Category Archives: Photography

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

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, Bird Migration, Birders, Birding, Birding News, Canon Cameras, Conservation, CT Birding News, Equipment, Explorers, Natural History Phtotgrapher, Photo Equipment, Photo News, Photography, photojournalist, Sports, Wildlife, Wildlife Photographer | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Read to your Kid, It’s Children’s Book Week!

The late Martha McKeen Welch is the author and photographer of this wonderful book “Close Looks in a Spring Woods”, published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Martha McKeen Welch, through deft text and close-up photographs, shows young readers not only what comes to life in a springs woods, but also where this budding life comes from. Each season contains the start of the next. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Photography, Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental, New York, Bedford NY, Connecticut, Adventurers, Explorers, Science, KymryGroup™, Natural History Phtotgrapher, Early Spring Flowers, Backyard Photography, Flowers, Children's Book Week!, Children's Books, Woodland animals, Wildflowers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bird Food For People™ ~ Eagle’s Nest Sweet Retreat

NW Ohio’s only Old Fashion Ice Cream Parlor and eatery. Near Magee Marsh & Maumee Bay Resorts. A family friendly atmosphere featuring something for every taste; from pizza, ice cream, grinders and signature coffees. Only minutes from Maumee Bay State Park, rain or shine our dining room, patio and drive thru are open 7 days a week. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, BiggestWeek, Bird food for people™, Bird Food For People™ ~ Eagle's Nest Sweet Retreat, Bird Migration, Birders, Birding, Birding News, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Conservation, Crane Creek, Food, Global Birding, Magee Marsh, Mardi Dickinson, OHio, Ohio Birding News, Photography, Travel, Wildlife Sanctuary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Blackburnian Warbler, A Survivor!

Is one of the most beautiful birds in the Neotropical Wood Warbler family. Take a journey with us and discover how this little bird overcomes the obstacles to survive. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, Bird Migration, Birders, Birding, Birding News, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Crane Creek, Digiscoping, Environmental, Explorers, Global Birding, Kymry Blog, Mardi Dickinson, Natural History Phtotgrapher, Ohio Birding News, Photography, Science, Travel, Weather, Wildlife, Wildlife Sanctuary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bird Food For People™ ~ Seoul Gardens Chinese Restaurant

A family owned/operated business that will satisfy your palate with homemade items that are fresh. The food is always hot & tasty, cooked to order. I always look forward to my next visit when I am in town. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, Binoculars, Bird food for people™, Bird Food For People™ ~ Seoul Gardens Chinese, Bird Migration, Birders, Birding, Birding News, Conservation, Crane Creek, Explorers, Food, Global Birding, Mardi Dickinson, Oak Harbor, OHio, Ohio Birding News, Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Wildlife Photographer, Wildlife Sanctuary | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! A beautiful Daffodil Flower showing off signs of an early spring in 2013. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Connecticut, Conservation, Environmental, Flowers, Gardens, Green, Photography | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring! Just around the corner. Enjoy the moment. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Backyard Photography, Conservation, Crocus Family, Early Spring Flowers, Environmental, Gardens, Green, Photography | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Farm to Family

Farm to Family explores the links to past connections and the real honest sustainable agriculture that has been around for centuries and now are imprints in the form of Farmers Markets. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Bedford NY, Connecticut, Conservation, CT News, Environmental, Farm to Famly, Farms, Food, Green, Mardi Dickinson, Photography, sustainable agriculture, sustainable food | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, Canon Cameras, Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Equipment, Mardi Dickinson, News, Photo Equipment, Photo News, Photography, photojournalist, Sports, Wildlife Photographer | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bird Food for people™ Bodega Taco Bar

Talk about a wonderful place for hispanic/spanish/latin food. This IS the place. The word Bodega came from the actual spanish word “grocery store” – La Bodega.  This is one of those places you will definitely want to come and hangout … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, Bird food for people™, Birders, Birding, Birding News, CT Birding News, CT News, Explorers, Fairfield Connecticut, Food, Photography, photojournalist, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Berry Merry Christmas

Berry Merry Christmas Card 2011 Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Birding, Birding News, Christmas Holidays, Conservation, CT Birding News, Environmental, Photography, Wildlife Sanctuary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Painted Bunting visits Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary

What a nice Thanksgiving gift, a Painted Bunting came to visit Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Cove Island Park, Stamford CT, today! Cove Island is the lovely Sanctuary that was host to The Fork-tailed Flycatcher last year on November 17, 2010 and that … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Associations, Birders, Birding, Birding News, Connecticut, Conservation, CT Birding News, CT News, Environmental, Photography, Townsend P. Dickinson, Travel, Wildlife, Wildlife Sanctuary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Hanging with a Vagrant in Westport CT

Sunday, November 13, 2011 was a beautiful day to be out for a local birding adventure. Thanks to Nick Bonomo for noticing that a Western Kingbird had been reported in Westport on eBird and sending an alert to the CT … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Adventurers, Birders, Birding, Birding News, Conservation, CT Birding News, Environmental, Fairfield Connecticut, Photography, Townsend P. Dickinson, Travel, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Floyd Scholz Master Carver, CAS 2011 Artist of The Year!

Floyd Scholtz, Master Carver, Photo Gallery is being transfer to a new website. This intellectual property may not be reproduced, including copying, transmitting, or saving of digital files, and the alteration or manipulation of said text or image files is NOT … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Associations, Birding News, Connecticut, Conservation, CT Birding News, Fairfield Connecticut, Photography, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Rate this:

Posted in Equipment, Photo News, Photography, photojournalist, Sports | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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

Rate this:

Posted in Birding, CT Birding News, Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental, Photo News, Birding News, Cape May NJ | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Bird Calls Radio Show Launched

Mardi Dickinson of the Kymry Group is proud to announce we have been retained by Chris Bosak to secure Advertising & Media for his newly launched Radio Show called “Bird Calls”. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in BirdCallsRadio, Birding, Birding News, Conservation, CT Birding News, Environmental, News, Photography, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Rate this:

Posted in Birding, Birding News, Conservation, CT Birding News, Environmental, Green, Photo News, Photography, photojournalist, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Earthplace Green Fair

Earthplace Nature Center in Westport CT, celebrated their 11th year. Every year they have a theme. This year, it’s “Do It Yourself, Green at Home,” which is about things you can do at home to have a positive effect on the environment. Mardi Welch Dickinson from the Kymry Group/Photographic & Marketing Solutions was the events Official Green Photographer.. one of Mardi’s specialties. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Conservation, Environmental, Fairfield Connecticut, Green, Mardi Dickinson, News, Photography, photojournalist, Wildlife Sanctuary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

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

Rate this:

Posted in Equipment, Photo News, Photography, photojournalist | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment