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North Metro Photo http://northmetrophoto.com A daily photo journal Minnesota, around the Twin Cities metro area and beyond Wed, 22 May 2013 05:01:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Woodies in Flight http://northmetrophoto.com/woodies-in-flight/ http://northmetrophoto.com/woodies-in-flight/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 05:01:48 +0000 Rob http://northmetrophoto.com/?p=4514

Wood ducks in flight. Panning while shooting ducks is a fun challenge. 3 out of the 8 shots turned out and this is the best of the 3.

In the future, I am thinking about upgrading my Canon 70-300 f4-5.6 to the Canon 100-400mm f4-5.6, the Canon 400mm f5.6 prime lens, the Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 or Sigma 50-500mm. Anyone using any of these lenses have thoughts on this?

]]> http://northmetrophoto.com/woodies-in-flight/feed/ 0 Nicollet Mall Portal http://northmetrophoto.com/nicollet-mall-portal/ http://northmetrophoto.com/nicollet-mall-portal/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 05:01:16 +0000 Rob http://northmetrophoto.com/?p=4513

A bit of wide angle distortion at 10mm, (17mm on my camera).

]]> http://northmetrophoto.com/nicollet-mall-portal/feed/ 2 As the Sun Sets http://northmetrophoto.com/as-the-sun-sets/ http://northmetrophoto.com/as-the-sun-sets/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:01:55 +0000 Rob http://northmetrophoto.com/?p=4506

Sunday May 12, 2013 Lake Vermilion – the 2013 Minnesota Walleye Fishing Season Opener.

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Far out on the lake we spotted a form walking toward shore. Zooming in to 300mm determined the moving form was a fox. It limped as it traveled. Earlier in the day we heard reports about some idiot setting snares in the area. This fox got caught and tangled in the snare and was seen in the area limping around dragging the snare. Happily, other than the limp, it “seems” all right and the fox got out of the snare. Maybe we should set snares for trappers.

]]> http://northmetrophoto.com/frozen-expanse/feed/ 2 Merganser Patrol http://northmetrophoto.com/merganser-patrol/ http://northmetrophoto.com/merganser-patrol/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 15:59:59 +0000 Rob http://northmetrophoto.com/?p=4499

Minnesota Walleye Fishing opener – a female Common Merganser patrolling along the ice on Lake Vermilion near Tower, MN.

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Same day, different Great horned Owl chick. Wednesday I posted this Owl chick, http://northmetrophoto.com/great-horned-owl-chick/ which is not too far from this owl chick. Exciting to see two different owl chicks in one day!

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This little Great Horned Owl chick decided to roost in a tree along a well used path. It is no wonder he can not get any rest with so much foot traffic past his tree. Not to mention the constant click of the camera shutter from so many photographers.

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A touch of confusion.

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