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Taking Flight in Stony Brook
For several years I’ve enjoyed some quiet time shooting around the Stony Brook Grist Mill on Long Island and captured images of a variety of birds. Most recently as the spring is coming to an end and the summer begins, I’ve been pointing the long tele (600mm with TC for and effective 900mm) and my latest new acquisition, the D4S at the beautiful Cormorants of the bird sanctuary on the lake.
Beautiful Double-crested Cormorant takes flight with a twig. © Mike Corrado 2014
As my wife and I have made it habitual to catch sunsets and walk on the beach, heading to the lake will become another new ritual where we get to connect and I get to capture images. The best of two amazing worlds. Another fun project to work on and much more to come.
The bright sky, wingspan and twigs pulled from trees, this creates opportunities to capture incredibly graphic silhouettes. © Mike Corrado 2014
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Summer Walks, Summer Talks
It’s been some time that I had some time to add a post on Corrado Blog and what a perfect opportunity to share the first sunset of 2014 that I captured with the D4S while in the company of my wife and son (and of course the beautiful Lady Bella).
West Meadow Beach, Long Island New York Photo © Mike Corrado 2014
This was my first real chance to get out with this amazing camera and capture some images as work, travel and the nasty NY winter made it near impossible. With the 80-400mm NIKKOR in hand, it is evident why all of the legitimate tests and reviews coming in tout the amazing dynamic range that the D4S delivers, along with color quality and high ISO performance. KILLER!!! Can’t wait for the Jones Beach season to kick off!!!
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Holy Duck!!!
As tough as the winter has been in NY recently, I keep thinking what it’s like in other places where this kind of snow, cold and ice is common like Iceland, and it seems to put things in perspective. Suggesting that on one of the coldest days of the year with the wind chill factor even comes close to comparing to some of the coldest places in the world is ridiculous but again, put it all in perspective. I’ll let the image speak for itself and I’m sure this was like a playground for the ducks and it could have been 95-degrees in the summer and it wouldn’t seem to bother them at all. It was KILLING me!!!
© Mike Corrado 2013
The back story is the fun/ridiculous part. It was a windy 18-degrees and I’d been shooting for about an hour and a half. I went out to tune up with the long glass for a meeting I have later in the week. Like most situations when you’re about to score an image, I was ready to pack it in and head to the warmth of home and my beautiful wife… BAM… The ducks were startled, they started flying off in waves and within seconds I had to turn focus and fire. I’ll take credit for the aiming the camera and the D4 and lens combo did the rest.
I truly have no clue what startled the flock and it’s impossible to send my gratitude but I was slap-happy none-the-less! With hands that were numb from the knuckles to the tips of my fingers (in gloves) I was working with the D4, 600mm f/4 NIKKOR and the TC-20e III Teleconvertor.
It took about an hour to get the feeling back and the burning sensation to go away in my hands but well worth it for the final photo.
Not much done to the image outside of a crop, slight contrast adjustment and minimal work around the shadows and highlights. When I pressed the shutter release it instantly reminded me of a conversation I’ve had with my brother in arms Joe McNally. The feeling of euphoria that you get when you fire the camera and you KNOW that something magical just happened. I think he refers to it as “The Moment It Clicks”.