Wildlife Photography
I don’t know what this brush is but it’s all along the edge of swamps and marshes. It grows to be thick and branches can get fairly large, almost tree like.
Below a Green Heron was just walking along branches, always keeping an eye on the water below. I’m never sure if they are looking at food or danger. Both are down there.
A very serious Snowy Egret at her nest.
Best viewed large.
I always love to capture that moment when a bird leaps onto the air, when they take flight. I think of it as ‘blind faith’.
I never gave it much thought until I started to photograph the big birds in these swamps, especially the young ones.
When they learn to fly here in the swamps, a young bird must eventually jump from the branches, into the air, assuming they will fly.
Down below there are Alligators. These birds are well aware of them too.
I may have published a Tree Frog on our Hummingbird feeder before. I was sure I did, but here in the WP web site world I can’t find any older images. Doesn’t matter these are fresh off the hard drive 😋😋.
I have read one of the best features of Fuji cameras is their color rendering. I have also read the reaction of Fuji users when first shooting OM. The color red gets high praise. I don’t think you can get a better example than these.
These are the shots that love to catch. The big wading bird working his way through the swamp. His wing span can be almost 7 feet, yet they can slip between all the branches.
This bird was out collecting sticks for a nest. I think he is carrying a twig 😆.
Here is the typical Snowy Egret ‘attitude display’.
They will strut and argue with anything, anyone, or sometimes just nothing.
Great fun to watch.
I don’t know who he belonged to. The nests at this spot were very tight and I’m surprised the adults didn’t get confused.
This little guy, a Great Egret chick, decided to go for a walk. Here he is watching the world around him.
These little birds are incredibly white! The sun just glares off their feathers. I don’t know how they stay so clean.
Casually sitting out in the open. Something they rarely do.
This is a good look at a Black-crowned Night Heron. I actually thought this photo had been published before, but don’t see it in the image library so I guess not.
I have been learning to use the ON1 editor which means my organizational techniques have gotten even worse.
