None of the following photos will win any awards but collectively they’re a fairly accurate representation of one of the more pleasant mornings I’ve had in the field recently. (11 photos)
Mourning Doves are one of several species that don’t get their fair share of exposure on Feathered Photography. (2 photos)
One way to prevent/reduce sharpening halos during processing. (4 versions of the same image)
Near the end of a long winter I felt the need for some splashes of color this morning.
There are more very similar colors in these photos than you can shake the proverbial stick at.
Critters use sunflowers for a variety of reasons. They don’t have to be in bloom to be useful to birds and wildlife but when they are they sure brighten up some of my photos. When they aren’t they allow me to photograph feeding behavior like I did yesterday.
The seeds were still on the wild plants and they weren’t easy to reach which resulted in some fun photos.
For some, raptors and flowers may seem like an incongruous combination but I like the contradiction.
