I am so happy that the cloudy weather has headed to the hills for the weekend. The sun is out and it makes for some interesting infrared compositions. I am really really pleased with the results I have been able to achieve with the Canon D60 DSLR. Over the next few days I will be adding more samples for your viewing pleasure.

I just received my 2x teleconverter in the mail yesterday and I had a good chance to test it out with my zoom lens. I am overall pretty happy with the results. It sure is nice to have a little bit more reach on the end of my camera. I managed to get some photographs of smaller birds and even a cardinal.

I haven’t tested it enough to know if there is too much quality loss yet but using the lens on cloudy days has its limits. I was pushing high iso’s and I couldn’t even stop down my lens at all. I hope to find the sweet spot this Friday when the sun comes out again. In the mean time here is my favorite image from yesterday.

One of my favorite memories during the start of my photography carer was taking this picture. It is amazing how exciting it can be to capture something as beautiful as a bird flying through the air or the emotions of a happy bride on her wedding day. I think that one of the things that got me hooked is that energy that just flows into me when I am behind the camera. The excitement of delivering the proofs and knowing that the pictures mean so much more the the bride and groom then they ever could to me. I get so excited about it.

I was recently asked what my favorite image is that I have ever captured and I guess that this seagull has to be one of them. Most of my attachment is that I had never seen a seagull yawn before. Seems kind of silly.. but it works for me.

So last night I took about an hour out of my evening to chase around a bunny rabbit. They are really really hard to even find in the dark much less get close enough to take a picture. Their extremely round eyes make flash photography almost impossible because of the redeye. I was about 5 feet away when I took this picture. It is the best one yet but they weren’t exactly ideal conditions. I shot this at ISO 3200 because of the distance to the subject. I think I need a better beamer to get a little bit more reach out of my flash.

I just bought a second hand Canon 2x teleconverter for my telephoto lens so that I can have a little bit more reach for my wildlife photography until I can finance a bigger lens. I have done some research on it and it seems like most of the info out there is fairly subjective so I hope that things turn out well. The most common complaints are that the lens will become slower, softer, and show less contrast. But that is true when you put a UV filter in front of your lens. This baby is optical quality glass that should perform wonderfully. I will leave a review when I learn more.