03May/17

Shooting Infrared with the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

For the last year I’ve been playing with the 2016 update of the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Circular Fisheye Lens. Once manufactured side by side with the Samyang and Rockinon fisheye lenses

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28Jun/14
Little Green Grasshoppers

Little Green Grasshoppers

Little Green Grasshopper Tettigoniidae – (Tettigoniidae / Katydid) – Nuns’ Island It seems that no matter where you go on this planet you can find a grasshopper. Well, maybe not in Antarctica.

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28Sep/11
Treehog? Groundhog in a Tree?

Treehog? Groundhog in a Tree?

Treehog or Groundhog in a Tree? – by Steve Troletti This one got me by surprise. Although it wasn’t the first time I’d seen a groundhog in a tree, I sure wasn’t expecting to find

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14Sep/11
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk; Autumn Bird of Prey Migration

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk; Autumn Bird of Prey Migration

Juvenile Female Red-tailed Hawk Lately if you look up in the South Western Montreal Sky you can observe Birds of Prey in larger numbers than usual. It`s time for the Autumn Migration and although Montreal is not

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23Aug/11
UQROP – l’Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie

UQROP – l’Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie

UQROP – Noémie with Hawk – Photo by Steve Troletti I recently had the pleasure of visiting UQROP (Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie), North America’s leader in the rehabilitation and the preservation of

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12Jul/11
VIDEO: Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk Feeding

VIDEO: Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk Feeding

 Here’s Clip of a Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk Feeding on a tree days after leaving the nest. I was testing out the ability to capture video using my Nikon D300s, Nikkor 70-300

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27May/11
Merlin Posing on a Branch / Faucon émerillon sur une branche

Merlin Posing on a Branch / Faucon émerillon sur une branche

Merlin Posing on a Branch / Faucon émerillon sur une branche – Photo by Steve Troletti

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27May/11
Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG!

Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG!

Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG! by Steve Troletti …Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! (“Look!

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