Yes, there is a large number of Wood Stork photographs lately. I am still fascinated by the fact they have gone from an endangered species to this large rookery with nests so easily photographed.

Another month or so and they will all disappear back out to the large marshes. The summer doldrums will be upon us.

Unless you photograph Wood Storks on a regular basis you don’t realize the usual problems when shooting them. The obvious one is size. However it’s more like size and focus.

An example is the wings. Getting the wing tips, on both wings, in focus is tricky. The same goes for getting both his huge beak and feet in focus at the same time. This is not something that’s a big issue with most birds.

Switching to OM helped, depth of field is much better on their cameras. By default most shots will have a deeper depth, which I think is great for wildlife photography.

Below is a good sample. This big bird could not have been more spread out. There’s probably about 8 feet between wing tips here.

I’m not the type of photographer that will be flipping around f stops when a big bird suddenly drops out of a tree.