If you’re using a DSLR camera you aren’t photographing what you’re seeing through the viewfinder. Two days ago that phenomenon was responsible for me photographing a magpie that I had no clue I’d photographed.
The final update on my stolen magpie image. My title may make it appear like I’m gloating about this outcome or rubbing their noses in it. Far from it. But I want to strongly make the point that our actions have consequences.
Plus a Long-billed Curlew and a Horned Lark from yesterday morning on Antelope Island.
Image theft, copyright infringement and other forms of unethical image use piss me off no matter who is victimized. This time it was me.
Both are of Black-billed Magpies taking off but I think they’re quite different from each other.
I rarely post photos of the same species two days in a row but yesterday I spent more time with magpies and I like these two images well enough to make an exception. More than well enough, actually.
Magpies are usually my first nest building subjects in springtime and this year they didn’t disappoint.
A somewhat startling example of a problem many bird photographers, including yours truly, like to bitch about – the daunting challenge of exposing black and white birds properly.
With Feathered Photography I face a dilemma when choosing pronouns referencing the sex of individual birds. In a recent comment a reader took exception to the way I handle it so I think it’s high time I explain why I deal with it the way I do. I’ve done it before in comments but never as the subject of a blog post.
