Flowering Trees of Spring

Stand Up and Fight Like a...

Using my Canon EOS 40D camera bodies and my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens and my Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens sitting atop of my Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod these unusual captures were taken Wednesday evening before sunset. No filters of any type were used on either of my Canon L-Series lenses.

Flowering Trees of Spring

I used my Canon EOS 40D camera body teamed-up with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens for all of these captures. Of course my Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod held everything solid for these shots in the gentle breeze during Wednesday evening.

Down the Pond

A lone Canadian goose stares down toward a flock of Canadian geese landing toward the southern end of Hathaway Pond on the southwest side of Greenville, Michigan (Montcalm County). I used my Canon EOS 40D camera body with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 USM lens mounted on my Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. I also had no filters mounted on this lens. A Canon ET83II lens hood finished off the combo.

As Morning Breaks

This capture of a lone Canadian Goose as the rays of the morning sun started poking through the trees and across Hathaway Pond in Greenville, Michigan was well-worth the time spent before daylight on a windless and clear April morning.

Autumn Evening

Last Snow of Winter

Long Lake Marsh

A shot of a marsh on Long Lake Road northeast of Belding, Michigan in Ionia County during the summer of 2009. The camera body used was a Canon EOS Rebel XS with a Canon EF 24-70mm L-Series f/2.8 USM lens. Also used was a Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with a Hoya circular polarizer filter adjusted to capture the blue of the sky after a Canadian Cold Front sliced through the area the evening before.

Here We Go!

Two Canadian Geese take-off from a pond in Greenville, Michigan during mating season. The camera body is a Canon EOS 40D with a Canon EF 7-200mm f/2.8 L-Series USM lens, and sitting atop a Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod.

The Director

One of the many shots of waterfoul taken this spring in Greenville, Michigan. I used my Canon EOS 40D camera body with a Canon EF 70-200mm f.2.8 L-Series USM lens. Also I use my Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod for all of my waterfoul captures.