles. Usually Lake Red Rock is a Very popular place for many birds this time of year. However This particular day there were no eagles to be found anywhere. The wind had came in on our way down from Grinnell and was blowing at 30+ mph with gusts of 45mph. However the birding was not a complete loss from across the river south of the damn some birds spotted us.
And came over to visit. So we proceed to try and take photos in such high
Winds. As you can probably tell from the water in these photos that it was very windy.
After coming across the river it did not take long for them to come on up and check things out. I do not know the particular breed of these birds They have some similar markings of a white-fronted goose however they do not seem to have enough black on their breasts and their bills look different.
After coming a shore they started looking for food. Since this is a public park area it is not unusual for people to feed the birds. However something a little unusual happened a pair found a piece of bread and stood side by side taking turns eating the bread. They did not honk charge or show any aggressive behavior to one another. I found this very intriguing.
After a few minuets of searching for food and successfully clearing the area they started to do their normal cleaning. It was not long before they were comfortable enough with us that they were almost posing.
The sun came out just enough for a nice back lighting making some very nice portraits.
All in all not bad for 30+ mph winds and what was beginning to look like a bust for shooting.
If you would like to see more photos and larger then the above you can check them out HERE.
Thanks and God Bless,
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
And came over to visit. So we proceed to try and take photos in such high
Winds. As you can probably tell from the water in these photos that it was very windy.
After coming across the river it did not take long for them to come on up and check things out. I do not know the particular breed of these birds They have some similar markings of a white-fronted goose however they do not seem to have enough black on their breasts and their bills look different.
After coming a shore they started looking for food. Since this is a public park area it is not unusual for people to feed the birds. However something a little unusual happened a pair found a piece of bread and stood side by side taking turns eating the bread. They did not honk charge or show any aggressive behavior to one another. I found this very intriguing.
After a few minuets of searching for food and successfully clearing the area they started to do their normal cleaning. It was not long before they were comfortable enough with us that they were almost posing.
The sun came out just enough for a nice back lighting making some very nice portraits.
All in all not bad for 30+ mph winds and what was beginning to look like a bust for shooting.
If you would like to see more photos and larger then the above you can check them out HERE.
Thanks and God Bless,
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
It is cold here in Iowa again today and with the girls getting kind of cooped up I thought it would be nice to try and visit a warm memory. My oldest daughter Bella loves frogs, so when we get a chance we will go out to a couple of spots and see if we can find some to check out.
This first frog we fond on a trail just off the Iowa River near La Grand Iowa. It is a neat trail for the area it even has a suspension bridge on the edge of one of our few cliff fronts.
This Frog was fond in the back waters of the Lake behind the paper mill in Tama Ia. There is another trail that you can walk around the North side of the lake.
This third photo was taken at the gold fish pond at MMSC in down town Marshalltown Ia. They have a nice set up and you do not need to go through the hospital to get to it. It sits on the North side of the hospital next to the cross walk that goes to McFarland Clinic. If you would like to see these and a few other photos at a much larger size and resolution you can folow this link
Thanks for looking and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
This first frog we fond on a trail just off the Iowa River near La Grand Iowa. It is a neat trail for the area it even has a suspension bridge on the edge of one of our few cliff fronts.
This Frog was fond in the back waters of the Lake behind the paper mill in Tama Ia. There is another trail that you can walk around the North side of the lake.
This third photo was taken at the gold fish pond at MMSC in down town Marshalltown Ia. They have a nice set up and you do not need to go through the hospital to get to it. It sits on the North side of the hospital next to the cross walk that goes to McFarland Clinic. If you would like to see these and a few other photos at a much larger size and resolution you can folow this link
Thanks for looking and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
