canon 7d – Feathered Photography

Camera Burst Rates: How Fast Is ‘Fast Enough’ For Birds?

If you’re not interested in this subject as a photographer I would think many bird lovers would be interested in it as a demonstration of how incredibly fast little birds are.

Bald Eagle Eating A Fish On The Fly

Because this adult Bald Eagle was under duress it was eating the carp in flight.

What A Difference A Camera Can Make – Canon 7D vs 7D Mark II

This is only a mediocre image at best and I’ll never use it for anything other than this post but I was impressed that I was able to get it at all.

Burrowing Owl On Rabbitbrush

Like most everyone else I’m a huge fan of Burrowing Owls.

Magpie Demonstrating An Interesting Bird Photography Phenomenon

Just an odd little idiosyncrasy about photographing birds.

WC Sparrow In Flight (a shot I’d have missed without the 7D Mark II)

Getting a sharp image of any passerine in flight is not an easy task, especially when they’re coming toward you. I’m convinced I’d have missed this shot if I’d still been shooting with my Canon 7D.

(I’ve also included a whimsical shot of the same species for “dessert”).

Western Meadowlark Acting Silly

I took many, many shots of this crazy, mixed up Meadowlark this past spring and I posted a few of them previously. This is another one that I like.

Kingfisher Casting A Pellet (Canon 7D vs 7D Mark 2)

I’ve been watching this female Belted Kingfisher from afar for several weeks now but in typical kingfisher fashion she has been unapproachable. But yesterday morning she partially atoned for her bashful ways and performed some interesting behavior for my camera.

East Canyon Red-tailed Hawk

I spent yesterday morning in the Wasatch Mountains looking for raptors and other birds. I had my best luck with Red-tailed Hawks.

An Osprey Pirouette

This female Osprey seemed stiff and less confident of her agility immediately after being relieved from many hours of nesting duty.

An Acrobatic Red-tailed Hawk

Raptors sometimes pull some pretty crazy maneuvers during take-off (the last 9 images in this post are sequential with no images in the sequence left out).