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Evening Grosbeaks in Etna

By jimblock | Published January 28, 2012

A half dozen Evening Grosbeaks visited my still-ice-covered yard today—three of each sex. They stayed for only a brief time, but fortunately I was able to find a camera before they left. Here are two photos taken with very different cameras followed by a slide show. Just to show you don’t need expensive equipment to [...]

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Sun Dogs, Pillar, Halo, and Arc

By jimblock | Published January 16, 2012

An amazing light show appeared, faded,  then reappeared in greater glory along I-89  in the general area of Grantham, NH yesterday morning. Jann and I were “car pooling”—I had an assignment to photograph a yoga teacher, and Jann would drop off a quilt to be quilted in Newport on the way home. Jann first noticed [...]

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Playing with an iPhone Camera

By jimblock | Published January 3, 2012

I purchased a new 8MP camera that came with a phone attached. It is called a 4S. I’ve used the phone a few times, but I have been mostly learning how to use the camera. It has a f/2.4 lens with digital zoom (which I can turn off so I do not accidentally use it), [...]

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Red-tailed Hawk in West Lebanon

By jimblock | Published December 28, 2011

Jann spied an “owl” high up in a bare tree far across the parking lot of the “K-mart Plaza” in West Lebanon yesterday. As we drove over to investigate it turned into a hawk. I got a few poor shots out my window (did not have my long lens in the car) before the hawk [...]

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