I managed to get some shots of a turkey vulture that circled over the yard the other day. Not necessarily the coolest or even an attractive bird, but I felt I was able to correct some of the problems with the sandhill crane photos from last week. There was still a significant amount of noise and reducing that did take away some of the sharpness, but I felt the results were still worth sharing...

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM at 500mm, 1/2000 sec at f/6.3. OS Mode 1. ISO 640. RAW conversion in Adobe Camera Raw.

I still haven't been able to get any good shots of the more exotic visitors, but I'll keep trying.

Hopefully we're done with the snow and cold and I can start bug hunting too!

- Bill