Tag: cinnamon teal
Drake Cinnamon Teal ‘Puddle Jumping’
Cinnamon Teal Takeoff Progression Based On Sex
A half-baked theory that just might have some validity in aiding bird photographer’s attempts at capturing takeoffs.
One More Photo Of The Cinnamon Teal Drake In Flight
Avian Potpourri From My Recent Trip To Bear River MBR
Drake Cinnamon Teal In Flight Soon After Takeoff – A Series
Some Recent Birds (and a critter)
Some Seasonal Plumage Changes In Male Cinnamon Teals
Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I encountered a male Cinnamon Teal that had me a little confused at first.
Mated Pair Of Cinnamon Teals Having An Animated Conversation
I took a huge chance and used the dreaded Shadows/Highlights tool in Photoshop on this image in an effort to save it.
A Potpourri Of Recent Birds And Critters
It’s been a while since I published a potpourri post so I figured it was about time. Each of the following 8 images was taken over the last 8 days in places like Bear River MBR, Antelope Island, Farmington Bay WMA or other favorite haunts of mine in northern Utah.
The Significance of Catch Lights In Bird Photography
Catch lights are highly desirable, to the point that many bird photographers simply delete any photo that doesn’t have them (a painful process, to be sure).
Cinnamon Teal With A Strange Feather Condition
Ok, curiosity finally dictated that I post some images of this duck. Does anyone know what’s going on here?
Cinnamon Teal – A Happy Duck In The Mud
Occasionally I keep coming back to an image despite its flaws. This is one of those.
A Surprise Peregrine Falcon And My Resulting Buck Fever
If anything will get my adrenalin gushing it’s a wild Peregrine Falcon, especially if the encounter is unexpected and I make a rookie mistake.
Some Recent Shots I Like, Despite Some Flaws
Like every other bird photographer many of the photos I take are not worth keeping. For the first few years I was shooting birds I estimated that I deleted 90% of my images. Now that I’ve become a little more discriminating that number is probably closer to 95%. Birds are incredibly difficult subjects – they’re fast, unpredictable, difficult to approach and generally uncooperative. When I’m culling images after a day in the field most shots fall under two main categories – keepers and garbage. But there’s often a few that are technically lacking for one reason or another but have some unusual or especially interesting feature that makes it difficult for me to trash them. So I don’t. Occasionally I go back through them just for the fun of it. I enjoy them and thought some of you might too so here’s a few from the past month or so. 1/2500, f/7.1, ISO 500 500 f/4, 1.4 tc This one’s from yesterday – a Lark Sparrow that posed and groomed for us for quite a while. Looking through the viewfinder I had no idea there was a second Lark Sparrow in the vicinity and didn’t even notice it flying through the frame until I got home and looked at it on my computer. Mia said that she’d noticed the second bird and that it chased the first bird away when it flew. Anyway, I thought the out-of-focus sparrow to the left was an interesting serendipity. I just wish the two twigs by the head weren’t there. 1/2500, f/7.1, ISO 500 500 f/4, 1.4…
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Drake Cinnamon Teal ‘Puddle Jumping’
Cinnamon Teal Takeoff Progression Based On Sex
A half-baked theory that just might have some validity in aiding bird photographer’s attempts at capturing takeoffs.
One More Photo Of The Cinnamon Teal Drake In Flight
Avian Potpourri From My Recent Trip To Bear River MBR
Drake Cinnamon Teal In Flight Soon After Takeoff – A Series
Some Recent Birds (and a critter)
Some Seasonal Plumage Changes In Male Cinnamon Teals
Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I encountered a male Cinnamon Teal that had me a little confused at first.
Mated Pair Of Cinnamon Teals Having An Animated Conversation
I took a huge chance and used the dreaded Shadows/Highlights tool in Photoshop on this image in an effort to save it.
A Potpourri Of Recent Birds And Critters
It’s been a while since I published a potpourri post so I figured it was about time. Each of the following 8 images was taken over the last 8 days in places like Bear River MBR, Antelope Island, Farmington Bay WMA or other favorite haunts of mine in northern Utah.
The Significance of Catch Lights In Bird Photography
Catch lights are highly desirable, to the point that many bird photographers simply delete any photo that doesn’t have them (a painful process, to be sure).
Cinnamon Teal With A Strange Feather Condition
Ok, curiosity finally dictated that I post some images of this duck. Does anyone know what’s going on here?
Cinnamon Teal – A Happy Duck In The Mud
Occasionally I keep coming back to an image despite its flaws. This is one of those.
A Surprise Peregrine Falcon And My Resulting Buck Fever
If anything will get my adrenalin gushing it’s a wild Peregrine Falcon, especially if the encounter is unexpected and I make a rookie mistake.
Some Recent Shots I Like, Despite Some Flaws
Like every other bird photographer many of the photos I take are not worth keeping. For the first few years I was shooting birds I estimated that I deleted 90% of my images. Now that I’ve become a little more discriminating that number is probably closer to 95%. Birds are incredibly difficult subjects – they’re fast, unpredictable, difficult to approach and generally uncooperative. When I’m culling images after a day in the field most shots fall under two main categories – keepers and garbage. But there’s often a few that are technically lacking for one reason or another but have some unusual or especially interesting feature that makes it difficult for me to trash them. So I don’t. Occasionally I go back through them just for the fun of it. I enjoy them and thought some of you might too so here’s a few from the past month or so. 1/2500, f/7.1, ISO 500 500 f/4, 1.4 tc This one’s from yesterday – a Lark Sparrow that posed and groomed for us for quite a while. Looking through the viewfinder I had no idea there was a second Lark Sparrow in the vicinity and didn’t even notice it flying through the frame until I got home and looked at it on my computer. Mia said that she’d noticed the second bird and that it chased the first bird away when it flew. Anyway, I thought the out-of-focus sparrow to the left was an interesting serendipity. I just wish the two twigs by the head weren’t there. 1/2500, f/7.1, ISO 500 500 f/4, 1.4…