Capay Valley

I was in Capay Valley for part of the weekend, and as usual, I had to whip out the camera. I was looking for those ever-elusive rattlesnakes, and nope, I didn’t find any. I tend to see them when I don’t have the cameras with me. I’ve shot about everything in the area that I've wanted to shoot with the exception of the snakes. I want to make an image of a big one coiled up and ready to go. Of course, I would have my big lens on for that.

Anyway, it was really hot, and not much was out in terms of wildlife. I did make a couple of images of dragonflies, a re-shoot of an old barn that I took over a year ago that is still one of my favorites, and I happened upon an egret before it saw me. Those images I’ve posted to the galleries.

I did happen across some really pretty deer and some wild turkeys, many of them babies, but I couldn’t get in close enough to make really tight images of them. I was using my 400mm telephoto lens, but I’ve come to the realization that I need Canon’s 600mm telephoto. It’s been added to the list, but there are a few things I need to get before it.