Tag: hovering
Belted Kingfisher Hovering And Then Beginning To Dive On A Fish
Yesterday morning a change in shooting strategy allowed me to get some kingfisher photos that have eluded me for years. (5 photos)
What Makes A Hovering Kestrel So Very Difficult To Photograph Well?
Hovering kestrels are stationary targets, or mostly so, so what makes it so darn hard to get really good photos them.
Wilson’s Warblers, Wood Warblers And Rictal Bristles
Here’s a little warbler detail I’ll bet many birders miss. Until recently I’d certainly missed it.
Northern Harrier – How Gaze Stabilization Saved An Interesting Photo
It took me years to realize what saved this image. Prepare yourself for some photo and bird geekiness as I explain.
Northern Harrier Hunting The Very Tops Of The Phrags
Hovering Male Northern Harrier – Gray On Gray
This is one situation where I’ll allow one of my personal photographic ‘rules’ to be broken.
Hovering Belted Kingfisher
Sometimes a minor tweak in processing technique can salvage an otherwise unusable image.
Rough-legged Hawk – A Successful Hunting Trip Documented From Beginning To End
Forster’s Tern Performing A Hovering Ballet
One day I’d like to see slow-motion video of a hovering tern. In the meantime sequences like this will have to do.
Belted Kingfisher Fishing Techniques
According to the “experts” Belted Kingfishers usually don’t submerge when they dive for fish. This bird didn’t read that book.
Hovering Forster’s Tern
Photographing terns in flight is often more challenging than it is for other bird species.
Hovering Western Kingbird
It’s virtually unheard of for me to catch a kingbird in full flight (as opposed to take-off or landing) with any kind of image quality but two days ago I finally had some success in that arena.
Rough-legged Hawk Hunting Technique
Like some other buteos, depending on conditions the Rough-legged Hawk may hunt from the air using flapping/gliding flight or from an elevated perch but their tendency to hunt in flight goes up significantly with increasing wind speed. This makes sense because hovering in the wind requires less energy than flapping flight.
The Alula (bastard wing) Of A Kestrel In Flight
Many extinct and ancient relatives of modern birds had alulae, as do flies (insects of order diptera). I find it fascinating that evolutionary selection pressure has produced this structure in such diverse and relatively unrelated groups as birds and some flying insects. And that man has (once again) copied nature to solve a modern problem.
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Belted Kingfisher Hovering And Then Beginning To Dive On A Fish
Yesterday morning a change in shooting strategy allowed me to get some kingfisher photos that have eluded me for years. (5 photos)
What Makes A Hovering Kestrel So Very Difficult To Photograph Well?
Hovering kestrels are stationary targets, or mostly so, so what makes it so darn hard to get really good photos them.
Wilson’s Warblers, Wood Warblers And Rictal Bristles
Here’s a little warbler detail I’ll bet many birders miss. Until recently I’d certainly missed it.
Northern Harrier – How Gaze Stabilization Saved An Interesting Photo
It took me years to realize what saved this image. Prepare yourself for some photo and bird geekiness as I explain.
Northern Harrier Hunting The Very Tops Of The Phrags
Hovering Male Northern Harrier – Gray On Gray
This is one situation where I’ll allow one of my personal photographic ‘rules’ to be broken.
Hovering Belted Kingfisher
Sometimes a minor tweak in processing technique can salvage an otherwise unusable image.
Rough-legged Hawk – A Successful Hunting Trip Documented From Beginning To End
Forster’s Tern Performing A Hovering Ballet
One day I’d like to see slow-motion video of a hovering tern. In the meantime sequences like this will have to do.
Belted Kingfisher Fishing Techniques
According to the “experts” Belted Kingfishers usually don’t submerge when they dive for fish. This bird didn’t read that book.
Hovering Forster’s Tern
Photographing terns in flight is often more challenging than it is for other bird species.
Hovering Western Kingbird
It’s virtually unheard of for me to catch a kingbird in full flight (as opposed to take-off or landing) with any kind of image quality but two days ago I finally had some success in that arena.
Rough-legged Hawk Hunting Technique
Like some other buteos, depending on conditions the Rough-legged Hawk may hunt from the air using flapping/gliding flight or from an elevated perch but their tendency to hunt in flight goes up significantly with increasing wind speed. This makes sense because hovering in the wind requires less energy than flapping flight.
The Alula (bastard wing) Of A Kestrel In Flight
Many extinct and ancient relatives of modern birds had alulae, as do flies (insects of order diptera). I find it fascinating that evolutionary selection pressure has produced this structure in such diverse and relatively unrelated groups as birds and some flying insects. And that man has (once again) copied nature to solve a modern problem.