Best Photos of 2023

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Most of these photos were taken using the Canon 80D with a variety of lenses. I use the Canon 100mm Macro Lens the most along with the Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary Lens, Sigma 14-24 f2.8, and Canon 24mm Pancake, and I used my new Pixel 7a for the sunset shot at the beginning. I use a flash sometimes and extension tubes as well. I love hiking and looking for interesting wildlife to capture.

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Majestic Coyote and more photos!

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Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm Macro Lens

Marine Drive Path, OR 10/6/2023

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Sunflowers and Bugs! (Photos)

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Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm Macro Lens

Sigma 14-24 f2.8

Portland, OR 10/3/2023

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Life and Death and Blue Lake (Photos/Video)

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Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm Macro Lens

Blue Lake, Oregon

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Goslings at Blue Lake (Photos)

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Shot with Canon 80D

Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary

Blue Lake, Oregon

I had the day off so I decided to check out Blue Lake in Fairview, Oregon. Immediately I started getting eaten by mosquitos. I walked around a bit a saw a massive gaggle of geese which also contained a large number of goslings. I took a bunch of photos of these baby geese and a flower. Then I continued to walk around the lake but as I got closer to the lake I was attacked by a gross amount of mosquitos. I didn’t bring any bug spray so I said fuck it and turned around. I went back to my car and left. June sucks for mosquitos in areas with standing water where they lay their eggs. I’ll probably wait until July to go back to the lake.

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NE Portland Flowers and Bums (Photos)

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Shot with Canon Powershot G7X MkII

I took a long walk around the block and saw some fun stuff. Before that, I took some photos of the birds at the birdfeeder and tried some new strategies to get a wing or flying shots. I used a flash with the 100mm lens but I was so close that the second I took a shot the bird would take off. It is just too dark to take great shots at this point. I traded out to the 150-600 Sigma and backed up from the bird feeder and set up a small Aputure light and put it as close to the feeder as possible but it only gave out so much light. I am going to get a much larger light and try that. I also saw a crackhead, some dudes smoking crack, and some pretty flowers on my walk.

Northeast Portland

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