Visit most any marina along the Pacific coast of the United States and you will more than likely find two groups of birds to be ubiquitous – gulls and ducks. Thus whenever one sets out to do a little photography of either one of these two groups, a few opportunistic images of the other will […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
Photo Interlude: Blue-headed Vireo
With the return of the rains here in the Pacific Northwest, I am reminded that autumn approaches. Autumn means many things to me, among which for the better part of the past decade has been included a visit to the lower Rio Grande Valley area of Texas, where I photographed this little Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo […]
The Well-read Naturalist: Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers
Of all the different styles of modern photography, the one that seems to elicit the most reticence from both amateurs and professionals alike is that of macro photography. This is indeed quite unfortunate, for it is through the practice of macro photography that so much of the ordinarily unseen details in our world become discoverable. […]
Photo Interlude: Loss of Vertical Hold
There are times, such as have been these past few days, when I feel a bit like this less than successful image of a Western Gull, Larus occidentalis, I took in Astoria a few weeks ago. While I’m sure the gull had everything under control as it went from a smooth soar into a dive […]