How to Incorporate Fall Color in Your Bird Photography
Fall is a great time to get out for bird photography. Spring is known for the big bird migration with a large variety of birds migrating north. But the fall also has a migration as the birds fly back south.…
Comparing the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III and E-M1X for Bird Photography
With the OM-D E-M1X and E-M1 Mark III, Olympus has introduced two cameras that when paired with Olympus 300mm f/4 Pro lens are quite capable for bird photography. Both cameras have many of the same features and specs: 20.4 megapixel…
Using Topaz DeNoise AI for Editing your Bird Photographs
Before purchasing Topaz DeNoise AI, I used multiple Photoshop layers and masks to selectively remove noise from the background and sharpen the birds in my photographs. This workflow produced great results but also was very time consuming. Using Topaz DeNoise…
How to Use Custom Mode Settings on your Olympus OM-D Camera for Bird Photography
Several Olympus OM-D cameras have Custom Mode Settings on the Mode Dial on top of the camera. This makes it really easy to switch between different settings in your camera due to changing conditions. See the table at the bottom…
Should you Switch to the Olympus OM-D and 300mm f/4 lens for Bird and Wildlife Photography?
I love to photograph birds and wildlife. I’ve captured some really good images using my Canon 5d Mark III with the Canon 500mm f/4 and Canon 100-400mm f/4.5 – f/5.6 lenses. I’ve also owned Olympus gear for years and I…
Photo Story: Eastern Kingbird Feeding its Young
One thing I really enjoy about Bird and Wildlife photography is witnessing and photographing the undisturbed behavior of the animals. It’s great to get a beautiful portrait of a bald eagle, but capturing an eagle catching a fishing in its talons…
A Collection of Artistic Bird Photography Techniques
Pixel Peeper nature photographers will tell you that bird photographs need to be sharp with the bird’s eyes being in clear focus. I too strive for a sharp, in focus subject in most of my bird photographs. But there is…
Photo Story: What’s a Nene Goose?
The Nene Goose which is also called the Hawaiian Goose is native to the state of Hawaii. The Nene is also the state bird of Hawaii. In the 1950s the goose was near extinction due to hunting by humans, cats,…
What To Do When Your Nature Photos Aren’t Quite Sharp?
I’ve always like the composition of this photo. The swans taking off, the Mallard ducks in the background, the fall colors all lead to a pleasing photo. I’ve kept this unprocessed photo around for 7 years because I didn’t know…
Reddish Egret Fishing Sequence
While photographing birds at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, I captured a sequence of photographs of this Reddish Egret fishing in the shallows. Photographing a Reddish Egret while fishing is a real treat. Reddish Egrets have very animated behavior…
