Bird Photography Methods – Page 12 – Feathered Photography

Two Displaying Tom Wild Turkeys With Their Eyes On The Prize

The toms gave it their all but the hen seemed unimpressed.

A Short Flight Series Of A Molting Barn Owl

Not my best Barn Owl flight shots but for me some of my most exciting.

An Entire (large) Family Of Western Grebes

This is one of the very few times I’ve ever been able to get three Western Grebe chicks and both of their parents in the same photo and get them all sharp. The whole fam damily.

Mallard Bathing Frenzy

The first test shots taken with my newly repaired lens.

Starting Tomorrow Feathered Photography Will Be Taking An Unwanted Break

And this photo illustrates why (plus a fun fact for photo gearheads).

Three Barn Owls In Flight (actually four)

And a demonstration of why it’s so aggravatingly difficult to get light in the eyes (catch lights) of Barn Owls.

Recently I Found The Male Rufous Red-tailed Hawk Again

And when he took off he was kind enough to demonstrate a flight posture that some folks misinterpret.

Singing Western Meadowlark On Antelope Island

And my attempt to explain, and demonstrate, some of the effects of resolution on digital images.

Some Recent Birds And Things

Including one of the crappiest photos I’ve ever been happy to get.

A Plea For Respect For Burrowing Owls

Please, lets all of us give Burrowing Owls the space and respect they need and deserve

Yesterday I Found The Immature Ferruginous Hawk Again

At least I think it’s the same bird I photographed four days ago. They were in the same area, they were both young birds and they were using the same hunting technique from the same fence line.

Yesterday’s Ferruginous Hawk – The Rest Of The Story

Yesterday I posted a single photo out of a series of photos I took of an immature Ferruginous Hawk two days ago in the west desert. In that post I said I’d be posting more of them very soon. These are those photos.