These old trees had multiple small groups of Spoonbills on my last visit.
Roseate Spoonbills are not huge birds, maybe close to 3 feet I think. When you see them in these trees they look like Sparrows 🤣😂.
In The Old Oak Trees
Tag Archives: Bird Photography
Windy Wet Morning
The title here should have been ‘down a rabbit hole’. Searching an old folder for a landscape shot suitable for B&W I got lost.
I think this photograph is just about a year old. It was one of many taken on a ‘not so nice’ day down by the Ashley River. One of my habits as a photographer is to always try for multiple images/angles of any shots that interest me. It’s digital, so just click away.
OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, ON1, DxO Color Efex, Topaz
Great Egret Portrait
I am planning on updating my DxO software so I went and looked around what I currently have. One thing lead to another, next thing I know I’m trying a few things in Silver Efex.
Best viewed large.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, Leica 100-400, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.
Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron
This was one of two young Black-crowns I spotted in some big Live Oaks. I only found a single adult tucked into the Spanish Moss near some Spoonbills.
The Black-crowns nest all around the big cemetery ponds. The young don’t go far even after they fledge. The big salt marshes and the Cooper River are right there giving them an easy place to hunt and fish.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 100-400 II, Lightroom.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Not as shy as the Yellow-crown but they usually make you work for the shot.
Best viewed large.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom, Topaz.
Fall Marsh Scene
The golden Fall colors haven’t arrived yet, but the tall grass and reeds have lost much of their shades of green.
I would call this a halfway shot. I couldn’t decide whether to shoot full wide for a true landscape or zoom up close on the Great Egret.
He made the decision for me and started to fly off. So I ultimately got a wide shot of the bird in flight.😆
Snowy Egret – Monochrome Monday
A Snowy doing a balancing act along a low hanging branch.
When I shot this I captured a series of this bird on these branches. What struck me was the birds long legs and how I could barely tell them apart from the branches he walked.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.
Now I See ! Little Blue
Ever since I shot this I have looked at this Heron, saw his attitude, but never got it. It was just a shot and I kept it aside.
The other day I scrolled by it again, and I finally saw it.
Bottom right a Gallinule had invaded his space. The Little Blue was not very happy about it.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom.