Osprey Dad Upset

The Dad osprey about ready to get at me for taking pictures of his family.

A GBH With Attitude

A modern day Great Blue Heron.

Mom's Mad

Mom osprey is not too happy having her picture taken.

Osprey mother and baby

Osprey mom and baby in their nest.

GBH Head

The head of a Great Blue Heron.

Osprey feeding

A mother Osprey feeding her young.

Green Heron - Everglades

Imaged on a recent trip to the Everglades with a Canon 5D and a Tamron 200-500mm lens.

Casio's normal state-relaxed

They say that it is a "cat's life". Wouldn't it be nice.

For those who are into photography, this image was taken with the Tamron 18-250mm at F/8. Sharpness is very good for a super zoom.

Click the image for a larger view.

Tamron Article

Tamron, a company that manufactures a great line of lenses asked me to work with them on an article on astrophotography because of the newest comet, Comet Holmes. Here is the url:
http://www.tamron.com/lenses/learning_center/jeff_peronto/astrophotography_peronto.asp

Comet Holmes

An interesting new comet that has become very bright. This shot is a stack of nine exposures with a Canon 20D and a Tamron 180mm F/2.5 lens at 400 ISO and three minute subs. I had the assistance of my brother in law Ted and my friend, Sheldon.

Nearly Full Moon

Here is a shot of the moon taken with a Tamron 200-500mm zoom at 500mm with a Canon 5D. The image is enlarged 100% and shows that the moon actually has some subtle color.

Butterfly Pictures

Today was a good day for butterflies and even though I had a rather strange photo setup (70-300mm zoom lens on my Canon 5D), I was able to fire off a few good pix.

Iris Nebula

This is my most recent object shot through a ten inch telescope with an SBIG CCD camera. The Iris Nebula is also called NGC 7023.

Our new kittens

We just added to new family members, Jasmine and Snookie. They are two siamese kittens who are twin sisters.

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

Last night was pretty warm but I managed to get to image one of the more popular galaxies in the sky. It resides in Ursa Major. The is just the luminance or black and white version. The color picture will follow soon enough.

M81 Bode's Nebula

This is my first attempt at a galaxy with my new SBIG ST8 camera. The exposure was nearly five hours through a 10" newtonian telescope. Looking forward to getting better at this and losing sleep in the process.

New Owl Pix

Only one of the two owlets is left. They both tried to fly and only one was able to make it. The other smaller owlet hit the ground and was taken to animal rescue. Click on the shots to make them bigger and look for the spider crawling on his head.

More Owl Shots

More pictures of the Great Horned Owlets

Owlets

Two owl chicks were discovered in a nest on the grounds of a local health facility. The two great horned owlets aren't excited about being out during the day, but did enough to allow me to take a few pictures.

Orlando Barred Owl Closeup

Here is another picture of the Owl that was taken before the other photo. This is how he looked when we first saw him.