Category: Birds
Male Rough-legged Hawk At Takeoff
I’ve taken the low-road with this beautiful hawk and done some significant image manipulation in one version of the photo..
Northern Harrier Technique For Taking Off In Thick Brush
Northern Harriers often dive into thick vegetation after prey. Getting out of there can be tricky.
Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating
Male Rough-legged Hawk With A Flight Posture I Like Very Much
Yesterday morning I had to drive about 100 miles north before I escaped the foggy, smoggy mess in the valleys that we call air during these extended inversions. This beautiful hawk was one of my rewards.
Barn Owl – Now, How Do I Get Out Of This Snowbank?
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.
Swainson’s Hawk Regurgitating Pellets, Then I Dissected Them
This hawk actually expelled two pellets and I was able to photograph (and dissect) both of them.
Meet Galileo
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.
Owls And Plumicorns
Verifying the actual function(s) of some biological structures has proven to be elusive.
Rough-legged Hawk Take Off Series – By Request
I’ve had several requests from readers asking me to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two additional photos that weren’t clipped.
Rough-legged Hawk Taking Off With Prey
My Half-baked Theory Regarding The Mechanics Of A Goldeneye Dive
Occasionally the frozen moments in my photographs allow me to see something that really piques my curiosity. And makes me wonder about the relationships between natural selection, behaviors and structural adaptations.
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Male Rough-legged Hawk At Takeoff
I’ve taken the low-road with this beautiful hawk and done some significant image manipulation in one version of the photo..
Northern Harrier Technique For Taking Off In Thick Brush
Northern Harriers often dive into thick vegetation after prey. Getting out of there can be tricky.
Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating
Male Rough-legged Hawk With A Flight Posture I Like Very Much
Yesterday morning I had to drive about 100 miles north before I escaped the foggy, smoggy mess in the valleys that we call air during these extended inversions. This beautiful hawk was one of my rewards.
Barn Owl – Now, How Do I Get Out Of This Snowbank?
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.
Swainson’s Hawk Regurgitating Pellets, Then I Dissected Them
This hawk actually expelled two pellets and I was able to photograph (and dissect) both of them.
Meet Galileo
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.
Owls And Plumicorns
Verifying the actual function(s) of some biological structures has proven to be elusive.
Rough-legged Hawk Take Off Series – By Request
I’ve had several requests from readers asking me to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two additional photos that weren’t clipped.
Rough-legged Hawk Taking Off With Prey
My Half-baked Theory Regarding The Mechanics Of A Goldeneye Dive
Occasionally the frozen moments in my photographs allow me to see something that really piques my curiosity. And makes me wonder about the relationships between natural selection, behaviors and structural adaptations.