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Thursday, August 17, 2023

A frozen camera #1075

The week started out badly, as my trusted Canon 90D suddenly refused to power on. All troubleshooting suggestions failed. I will need to ship it to Canon, out of warranty, of course. Luckily, our son-in-law had recently gifted me with his Canon 5D Mk2 after he replaced it with a newer model. Now I am giving myself a quick course on the settings menu as they are quite different from those of my newer 90D. Weather has also been dreary, further limiting photo-ops.

While I was tinkering with the unfamiliar camera, a Cedar Waxwing landed in a nearby shrub. It remained in place long enough for me to capture its image, the first of this species to provide such a splendid view since we moved to Connecticut:

A Red-shouldered Hawk flew in to check out the bird feeders. It seemed to be more interested in the squirrels and chipmunks and made a hasty exit when I pointed the camera for a fuzzy image:


An Eastern Wood-Pewee offered me the opportunity to fire a few more test shots:


Another larger flycatcher, an immature Eastern Phoebe, perched briefly on the fence. It is paler than the adults and has tan wing bars, absent in second year birds:

This Ruby-throated Hummingbird is probably an adult female, but the faint throat markings could suggest that it may be an immature male. Most of the adults migrate away during the first two weeks of August, while young birds may linger a few more weeks. These remaining photos were taken before the 90D camera crashed:

I liked the way that the weed stem curved into a shepherd's crook. The rich forest foliage is in the background:

A Black Swallowtail looked brown in this exposure:

Although it was shot through the  window, I was lucky to get this photo of a doe and her fawn as they moved along the wooded corridor next to the house. The white stuff is actually a seam of quartz in the granite rock face:

This iPhone image is about the busiest "street scene" I could obtain:

Up close, the two Mallard ducklings are followed by their parents in dull "eclipse" plumage. They are flightless during this molting stage. The drake is to the far right. Note the hint of red in his chest:

For my reflection muse, I had to reach into my Florida collection for this buttermilk sky, back in November, 2018:

This week's header: Hartford Skyline, 11 miles away, AUG 9, 2023

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20 comments:

  1. Great display of birds. The sky reflection is a gem

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  2. Hi Ken,
    it's always annoying when the camera you're used to doesn't work anymore. I'm no longer familiar with the newer SLR cameras, but I just took a look at the technical data. This 90D is amazingly similar to my EOS R7. At the moment I'm shooting more with the new R8, which is wonderfully light. I like your photo of the "buttermilk sky". I always read both the German translation and the original text and didn't think that you actually wrote buttermilk sky 😉.
    Kind regards - Elke (Nature Thursday)

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  3. Gorgeous photos, and I would say the Mk2 is doing an admirable job. Nice to have that full-frame sensor!

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  4. Not bad for 'tinkering!' Just lovely.

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  5. That reflection shot is stunning!! I've had great success with Canon fixing my no longer in production camera. I got a new one in the meantime but I don't really use it properly...too lazy to read the now lost instructions.

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  6. Thanks for joining #Allseasons this week too.

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  7. Lovely photos, every one of them! Nice that you had a camera on standby.

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  8. Hello,
    Love the sky reflection. Wonderful variety of birds, The Waxwing is a favorite along with the Hummingbird. Beautiful capture of the Swallowtail. The deer are beautiful, love the cute spotted fawn. Great photos with your "new" camera. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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  9. The duck crossing is very cute! I'm glad you had a camera to take photos this week but I hope they are able to fix your favorite!

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  10. All of your pictures are great but the cloud reflections are simply amazing!

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  11. Each shot is so perfectly composed! Wonderful images!

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  12. So frustrating when something goes wrong with your camera but you seem to have no problems adapting quickly to another one. High quality photos as usual.

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  13. I don't like getting to know new technology myself..I had to get a lighter camera after my cancer surgery and it was an adjustment...I am cancer free....Michelle

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  14. Glad you have a backup much as I hate getting used to new things...Michelle

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  15. What fab photos as always love the reflected sky brilliant capture :-)

    Have a frozentastic week 👍

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  16. I'd say your backup camera did a fine job! Nice shots - and I love the cedar waxwing.
    Thank you for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-foggy-morning-on-kanawha-river-in.html

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  17. You sure did pick up on the other camera very quickly!
    I love your reflection shot, and the deer shot, and all your other shots

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  18. I can see you mastering upon the new camera and delivering masterpieces in the next post. Although your detailed snaps of Hummingbird is a great work. Thanks for being part of Garden Affair.

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