December 6th, 2010

Bosque’s Cranes

1D4, 800mm, ISO400, 1/2500 @ f/6.3 When the wind and sun are in the right position, some flight images really give a kick when successful.

Bosque is dominated by 3 types of birds: ducks (in all sorts), Geese (Snowy & Ross’s) and Sandhill Cranes. By the time we entered the Bosque Wildlife Refuge in [...]

December 4th, 2010

Bosque’s Blurs

1D4, 800mm, ISO100, 1/20 @ f/11 Spectacular scenes were provided by the large flocks of Red-Winged Blackbirds, creating waves of birds. This image was made by horizontally panning with the movement of the flock.

In all the time I photographed, I discarded blurs as operator error. I should have known better . Through the [...]

December 3rd, 2010

What a Week: Bosque

Canon 5DII, FishEye 15mm, ISO100, 1/20 @ f/2.8 The most beautiful sunrises occur when the skies are clouded. We were blessed with a few mornings with spectacular formations.

The ‘Bosque del Apache’ wildlife refuge is a reserve where thousands of Snow Geese, Ross’s Geese, Sandhill Cranes and large numbers of ducks seek shelter for [...]