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chris the photog chris the photog this blog is a blogs of note it was chosen by the blogger team at google as being interesting and noteworthy it is a once a week look at what i photograph please check out my new book on amazon secrets of backyard bird photography it is available in hardbound as well as an ebook http www amazon com secrets backyard photography chris hansen dp 1937538559 it would make a great gift for a birder or photographer that you know or just buy it for yourself wednesday august 28 2024 pretty in pink pretty in pink was created by first setting up a pink batik fabric background about fifteen feet out from my back bedroom window next i set up an old wooden step ladder out seven feet from the widow i attached a perch to the side of it with an a clamp behind it on the back side of the ladder i clamped a pink branch with blossoms on it above and to the right of the perch i clamped a single port bird feeder just out of the cameras view the camera i set up in the bedroom behind a flat camouflage window blind with a hole cut for the camera lens to poke through my camera was on a tripod with a gimbal mount i was using a canon r6 mkii mirrorless camera with a canon rf 200 800mm lens i used a 13mm extension tube for close focusing once the birds got used to the feeder i started using my camera i had steller s jays band tailed pigeons chestnut backed chickadees and common ravens the jays were the most common visitors for camera settings i was using an iso of 6400 due to the dim light i had an f stop of f 8 0 which allowed the background fabric to blur out to a pleasant pink i created many many images this one with the over the shoulder look showing off the bird s plumage was my favorite god s love and blessings to all chris posted by christhephotog at 12 03 am 5 comments saturday july 1 2023 steller s jay on guitar steller s jay on guitar from the music to my ears series i keep a notebook beside my desk in the studio for image ideas i rough sketch ideas as they come to me and put them in the book for future photoshoots this image is part of a series i have been working on the first step was to choose a back drop color i chose a light brown batik fabric and hung it up roughly twelve feet behind where i was going to set up the perch and feeder next i set up a wooden step ladder i wrapped a small back packing guitar in a towel and clamped it to the ladder i filled up a single port bird feeder and also clamped it to the ladder so that it would be close to the guitar neck and still out of the frame i then set up the photoblind eight feet from it after setting up my tripod and camera i looked through the camera and composed the image as to where i thought the birds would land the following morning i was up early close to sunrise the birds started coming into the feeder immediately i chose an f stop of f 8 0 to allow the background to be out of focus and the bird and guitar to be in focus i photographed steller s jays black headed grosbeaks and of course some squirrels my favorite image was of a steller s jay i loved the contrast between the red guitar neck and the bright blues of the jays plumage god s light and love to all chris shotoncanon posted by christhephotog at 10 49 am 1 comment saturday april 29 2023 change of set up this morning i changed the set up for bird photography in my backyard i swapped out the the bigger perch for a much smaller lichen covered twig then i put up a green fabric background behind it in place of the mustardy brown yellow background that i had been using almost immediately after changing the set up a male black headed grosbeak showed up i photographed him at the feeder for close to fifteen minutes from behind my window blind hide with my canon eos 7d camera with a canon 100 400mm lens i created well over a hundred images of which only about five were worth saving here is one of my favorites plus some images of the set up my camera settings were av mode iso 800 f 8 0 at 1 40th of a sec god s light and love to all of you chris teamcanonusa shotoncanon posted by christhephotog at 5 05 pm no comments friday april 28 2023 black headed grosbeak mendocino county northern california this is a basic boas bird on a stick image i picked up this lichen covered branch from our road a couple of days ago early this morning i clamped it just below a perchless feeder for the birds to land on previously i hung a fabric background eight feet behind the perch my camera was set up on a ground pod behind a window hide blind in our back bedroom window it is roughly seven feet from the perch my camera settings were av mode iso 800 f 8 0 at 1 60th of a sec image created with a canon eos 7d with a canon 100 400mm lens teamcanonusa shotoncanon god s light and love to all chris posted by christhephotog at 11 55 am no comments friday april 7 2023 set em up for those of you that know me well or have followed me for a long time you know that i love to do set up photography meaning that i set up create the settings in which to photograph birds i put up perches hide birdseed hang bird feeders just out of the frame of the image etc for this chestnut backed chickadee image i set up two upright poles about four feet apart i clamped up two horizontal crossbars between them i then hung a single port bird feeder from the top crossbar and i clamped a teasel seed head upright and on an angle from the bottom one so it was leading towards the bird feeder i hid behind a window hide blind with my camera on our back bedroom window sill it s really nice to stay warm and dry when photographing the birds here was my favorite image from the session plus the set up god s light and love to all of you chris posted by christhephotog at 10 37 pm no comments wednesday march 15 2023 planning a portrait of a chickadee driving through the big city of ukiah 13k people i noticed that the mulberry trees were in bloom they have a gorgeous light pink blossom immediately my mind went into photography mode my next stop was home depot where i purchased a four by eight foot sheet of eighth inch pressboard i had them cut it in half to make two four by four foot sheets following that was dollar tree where i picked up one tube of red and one tube of white acrylic paint red and white mixed together make pink just like the mulberry blossoms when i arrived at home i painted one of the pressboards white the following morning after it had dried i mixed up the red and white acrylic paint and covered the pressboard in pink polka dots on my next trip to ukiah i kept my eyes peeled for mulberry trees i found one in a vacant lot i clipped off a sucker twig from the crotch of the tree arriving at home i clamped up the twig below a single spout bird feeder six feet from our back bedroom window i clamped up the the now white and pink background fourteen feet from the window at that distance it renders the background into a soft pink and white when using an f stop of f 8 0 or larger this morning the weather was perfect soft morning light and the chestnut backed chickadees were coming into the feeder i set up my canon eos 7d camera with a 400 mm lend behind a window blind hide set into the bedroom window a perfect hiding place i watched the birds for awhile to see where they were landing then i slowly pushed my camera through the lens port and locked it onto a ground pod on the window sill i photographed birds for about two hours before the lighting got too harsh here are some of my favorite images god s light and love to all whoever believes in jesus repents of their sins and places their faith in him shall have eternal life posted by christhephotog at 7 09 pm 1 comment friday march 3 2023 snowy days are the best i love photographing birds in my backyard in the snow it s an enjoyable experience to stay dry warm and be able to see the birds so very close up i prefer using set ups to get the most success out of my backyard experience in this set up i started by putting up a four foot by four foot white backdrop sixteen feet from my back bedroom window next i stood up two tall uprights four feet apart eight feet out from the window between them i clamped a lichen covered fir branch on an angle above the branch i clamped a horizontal support to hang a single port bird feeder filled with black sunflower seed off to the side i set up my cork bark bird feeder also filled with sunflower seed i was almost done in the bedroom window i propped up a window blind hide into the window opening behind it i placed my ground pod and ballhead onto the window ledge now i just needed some snow luckily i have been following the weather forecast and a storm was coming in the following morning when i awoke the following day it was snowing like crazy i clamped my canon eos 7d onto the ground pod and slowly stuck my canon 100 400mm lens out through the blind opening and waited about twenty minutes later the steller s jays dark eyed juncos and chestnut backed chickadees started using the feeder i watched where they were landing for awhile to see where i should prefocus my lens i chose and f stop of f 8 0 to allow the bird to be in focus and for the background to be blurred out i had a great time and the birds were happy with the free bird seed a steller s jay was one my favorite images canon eos 7d with a canon 100 400mm lens at 190mm av mode iso 800 f 8 0 at 1 50th of a sec a wonderful snowy day god s love and blessings to all chris posted by christhephotog at 9 57 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom contact information if you are interested in my photography i can be reached by email christhephotog14 gmail com by phone 707 459 1652 i am the author of the book secrets of backyard bird photography published by rocky nook publishing i m a generalist when it comes to photography if i were to say i have a specialty it would be wildlife i have been shooting stock since the early eighties my images have been on the covers of mule deer magazine california hunter and used in big game adventures whitetail bowhunter north american hunter and a book the best of north american hunter my work has been used on websites calendars and videos i use canon eos digital cameras for my work i have been a long time user of canon cameras and lenses i am most always willing to help others with photography as i love helping others learn photography one of my goals is to further spread the word of the lord jesus christ through photography jesus is my lord and savior and i place all my trust in him for god so loved the world that he gave his only son to save it he who believes in him shall have eternal happiness with him in heaven god s light and love to all chris blog archive 2024 1 august 1 pretty in pink 2023 8 july 1 april 3 march 2 january 2 2022 4 december 1 october 3 2021 14 april 4 march 5 february 3 january 2 2020 46 december 3 november 3 october 4 september 3 august 2 july 5 june 4 may 5 april 3 march 7 february 3 january 4 2019 44 december 6 november 3 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