Photo Story: Backyard Red-Tailed Hawk
A Red-tailed Hawk frequently visits my backyard. My wife fills three bird feeders daily that draws a large population of birds. Back Yard Red-Tailed Hawk This Red-tailed Hawk sees my backyard as his hunting ground. Several attempts by my wife to scare…
Bailey Tract Trails on Sanibel Island – A Great Place for Nature Photography
The Bailey Tract trail on Sanibel Island is a part of J.W. Ding Darling National Wildlife Preserve. The Bailey Tract doesn’t have the concentration of wildlife and birds that Wildlife Drive does, but it also doesn’t have the concentration of…
Photo Story: Loggerhead Shrike
The Loggerhead Shrike is a predatory song bird with unusual hunting habits. The Loggerhead Shrike uses its strong curved beak to kill its prey or it kills its prey by impaling it on thorns or barbed wire fences. It also leaves the…
Birds in Flight Photography with the Canon 100-400 Mark II Lens
Osprey Water Take Off, with 1.4x Telephoto Extender, ISO 320 (Above Photo) On a bird photography trip to Florida, I put the Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6 Mark II to the test for birds in flight photography. I paired the Canon 100-400mm…
Photo Story: Wood Stork Portrait
The Wood Stork is a large wading bird native to the Southeast United States, South America, and the Caribbean. The US breeding population of the Wood Stork is classified as threatened. Wood Stork Portrait The Wood Stork has a white…
Bird Photography at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
White-crowned Night Heron Reflection (Above Photograph) J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is one of the premier bird photography destinations in the United States. The Ding Darling refuge is located on Sanibel Island in Florida. The address for Ding Darling…
Photo Story: Roseate Spoonbill Flapping its Wings – Plus a Processing Tip
A Roseate Spoonbill was on my shot list for a January photography trip to southwest Florida. With as much bird photography as I have done, I had never need or photographed one in the wild. Roseate Spoonbill Flapping its Wings…
Florida Bird Photography with the Canon 100-400mm Mark II Lens
Palm Warbler – 560mm with 1.4X Telephoto Extender Attached (Above Photo) On a six day bird photography vacation to Florida, I decided to leave my Canon 500mm f/4 lens at home and bring only the Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 Mark II lens…
Photo Story: Paddle Boarding into the Sunrise
This sunrise photo was taken on Sanibel Island in southwest Florida. It might seem strange that I was taking a photo of the sunrise instead of the sunset on the gulf coast of Florida. Sanibel Island – Paddle Boarding into…
Transportation in India – What’s on the Road? (Part 1)
After a ½ dozen trips to India, I’ve seen just about everything on the road. In India and other developing nations, people can be very creative about how to get from point A to point B. Indian Father and Sun…
