Goldeneye Reflections Part II
Just short of three weeks ago I posted “Goldeneye Reflections Part I” so Part II is more than a little late making an appearance. (15 photos)
Category: Birds
A Frosted Rough-legged Hawk In The Pre-dawn Twilight
Immature Bald Eagle In Flight
A grab shot. But thanks to my fast shutter speed things still worked out pretty well.
Goldeneye Versus Canvasback – A Race, Hurt Pride And A Poor Loser
What Makes A Hovering Kestrel So Very Difficult To Photograph Well?
Hovering kestrels are stationary targets, or mostly so, so what makes it so darn hard to get really good photos them.
Yesterday’s Merlin
Great Blue Heron Taking Off From Ice
Like all bird photographers, as I approach my subject I’m often too close to the bird by the time I can see it clearly through vegetation or by the time I have good light on it. That’s when my two-lens shooting strategy pays off in spades.
A Significant Milestone For Feathered Photography
Yesterday’s Ferruginous Hawk And An Unexpected Pirouette
On a recent post I said that I seldom stop to photograph buteos on utility poles but yesterday morning I made an exception for a young Ferruginous Hawk. A dramatic, spinning takeoff made me glad I did. (5 images)
Some Recent Birds
Male Common Goldeneye – A Hunting Hat Trick
In this series we’ll see why birds that eat crayfish usually shake them violently before swallowing them. It’s a behavior that pays off. (14 photos)
Copycat Diving Redheads, Male And Female
The Best Looks At The Talons Of A Wild Prairie Falcon I’ve Ever Had
Showing feathery and bloody evidence of the work talons are cut out to do. (2 photos)
The Reincarnation Of Two Of My Favorite Photos
I took one of them and the other one I didn’t. One’s a bird and the other one isn’t.
Wild Turkey In A Tree
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A Frosted Rough-legged Hawk In The Pre-dawn Twilight
Immature Bald Eagle In Flight
A grab shot. But thanks to my fast shutter speed things still worked out pretty well.
Goldeneye Versus Canvasback – A Race, Hurt Pride And A Poor Loser
What Makes A Hovering Kestrel So Very Difficult To Photograph Well?
Hovering kestrels are stationary targets, or mostly so, so what makes it so darn hard to get really good photos them.
Yesterday’s Merlin
Great Blue Heron Taking Off From Ice
Like all bird photographers, as I approach my subject I’m often too close to the bird by the time I can see it clearly through vegetation or by the time I have good light on it. That’s when my two-lens shooting strategy pays off in spades.
A Significant Milestone For Feathered Photography
Yesterday’s Ferruginous Hawk And An Unexpected Pirouette
On a recent post I said that I seldom stop to photograph buteos on utility poles but yesterday morning I made an exception for a young Ferruginous Hawk. A dramatic, spinning takeoff made me glad I did. (5 images)
Some Recent Birds
Male Common Goldeneye – A Hunting Hat Trick
In this series we’ll see why birds that eat crayfish usually shake them violently before swallowing them. It’s a behavior that pays off. (14 photos)
Copycat Diving Redheads, Male And Female
The Best Looks At The Talons Of A Wild Prairie Falcon I’ve Ever Had
Showing feathery and bloody evidence of the work talons are cut out to do. (2 photos)
The Reincarnation Of Two Of My Favorite Photos
I took one of them and the other one I didn’t. One’s a bird and the other one isn’t.
