2005_0450 Marbled Godwit
Up close and personal with one of our larger shorebirds. I made this shot last spring from the rolling red Toyota blind. On foot, I could never get this close to one, like I did for yesterday's American White Pelican. Of course, the pelican is a much larger bird, and I was able to fill the frame from a greater distance. The excitement of wildlife photography is due in great measure to its unpredictability: every situation is different. You have to work with pre-existing backgrounds, random variations in quality of light, unpredictable behaviour, varying degrees of proximity, bad weather, physical exertion, chance encounters that are often very brief, long periods of nothing happening punctuated by flurries of action, and lots of disappointment. And through all this... the adventure and the satisfaction of coming home with good stuff in the bag. It isn't for everyone; it takes a special breed. That's us.
Photographed at Reed Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2005_0450 Marbled Godwit
Up close and personal with one of our larger shorebirds. I made this shot last spring from the rolling red Toyota blind. On foot, I could never get this close to one, like I did for yesterday's American White Pelican. Of course, the pelican is a much larger bird, and I was able to fill the frame from a greater distance. The excitement of wildlife photography is due in great measure to its unpredictability: every situation is different. You have to work with pre-existing backgrounds, random variations in quality of light, unpredictable behaviour, varying degrees of proximity, bad weather, physical exertion, chance encounters that are often very brief, long periods of nothing happening punctuated by flurries of action, and lots of disappointment. And through all this... the adventure and the satisfaction of coming home with good stuff in the bag. It isn't for everyone; it takes a special breed. That's us.
Photographed at Reed Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.