Best Photos of 2023

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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Goslings at Blue Lake (Photos)

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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