Category Archives: Photo News

Announcement Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4X

Canon has officially introduced the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x – a top-end telephoto zoom with a built-in switchable teleconverter. Simply flicking a lever at the rear of the barrel converts it to a 280-560mm f/5.6 lens. Designed for professional sports and wildlife photographers, it includes an array of top-end features such as Power Focus for movie shooting, and IS ‘mode 3′ that only applies stabilisation at the point of exposure, aiding panning. Continue reading

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Bedford 2020 VegOut!

Bedford 2020, Bedford Garden Club and Mt. Kisco Elementary School co-sponsored an event called VegOut, that took place at the Mt. Kisco Elementary School garden on Saturday, April 6, 2013. This was a hands-on event that featured a series of mini-workshops and one-on-one conversations on local vegetable gardening for beginners to seasoned growers. VegOut event also celebrated the launch of Bedford 2020’s NEW online resource for growing, buying, eating and learning about local food. Continue reading

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Bird Migration Lecture

Townsend Dickinson will take us on a visual odyssey, venturing to productive birding areas in the Americas, to experience birds on migration. He will share intimate photos of life forms whose world-view can be hemispheric. Continue reading

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

The highly anticipated EOS 5D Mark III. With supercharged EOS performance and stunning full frame, high-resolution image capture, the EOS 5D Mark III is designed to perform. Special optical technologies like the 61-Point High Density Reticular AF and an extended ISO range of 100-25600 (expandable to 50 (L), 51200 (H1) and 102400 (H2) make the EOS 5D Mark III ideal for shooting in the studio or out in the field, and great for still photography. Continue reading

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Painted Bunting Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary Day Two

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Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Lens

This lens was a beauty in its previous style.  A worthy successor to the popular Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 IS, the all-new Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 IS II USM super telephoto lens is lightweight, weighing approximately 13% less than its … Continue reading

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Reactions to The Crossley ID Guide!

The first real-life approach to bird identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide (published by Princeton University Press) will vastly improve your ability to identify birds. A must have book for putting in your library to read over and over again! Continue reading

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Celebrating Spring Wood Warblers

Townsend Dickinson shares, from an ongoing migrant songbird project, some closeup, colorful plumaged, recent photos of 24 species of Spring Wood Warblers durning spring migration in Ohio along Lake Erie and Connecticut. All photos ©Townsend Dickinson, All Rights Reserved. Continue reading

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Indian Point Forum

Indian Point Forum: A Panel Discussion and Community Dialogue took place on April 26, 2011, at Fox Lane High School. The event was Co-Sponored by Bedford 2020 Coalition and Bedford Central School District. Fox lane High School, Bedford, New york. Continue reading

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Canon EF 8-15 f/4L Fisheye USM Ultra-Wide Zoom

Canon EF 8-15 f4L Fisheye USM Ultra-Wide Zoom Continue reading

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Migrants, Here and There, Intimate Encounters with Birds of Passage.

Are you ready for spring migration? Townsend P. Dickinson launchs lecture series starting with “Migrants, Here and There, Intimate Encounters with Birds of Passage”. A Natual History photographer for 40 years, Townsend is know for his breathtaking photographs of Wood Warblers, a project he has been photographing on there migratory path from South America forward and back again for 40 years. Continue reading

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