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- Ausonius.
Another image from my kestrel series. This image is a testament to the importance of observing bird/animal behavior for wildlife photography. American Kestrels are not large birds. In fact, there are a couple of mourning doves in my backyard now that are bigger than this kestrel. The diminutive size makes them a target for large raptors, so they are constantly on the vigil and definitely skittish around humans. It was extremely frustrating trying to photograph this bird as it never allowed me the opportunity to get close.
But one thing I learned watching the bird was the telltale signs of takeoff. The perch shot of the bird was the closest he has yet allowed me. At a certain point, I noticed him showing signs of taking off. I was ready this time, and I filled my D500’s buffer with images of a beautiful takeoff. One thing to note, though, I was shooting at 1/2500th of a sec but still got some motion blur in some of the images. I will try a faster shutter speed next time.
This log cabin blanket sat unfinished for three years and I really didn't feel like knitting any more on it. I decided that it would make a great throw pillow cover so that is what I did with it. I seamed it up right over one of my blah throw pillows. I LOVE it now! Hooray for insta-FO's and happy pillows.
- David Wilkerson.
One of the most extraordinary aspects of bird photography is closely observing the bird's behavior and learning the exciting aspects. The double-crested cormorant is a pretty common bird around the area's lakes, and you can often find them sunning on the rocks or dead branches near water features. On a recent trip to Siloam Springs lake, I found a cormorant about to take off. The cormorant first moved to water a seemed like it was going to swim around a bit. But suddenly, a lot of rapid movement happened under the surface, and the cormorant fully extended its wings. In a few strokes, the bird generated a lot of speed and was airborne. A lot of the action happened under the water, and you could see the effects as the water exploded behind the bird.
All this happened in about three seconds, and I was thankful I had my camera trained on the bird. I could have preferred a better composition that didn’t include the errant blades of grass, but in situations like rarely do you have control over that aspect.
Lessons of postprocessing via Internet. Individual workshop in on locations photoshooting and postprocessing.
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- Anaxagoras.
After the encounter with the summer tanager, we pushed on and continued on the trail. As we were walking, I saw this Swainson’s Thrush ahead of us foraging on the ground. There was a spot on the path where a beam of sunlight was coming through the trees. I was hoping that the bird will keep on moving towards the light. My hopes were not dashed as the bird casually walked towards the sunlit area.
I was ready with my composition and focus. But as he got closer, he started to veer right towards the light. I was torn between changing the composition and just going on with the shot. I took both images. This post shows where the bird is looking to the right, was my planned composition. I just hadn't anticipated the bird moving to the right of the path. Common wisdom suggests adding space to the direction in which the bird is looking, but that would have eliminated the pathway from the frame. I cropped the image into a 16:9 aspect ratio to accentuate the horizontal relief a little bit more emphasis. Let me know if this works.