The First Short-eared Owl I Ever Photographed The day I realized that spending a king’s ransom on one of the best and most expensive birding lenses on the market hadn’t been a mistake. Continue reading
Female American Kestrel Looking Down Her Nose Sideways At Me And why do the catch lights in her eye look… unusual? Continue reading
An American Kestrel And Investigations Into The Cause Of My Recent Soft Images I may have discovered the culprit. Continue reading
Photo Contracts – The Devil Is In The Details Photographers and other artists definitely are NOT at the mercy of publishers and other consumers of their work. At least they don’t have to be. Continue reading
One Of The First Great Horned Owls I Photographed With ‘Ken’s Lens’ Yesterday’s post has me wandering down memory lane again. Continue reading
Bald Eagle In Flight Against A Wasatch Mountain Background Having mountains so close to many of my favorite birding locations is a double-edged sword. Continue reading
Male American Kestrel Taking Requests More than most birds kestrels are known for listening to the beat of their own personal drummer. So on Christmas morning I was flabbergasted when this male immediately filled my stated request when asked. Continue reading
My First Barn Owl In Flight One of the most significant events in my bird photography career. Continue reading
Side Lit American Kestrel And The Capricious Gods Of Photography I’d give my shutter finger and my last chocolate donut to be able to change one tiny thing about her takeoff shot. Continue reading
Female American Kestrel With Prey And An Attitude To say that a kestrel of either sex has an attitude probably approaches redundancy but this little lady had one in spades. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Caught In The Crosshairs Of A Northern Harrier And the irony of the signpost the hawk was perched on. Continue reading