This juvenile ruby-throated hummingbird was one of three birds busily feeding and chasing each other in the bee balm patch next to our pond. I spent a good 45 minutes waiting for them to pop into view long enough to shoot. A challenging subject that rewards patience and quickness!
Nikon D600, Sigma 120-400mm lens @ 400mm, ISO 1250, f/5.6, 1/320″ exposure.
A veil of flowing water transforms colorful river bottom stones into an expressionistic splotches of color. The shot was taken knee-deep in the Huntington Rive near the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 85mm, polarizing filter, ISO 200, f/11, 1/13″ exposure.
A pair of black-eyed Susans stand alone in a broad field at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 200, f/3, 1/2500″ second exposure.
I see a lot of photos of echinacea on the blogs that I follow here on WordPress, but I think there’s good reason for it! There’s something deeply appealing about these flowers. Perhaps it’s the almost translucent spiky central core, or the way the petals droop. I don’t know, but I love shooting them!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/14, 1/200″ exposure.
So many times I take photos of the the colorful and detailed fronts of flowers. This time I look underneath as a black ant climbs about in the latticework of Queen Anne’s Lace.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/1250″ exposure
A delicate tendril of morning glory vine twists around a ripened grass head in our front field.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/5, 1/2000″ exposure.
Raindrops cling to daylily stamens out by our pond. The pollen has been mostly washed off the anther (the black bits…) but a small amount remains.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/16, 1/80″ exposure.
Here’s another example of macro photography showing you something that you otherwise wouldn’t see. This soldier fly was busy sipping on the tiny flowerets of this grass seed head. I didn’t see the bright red mass on its side until I blew up the image. I’m still not sure what it is – whether it’s some kind of bladder for storing nectar or a parasite of some kind…
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/8, 1/500″ exposure.
The humid, rainy weather that we’ve been “enjoying” for the past three weeks has finally broken. We revel in the clear, cool air that is much more typical of Vermont summers. Here, fair weather cumulus clouds reflect in a weathered window of an outbuilding behind the Greensboro Library where my duo, the Swing Peepers, performed yesterday afternoon.
Nikon D600, Nikon 18-35mm lens @ 30mm, ISO 800, f/22, 1/40″ exposure.
John Hadden Photography 