cosumnes river preserve...

Got to check out the Cosumnes River Preserve yesterday and shoot a few photos. I was using the Sigma 50-500mm (the Bigma) on a Kenko 1.5x teleconverter on my Pentax K20D, and while the results weren't universally good, they weren't universally bad either - I did get some sharp photos, and it was a good time...

I'm no bird expert, so feel free to fill me in on names I don't know or correct me on what I got wrong ;).

Here are some of the better shots...

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Egret


Black Necked Stilt (identified by Marc L, a real bird photographer. - Thanks Marc.)





Red Wing Blackbird


Sandhill Cranes


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Great Blue Heron

Yosemite Hydrologic Feature says, "No on 8"...

The Bridal Veil is rainbow, it must be supporting gay marriage...

Bridal Veil Falls (in Yosemite) yesterday... I've never before seen an entire waterfall become a rainbow. Too Cool!

Shot from "the overlook" with the bigma, RAW, curves/levels adjusted in lightroom, no saturation added...

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