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Saturday, January 30, 2010 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Glide Slope, Sandhill Cranes, Bosque National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 30, 2010
Glide Slope, Sandhill Cranes, Bosque National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 30, 2010

You'll find a larger version of this picture over on my Birds Series of photos.

This boy wants another new toy

I was kindly given the chance to play with a Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens on my new Canon EOS 7D camera as the Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese gathered at the roost this afternoon.

I was surprised to find I could easily hand hold this lens at 300mm and with occasional success even at 400mm, like in the image above. A 400mm focal length on this 1.6 x crop sensor camera is equivalent to a 640mm focal length on a 35mm full frame sensor camera. The camera would nearly always hold focus and the lens' onboard Image Stabilization system would deal with the camera shake if I was careful in following the flight path of the incoming birds. Taking bursts at 8 frames per second with the 7D sure filled up my 16 gig card in a hurry but it gave me lots of images to pick the best of the litter from.

An amazing combination. I want one. Thank you George.

Night camp

Site 16 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

It's Time to Go Home

The truth about nature is that she is inside us, all around us, just waiting for us to ask her what to do. The truth about civilization is that it was an honest mistake, an invention that was necessary at the time, a mere 30,000 years ago, when nature appeared to be letting us down and we thought we could do better. But now it has outlived its usefulness, and is out of control, and threatens the survival of all life on our planet, so it's time to let it go. It's time to move forward and imagine and invent a new culture, a sustainable one that works for all creatures on Earth, drawing on the best learnings from nature and the best innovations from civilization.

It's time to go home.

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