Serious Discussion

Sometimes Great Blue Herons get into a serious discussion over who has territorial rights.



King of the Skies

No, not the eagle - the red-winged blackbird.

Near Miss

I wonder if the pilot told his wife about the osprey that passed him with a fish?

Who doesn't have a story about the fish that got away?

A Crows Warning

I had taken the sash out of my second-story bathroom window.

A Murder of Crows

Crows are like a security company for the forest.

Pileated Woodpecker

My wife and I are fortunate to live on the edge

Parry and Thrust

As events like this unfold, you try to make sense of what

The Eagle has Landed

One of the earliest decisions I had to make when I first began filming at the river was

The Saga Continues

I thought yesterday’s story was going to be the end of it,

The Event Starts to Unfold

After waiting for what seemed an eternity,

I Need to Back the Story Up A Little

Earlier on the morning described in yesterday’s post,

Jumping Jehoshaphat!

To get a photo of a fish like this, you have to be a really good photographer.

When Organizing files, KISS is Good Idea

There are many schemes that can be used to

Rarely Seen Great Blue Heron (GBH) Behavior

In the blog from April 9, called, “The Amazing Catch,” I mention

Reflections

I feel sorry for any person who never had the opportunity

Respect for the Eagle

Have you ever seen an eagle catch a seagull? 

Shooting in the RAW

If you are not saving your camera's image files as RAW images,

Rim Lighting

The photo below was taken in a room with extremely strong backlighting coming in through a bay window.  I could have activated the built-in flash unit on the camera, but chose instead to go in the other direction, significantly underexposing.  I also shot with the widest aperature to insure the background would be blurred.  This had the effect of  recording only the highlights on the edge of the child's profile.  File it away in your bag of tricks.

Creating an Image from Scratch

When I saw what this common tern did,

The Amazing Catch

If you read the last issue of reConnection

Taking the Middle of the Road

Whatever you point your camera's light meter at will always be interpreted

Never Having to Say Your Sorry

A high ISO setting doesn't always have to mean unacceptable image noise.

Shooting from the Hip

Try this method for a change of pace and to give yourself a new jolt

Another "Duh" Moment

I swore to myself I wasn't going to take another picture

Just shoot

Maybe I'm a little slow, but it took me quite a while to realize

Cheap Fix

Would you like to improve your photography?  One of the easiest (and inexpensive)

A Tear in the Fabric of the Space-Time Continuum

Whaa?

Nesting Season

We are quickly approaching nesting season, a make or break time for a lot of birds.