Male Common Merganser In A Natural Vignette
I’m generally not a fan of vignettes in nature photography because to me they seem unnatural and pretentious.
Category: Bird Photography Methods
Rough-legged Hawk On Snow-mounded Rabbitbrush
Seldom are the settings as dominant as the birds in my images. These two are exceptions.
A Common Merganser And A Depth Of Field Issue
It’s my contention that “muscle memory”, fast reflexes and quick thinking are more important in bird photography than they are in most other types of photography.
A Butter-butt Reprieve From The Dreariness Of The Season
I’m not yet tired of cold and snow but this morning I felt the need for some temporary brightness and color.
A Drama And A Mystery Involving Cormorants, Gulls And A Hapless Fish
Some behaviors I witness in nature remain unexplained even after much thought and review of multiple images documenting them. Such was the case three days ago at a pond near my home.
Northern Harrier In Golden Light
A Golden Eagle In Flight And A Lesson In Depth Of Field
Flawed images can still be of value to the photographer – they can teach us new lessons or remind us of old ones previously learned but temporarily forgotten in the heat of the moment.
Full Frame Barn Owl In Flight
I seldom get an image of a bird in flight that doesn’t need cropping for the best possible composition.
A Landing American Kestrel
Photos of birds as they land are a challenge, especially when your subject is a quick little falcon.
A Red-tailed Hawk And Remembering To Practice What I Preach…
plus seeing the details of bird athleticism in my images that happen too fast for me to notice them in real time.
White-crowned Sparrows – Deja vu All Over Again
Male American Kestrel At Takeoff And In Flight
Because of their small size and quickness kestrels are the most challenging raptor I attempt to photograph at takeoff.
Red-tailed Hawk – Making Lemonade Out Of A Big Fat Lemon
Red-tailed Hawk At Takeoff And In Flight – An Eleven Image Series
I took exactly forty shots of this hawk during takeoff and in flight. Eleven of them made the cut to include here, for reasons both good and not so good.
A Black-necked Stilt And The Quirkiness Of Reflections
We often think of reflections of birds in water as being exact upside down copies of the birds themselves but that’s just not the case, even when the water is as smooth as glass. “Mirror images” aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
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Rough-legged Hawk On Snow-mounded Rabbitbrush
Seldom are the settings as dominant as the birds in my images. These two are exceptions.
A Common Merganser And A Depth Of Field Issue
It’s my contention that “muscle memory”, fast reflexes and quick thinking are more important in bird photography than they are in most other types of photography.
A Butter-butt Reprieve From The Dreariness Of The Season
I’m not yet tired of cold and snow but this morning I felt the need for some temporary brightness and color.
A Drama And A Mystery Involving Cormorants, Gulls And A Hapless Fish
Some behaviors I witness in nature remain unexplained even after much thought and review of multiple images documenting them. Such was the case three days ago at a pond near my home.
Northern Harrier In Golden Light
A Golden Eagle In Flight And A Lesson In Depth Of Field
Flawed images can still be of value to the photographer – they can teach us new lessons or remind us of old ones previously learned but temporarily forgotten in the heat of the moment.
Full Frame Barn Owl In Flight
I seldom get an image of a bird in flight that doesn’t need cropping for the best possible composition.
A Landing American Kestrel
Photos of birds as they land are a challenge, especially when your subject is a quick little falcon.
A Red-tailed Hawk And Remembering To Practice What I Preach…
plus seeing the details of bird athleticism in my images that happen too fast for me to notice them in real time.
White-crowned Sparrows – Deja vu All Over Again
Male American Kestrel At Takeoff And In Flight
Because of their small size and quickness kestrels are the most challenging raptor I attempt to photograph at takeoff.
Red-tailed Hawk – Making Lemonade Out Of A Big Fat Lemon
Red-tailed Hawk At Takeoff And In Flight – An Eleven Image Series
I took exactly forty shots of this hawk during takeoff and in flight. Eleven of them made the cut to include here, for reasons both good and not so good.
A Black-necked Stilt And The Quirkiness Of Reflections
We often think of reflections of birds in water as being exact upside down copies of the birds themselves but that’s just not the case, even when the water is as smooth as glass. “Mirror images” aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.