While there may not be as many of them as when I was here a decade ago, they are still everywhere!
He’s always there
We have a favorite course we play in the early morning. Every time we play, we drive up to the second hole and there is our buddy behind the tee box making a racket on the dead tree trying to find breakfast….
Irish National Stud Farm
Traveling through the South of Ireland, we stopped at the Irish National Stud Farm. Its that time of year and the foals ranged in age from a day old to a couple of weeks. This new arrival was kicking up his heels at the idea that he was going to be race horse….
Don’t Talk with Your Mouth Full
Morale of this story is be ready. Shooting with the Df and an 80-400mm during a round of golf in Western Florida, I came over a knoll to this wood stork. Camera was all set to go, so it was a straight forward click. Critters near golf courses are used to people so they tend to stay put. The fact that he had just caught breakfast was also occupying his attention….
Eyeball v. Storytelling (Part II)
During my recent trip to the Northern Yellowstone area around Gardiner, MT there were plenty of opportunities for photographing a wide variety of wildlife. And plenty of opportunities to get close-ups via Nikon’s great 600mm or go a bit wider with Nikon’s 300mm or 24mm-70MM. In telling the story, maybe these two images highlight the contrast between the two approaches.
Eyeball or Tell the Story
I could have titled this “Confessions of a Former Eyeball Shooter” but that might not have looked too good in Google Searches. There is nothing wrong with a close-up or “eyeball shot” but if you’re in the middle of the winter wonderland of Lamar Valley in Yellowstone can you really show that if all you see is that critter’s face. So working with my friend Moose, and looking back over old files, I see myself going wider to tell the story.
Going back into the files
I have been on a quest (hence very little posting) to reorganize my files and make sure they are properly keyworded. Two recent covers were largely attributable to being able to find existing images fast and keywords can certainly aid in that process.
In going back over images, I have found a lot that bring back memories. This one is of a Greater Antillean Nightjar that I almost stepped on while touring some remote areas of the Bahamas several years ago. They basically just lay their eggs, no real nest as you can see from the second image. And it blends in really well as I never saw it until the last second. It never moved but I did. Then at a sufficient length away not to further disturb it, I shot the image below.
What do you mean its that time of year again!!!!
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Alaska!
Back to Alaska to photograph Alaskan Moose. Have had two excellent days of shooting with friends in the Anchorage area. More to come.
Golf Course Wildlife III
Later that day, this Red-shouldered Hawk paid us no mind as we went by to hit a ball. As we finished he literally flew overhead up to the top of a pine tree to better reconnoiter the area. Two holes later, he was still hanging out on his perch….
