Category: Bird Photography Methods
An Entire Magpie Landing Sequence At 10 Frames Per Second
Photographing a bird as it lands is much more difficult than when it is taking off.
Rough-legged Hawk Signaling Impending Take-off
Knowing behaviors of your subject can be a great help in anticipating raptor take-off and bird photographers need all the help we can get.
Magpie Demonstrating An Interesting Bird Photography Phenomenon
Northern Harriers In Flight (and a tribute to an old lens)
Raven – The Last Image I’ll Take Using My 100-400mm Lens
Ravens are common in my area but I rarely get interesting quality images of them for a variety of reasons. For starters their deep black plumage makes them very difficult to photograph well. And around here they also tend to be shy and devilishly uncooperative.
Northern Harrier With An Interesting Tail Feather
I had some fun with a rather unique Northern Harrier yesterday morning.
Chukars – A Pair
After a long time where they’ve been difficult to find on Antelope Island I’m finally beginning to see Chukars again.
A Triple Dose Of Serendipity
They say that bad news comes in threes. Maybe sometimes the good stuff happens in triplets too.
Good News, Bad News…
In the past I’ve been lucky to avoid faulty or defective camera gear but now it’s my turn to pay the piper.
The Mind’s Eye Can Be Deceived By The Effects Of Telephoto Lenses
What you see isn’t always what you get in nature photography. The following three images, taken sequentially in a burst, illustrate my point.
Northern Harrier – Image Stabilization & A Crazy-Fast Shutter Speed Save The Day
This image was taken in what I thought were probably impossible conditions to get a sharp shot. Normally it isn’t a shot that I’d even attempt.
Green-winged Teal (and one reason I err on the side of high shutter speeds)
The Green-winged Teal is our smallest duck and to my eye the male is strikingly handsome and colorful, especially when you can catch the light just right on the iridescent greens of the crescent above and behind the eye. It’s amazing how that crescent turns black in an instant at differing light angles.
Setups in Bird Photography
My FOY Rough-legged Hawk And A Rookie Mistake In Setting Up A New Camera
I found my FOY (first of year) Rough-legged Hawk yesterday morning but largely blew the photographic opportunity because of a rookie mistake in setting up my new 7D Mark ll.