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Recently, a blogging friend of mine named Stella posted a wonderful series of a parakeet in the branches of a tree devouring its meal (Light Color Shade, posted March 27th), which I thought was particularly wonderful. And it got me thinking that birds are so incredibly photogenic, but very hard to capture. You'll find that you have to take a bunch of pictures to get a few that are really good, and worth saving. Pictures #1 and #2 are from my second Alaska trip, and are just ordinary seagulls, caught in some rather extraordinary circumstances. Picture #3 is from our pond, and shows on of the many visiting herons that we have here. And pictures 4 - 9 are all from Costa Rica, and extra credit to those that can identify the birds (hint, I misidentified several of them in my previous post 2 years ago).
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The second pic is so awesome. I love birds and always wonder how they can see 2 things at one time.That gull was seeing above and below O_o
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning my post. You're spot-on about birds being hard to capture. There's a whole bunch of birds around me I've been trying to snap for a while, I've captured some nice moments, but failed to take quality pictures so far. Birds are my favourite creatures (together with horses).
ReplyDeleteI especially love seagulls, the freedom of their hovering flight over the sea has always fascinated me. There're different species of seagulls, as well as double crested cormorants (#7), great blue herons (#5) and intermediate egrets (a relative of your #8) round here too, and I'm still after them (I have to invest in a more powerful lens).
Definitely, one of your loveliest posts.
Thanks. I could make a living taking pictures of birds (if I could just figure out how to get someone to pay for that). I've taken so many bird pictures, but I've not taken very many that I'd share...
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures. I have always found it difficult to take good bird pictures. They are so active.
ReplyDeleteVery nice shots. #4 looks like an immature Tiger Heron, 5 a yellow crowned night heron, 6 a green heron, 7 an olivaceous cormorant, 8 a snowy egret (i think) and 9 a pelican.
ReplyDeleteScott, you've been searching your bird books - you've got them right!
ReplyDeleteTimothy, I freely admit it. I'd be lost without my reference books. :)
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