RHH's photos with the keyword: canon eos 7d

My new camera body arrived late yesterday. I've purchased a Canon 7D, but haven't even had opportunity to take any pictures with it yet. Will today, since my wife, my son and I are taking an all-day photography class together. The camera is much larger and heavier than my old Rebel XT - built like a tank in comparison - but that's a good thing, I think, since it will be going on a lot of hikes. It has video capability as well as the latest Canon technology and is a bit daunting, though my first impression is that most of the changes are for the better.

This is a hybrid of Epidendrum pseudepidendrum and Cattleya Claesiana. It was photographed at the Mount Baker Orchid Society show in Mount Vernon, Washington.

A Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) at a neighbor's feeder. For more information about this common little North American bird see: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/id

The bird is a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), photographed on the Vancouver waterfront near Stanley Park. I am so excited about these shots - they are by far and away the best bird pictures I've taken, even though they are of a very common bird. The opportunity was perfect - we were walking from Stanley Park to the Vancouver waterfront when the heron landed in the trees around a small pond just a few yards from us. We nearly spoiled the opportunity, however, by fumbling around with lenses and nearly dropping one of them. Both shots are SOOC with nothing done to them at all.

An unregistered but very beautiful Paphiopedilum (slipper orchid) hybrid photographed at the Mount Baker Orchid Society show in Mount Vernon, Washington. I have so many pictures that I am going to start uploading several a day and hope I can keep up with the commenting. Please do not feel that you have to comment on all of them.

Magnolias are native to Asia and the Americas and include some 210 species. Many of them are grown as decorative tress and shrubs, some of the first trees to bloom in the spring in temperate areas. For more information check the following link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia

This splash-petal orchid is named Laeliocattleya Mari's Song. It is a hybrid of Laeliocattleya Irene Finney and Cattleya Cherry Chip. It was photographed at the Mount Baker Orchid Society Show in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Some of the earliest spring bulbs to bloom, Chionodoxa or "Glory of the Snow" are related to Squills. There are about eight species native to Turkey, Crete and Cyprus, but they have also naturalized in different areas of western Europe. This, I believe, is Chionodoxa luciliae. I have so many pictures that I am going to start uploading several a day and hope I can keep up with the commenting. Please do not feel that you have to comment on all of them.