A Confrontation Between A Hummingbird And A Skipper Perhaps this hummingbird was getting tired of being pushed around by monarch butterflies and took its frustrations out on this little guy. Continue reading
Sphinx Moths In Flight At The Bee Plant Patch Sphinx moths are almost as much fun (and at least as challenging) to photograph in flight as hummingbirds. Continue reading
Hummingbirds And Bee Plant – Finally Again! I prefer to photograph birds in natural settings and that includes hummingbirds. Continue reading
The Absolute Vulnerability Of A Yellow Warbler Fledgling I can think of no better descriptor for this recently fledged Yellow Warbler than “vulnerable”. Continue reading
The Supracoracoideus – An Ingenious Adaptation For Flight In Birds This is one of the marvelous anatomical adaptations of birds for flight. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off Its “Britches” Hawk “britches” has become a term of endearment here on Feathered Photography. Continue reading
The Highs And Lows Of My Morning On Antelope Island Yesterday morning there were extremes of both including a case of mentoring gone bad. Continue reading
Green-tailed Towhee As An Example Of Why I Prefer Fast Shutter Speeds Overall I gain more than I lose when I use relatively fast shutter speeds for birds. Continue reading
Black-necked Stilt (+ an interesting leveling/rotation technique) Sometimes we have to be creative to come up with leveling cues when an image needs rotation. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler – A Compositional Conundrum Despite the unconventional pose I love the intimacy of this image. Continue reading