Photography, Drawings, Designs, & More - Inspired by Nature

American Bittern
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Focal Length: 170 mm
Created with Photomatix Pro and blending multiple exposures into High Dynamic Range

Tagged as: American Bittern, birding, HDR, high dynamic range, Horicon Wisconsin, Horricon Marsh NWR, spring

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Location: Espencheid Forest Preserve: Rockford, Illinois
Date: April 23, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm

Tagged as: birding, Espencheid Forest Preserve, Illinois, Northern Illinois, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Winnebago County

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Evening Sky
Location: northern Illinois
Date: April 23, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Focal Length: 40 mm

Tagged as: clouds, Illinois, sky, spring

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Golden-winged Warbler
Location: Sand Bluff Bird Observatory: Winnebago County, Illinois
Date: May 10, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 60 mm

Golden-winged Warbler
Location: Sand Bluff Bird Observatory: Winnebago County, Illinois
Date: May 10, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 60 mm

Tagged as: bird banding, birding, Colored Sands Forest Preserve, Golden-winged Warbler, Northern Illinois, Sand Bluff Bird Observatory, sandbluff.org, sbbo, warbler, Winnebago County

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Male and female Northern Shoveler
Location: Horicon Marsh NWR: Horicon, Wisconsin
Date: May 15, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 220 mm

Tagged as: birding, ducks, flight, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Horicon Wisconsin, Northern Shoveler, nwr

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American Bittern
Location: Horicon Marsh NWR, Horicon, Wisconsin
Date: May 15, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 170 mm

Tagged as: American Bittern, birding, birds, bittern, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Horicon Wisconsin, nwr, photography

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Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Location: Sugar River Forest Preserve, Winnebago County, Illinois
Date: May 17, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50 mm
Digiscoped with: Swarovski 80mm HD spotting scope

Tagged as: bird, digiscoping, Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Horicon Wisconsin, nwr, photo, photography, Yellow-crowned Night-heron

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Harris’s Hawk
Location: Santa Anna National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Date: April 13, 2005
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ15
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 72 mm

Tagged as: Harris's Hawk, raptor, Santa Anna National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

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Common Buckeye Butterfly
Location: Winnebago County, Illinois
Date: September 13, 2007
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 49 mm

Tagged as: butterfly, Common Buckeye Butterfly, insect, Northern Illinois, Winnebago County

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