Amy on February 24th, 2009

And it was back to Fontainebleu today! I really just can’t help it, since I know the owls are up there growing and doing owl-ish things, LOL; go ahead and call me silly (Ranger Steve knows me by now and probably thinks that in his head, but is too polite to say so!). [...]

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Amy on February 18th, 2009

Ok, I shot this in RAW and I’m still learning how to do the post-processing to get it to be a good looking jpeg… so unfortunately for now it’s a bit noisy… but when I figure out what to do I will repost! In any case, between the 7th and 14th, the little owl [...]

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Amy on February 11th, 2009

Last weekend was an adventure. From New Orleans, drove to Abita Springs to check out an eagle nest that a friend had confirmed existed… however, it didn’t – the snag the nest was in blew down during Hurricane Gustav! However, there was a Nature Conservancy office, and Tom there was very helpful and [...]

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Amy on February 4th, 2009

White Tiger, Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Jan-31
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Amy on February 1st, 2009

Maned Wolf, Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Jan-31
I took “the big lens”, and the extender, to the Audubon Zoo yesterday since it was a beautiful sunny day here in New Orleans. I decided to practice manual focus, which is definitely not a forte of mine. I left the exposure settings on auto so I could [...]

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