When I saw the forecast last Wednesday for this past weekend (back-to-back nor-easters), I thought the scheduled show I had would be a wash out. I figured I was as prepared as I could be and decided it was time to head back out and make some images. I geared up for bird photography and headed out to Lake Galena in Bucks County, PA.
When I got there around 6:30am all I found were Canada Geese, lots of them. I like geese actually and find them and their flight patterns visually very interesting. I worked their take offs for over an hour before a birder or two I know started engaging me in conversation. We began watching an osprey that was some distance away and I was off. As I walked the path toward the middle of the lake I was drawn to something in my peripheral vision. An Osprey was preparing for a dive. It was a short walk through some trees to the lake shore which included a beach only present when the reservoir waters are drawn down in the fall.
After deciding on setting for the camera (aperture, ISO, focus settings), I began to engage this animated predator as it scanned the lake waters. I worked with what turned out to be a pair of Osprey for some time. This was certainly the most exciting Osprey show I’ve experienced and certainly from this close a range. I used a Canon EOS 1D Mark III with a Canon EF 500mm f4 L IS lens and TC1.4X converter.
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Score! That’s so awesome. I love it when such wonderful opportunities present themselves!
Fantastic!