When I have a look at my pictures, I see that I still need to make progress, especially regarding sharpness and composition.
Will I make visible progress in 2007?
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/4, 1/200 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 6m. The Short-toed Treecreepers came to feed on the trunks without paying attention to me. |
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - March 13th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/11, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 15m. You need 500mm lenses to shoot more beautiful bird pictures. It always a wonderful spectacle to observe Grebe's chicks on their parent's back. |
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis(Linnaeus, 1758)) - London, Great Britain - April 19th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/8, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 7m. Is this Woodpecker frightened or just curious? |
Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - April 30th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/10, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 1.5m. It is not so often that you can observe Orange Tips with wide open wings. |
Capricorn Beetle (Cerambyx scopolii(Fuessly, 1775)) - Yvelines, France - May 4th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses at 55mm. F/5.6, 1/125 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 0.3m. Here is another exception to my personal ethics (no capture). I have lifted the Capricorn beetle up on a twig to shoot some pictures. |
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Saône-et-Loire, France - May 26th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/8, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 4m. Bright colours in the sun light of a Small Tortoiseshell landed on a lime tree. |
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros(Gmelin, 1774)) - Côte d'Or, France - May 27th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/4, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 4m. This Black Redstart can perch without any problem on this old barn's vertical door before flying to the nest. |
Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus(Linnaeus 1758)) - Yvelines, France - June 24th 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/9, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 15m. Female Western Roe Deer observed while riding my bike on a forest track. |
Paon du jour (Peacock(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - July 1st 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, objectif EF300mm f/4 L IS USM. F/10, 1/200 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 1,5m. The best picture of a Peacock I have ever shot at this date. |
Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - July 1st 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/6.3, 1/200 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 8m. Digital cropping to get a close view of the head. I have approached this Roe Deer, slowly walking without any camouflage, and at my surprise it didn't run away. |
Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - August 2nd 2007
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Canon EOS 300D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/8, 1/320 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 3m. I have been able, at this date, to photograph the Large Wall Brown only once. However, this butterfly was used to coming many times to gather nectar on the same flowers allowing me to shoot many pictures. |
