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 […]
Swarovski
Photo Interlude: Great Blue Heron
This Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, picked an old piling not far off shore in the Columbia River for a perch for the night. Even though the evening’s weather was grey and overcast, even the small details of the beak come through clearly in this completely unretouched or post processed image. Location: Astoria, Oregon Digiscoped […]
Heavy Sleepers
Should you one day find yourself in Astoria, Oregon strolling alongside the lower Columbia River and looking out at the boats in the East Mooring Basin, you may suddenly realize that the docks look a bit lumpy.
Photo Interlude: Swarovski 25-50x W Test Images
A few of my very first test digiscoping images using the new Swarovski 25-50x W eyepiece and UCA (Universal Camera Adapter). All images are uncropped with no post-processing whatsoever.