I had a good time shooting at the ABQ Zoo. Here is a sample of one of my keepers, and a link to the rest of the gallery.
The rest of the images can be seen at http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/abq-zoo-2012/
I am currently in Albuquerque for work and I am trying to revisit some of the places that I went and took photos back in 2009 just to see how things have changed. Here is a quick shot from the ABQ Zoo today.
Well this past weekend, I once again took a trip to Reelfoot lake accompanied by Chase in search of photos of the the bald eagles that winter at the lake. We didn’t go the route of hiring a guide this year, but instead opted to see what we could find by driving around, as we had decent success with that strategy last year. We made a few changes in preparation such as my borrowing of a family member’s Jeep Rubicon so that we could have the top open for better visibility and the option of shooting easily from inside the car. We both had 500 F4 lenses with 1.4 teleconverters on them, and then I also had a 70-200 on my second body. We spent about 12 hours out shooting on Saturday, and ended up shooting until the sun went down on Sunday even though we both had a couple of hour drive ahead of us. I did have quite a scare on Saturday when somehow my 7D unattached itself from the 500 and fell onto a concrete sidewalk. Luckily the camera landed on the corner of the battery grip and the body was saved. It is cracked in 4 places, and now covered in gaffers tape, but it continued to work for the rest of the weekend.
The rest of the pictures can be seen at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/reelfoot-lake-2012/
As you can see, things look different around here. I decided that it was time to give a new look to my site and make the page cleaner, as well as make sure that all of my sub-pages are properly updated. There will be some instances where the site will be unavailable as I test to make sure that the changes are working as planned. I hope to have an update on my trip to photograph bald eagles at Reelfoot Lake up soon.
Once again this year, I had the opportunity to take pictures for the AMBUCS Nashvegas Rollers when they gave 18 adaptive bicycles to kids with special needs. Santa showed up to take pictures with the kids, and here is a quick shot from that day.
I know it is kind of early, but I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas.