My Male Merganser Miracle Shots
I have no idea how I was able to get this bird in frame in time, much less lock focus on it.
Category: Waterfowl
Greater Scaup – Using Knowledge Of Behaviors To Get The Shot You’re After
I’ve been yammering for years about the advantages to bird photographers of being familiar with the behaviors of our subjects. Here’s yet another example.
Northern Shoveler – Just Because I Like It
Northern Shovelers don’t get a lot of attention from photographers and I’ve been guilty of ignoring them myself.
Fighting Common Goldeneyes – The Rest Of The Story
Ring-necked Ducks – What’s In A Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” With apologies to the Bard I must disagree with Juliet. I think names matter.
Common Goldeneye Pair – A Vicious Lover’s Quarrel?
Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating
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.
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.
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.
Common Goldeneye – A Wing Flap With An Unusual Twist
A Goose Of A Different Feather
I see hybrid wild ducks fairly often in the field but a hybrid Canada Goose was a new experience for me.
A Few Recent Birds
Occasionally I like to post a collection of recent bird images – a potpourri of sorts. These are photos that I might not post as stand-alones but collectively they’re a pretty good representation of some of the species now present in northern Utah. Each of these images was taken over the past eleven days.
A Trio Of Canada Geese In Flight
The calls of Canada Geese in flight are harbingers of the changing seasons and that’s certainly the case around here.
Some Recent Birds In My World
This selection of seven photos is a fairly representative cross-section of the bird species I’ve been seeing recently.
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Greater Scaup – Using Knowledge Of Behaviors To Get The Shot You’re After
I’ve been yammering for years about the advantages to bird photographers of being familiar with the behaviors of our subjects. Here’s yet another example.
Northern Shoveler – Just Because I Like It
Northern Shovelers don’t get a lot of attention from photographers and I’ve been guilty of ignoring them myself.
Fighting Common Goldeneyes – The Rest Of The Story
Ring-necked Ducks – What’s In A Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” With apologies to the Bard I must disagree with Juliet. I think names matter.
Common Goldeneye Pair – A Vicious Lover’s Quarrel?
Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating
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.
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.
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.
Common Goldeneye – A Wing Flap With An Unusual Twist
A Goose Of A Different Feather
I see hybrid wild ducks fairly often in the field but a hybrid Canada Goose was a new experience for me.
A Few Recent Birds
Occasionally I like to post a collection of recent bird images – a potpourri of sorts. These are photos that I might not post as stand-alones but collectively they’re a pretty good representation of some of the species now present in northern Utah. Each of these images was taken over the past eleven days.
A Trio Of Canada Geese In Flight
The calls of Canada Geese in flight are harbingers of the changing seasons and that’s certainly the case around here.
Some Recent Birds In My World
This selection of seven photos is a fairly representative cross-section of the bird species I’ve been seeing recently.