David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Clearwing Hummingbird Moth on a Thistle Bloom. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5.
Praying Mantis Eating a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5.
Black Swallowtail Butterfly Feeding on a Thistle Flower, and Small Bugs on a Queen Anne’s Lace Flower both at the Images taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens.
Four Images of Hummingbird Clearwing Moths at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens.
I’ve seen this bird for the last few days. I thought is was a heron, but anytime I got within 100 feet it would fly to the other side of the pond and I was not fast enough to get an image. Today, I did get some images – but they are significantly cropped, and not all are in great focus. Once I saw its chest in the last images I knew it was an American Bittern. I need to go back with a bigger lens and maybe a tripod to get some better images.
The Reclusive American Bittern at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens.
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Post note — I now think this is an immature Green Heron 24-August-2016.