I freely admit it – during my family’s most recent visit to our ancestral home of Astoria, Oregon, I met a girl who swept me off my feet. Now, before you start typing out a message to my wife telling her what a no good bum you’ve always known I was, let me clarify something, […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
Photo Interlude: Contemporary Lantern
The Contemporary Lantern at the Portland Japanese Garden, photographed during their annual lantern lighting evening for photography members. The soft glowing illumination of these magnificent stone lanterns can be tricky to capture without under or overexposing the image. Equipment: Canon EOS 40D body Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM lens Settings: F-stop: f/1.8 Exposure time: 1/30 […]
Photo Interlude: Five Good Terns
Caspian Terns, Hydroprogne caspia, congregating atop a waterfront warehouse roof in Astoria, Oregon. There is quite a significant colony of these birds in the Astoria area, a portion of which have taken to gathering on the rooftop of one of the buildings owned by Astoria Warehousing along the town’s waterfront. While birds on a rooftop […]
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Things have been a bit hectic recently here at Born Again Bird Watcher HQ. You might notice the site looks slightly different and that a few of the links aren’t working quite right. That’s because the site host formerly known ad Green Tangerine seems suddenly to have gone out of business (a fact I learned […]