My final blogpost from Florida covers two other birdsm the Roseate Spoonbill and the White Ibis, from the Florida Instructional Photo Tour lead by Arthur Morris. Arthur is a fulltime professional photographer. He used to be a primary school teacher, now nearly a quarter century ago. Ever since he taught himself everything there is to learn about photography, innovating the art and the technique. To learn more about him, go to http://www.birdsasart.com, http://www.birdsasart-blog.com or come and learn more about photography on http://www.birdphotographers.net.
Continue reading Florida IPT February 2009, Roseate Spoonbill & White Ibis
At the Estero Lagoon we had a very nice sunrise, in the background the fog melting. This created a unique background with beautiful light. Among the birds that were attracted by the bait fish Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Tricoloured Heron, Brown Pelican and Reddish Egret. The latter bird is normally ‘reddish’ but sometimes turns into a white bird, also known as the white morphed reddish egret.
Continue reading Florida IPT February 2009, Reddish Egret & Tricoloured Heron
On our first day of the tour, after the amazing visit to Venice Rookery, we visited Placida Bay in the afternoon. Armed with a casting net we hunted our bait fish, partly for the same day, but mainly for our next day’s visit to Estero Lagoon, to lure the birds in. Here the leader in action:
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Continue reading Florida IPT February 2009, Osprey & Brown Pelican
We visited the Venice Rookery, a breeding spot for many birds in Venice, Florida, on the 13th of February and enjoyed the courtship displays of a number of male Great White Egrets. Since the island in the pond is quite small and the adjacent shore relatively nearby, creating images of these birds is relatively easy.
Continue reading Florida IPT February 2009, Great White Egret & Wilson Plover
This post will focus on images made of the Snowy Egret, quite an abundant bird in SW Florida and the Burrowing Owl, a sweet little bird, living and breeding underground. At most venues we visited, bait was used to attract the egrets and prooved great photographic subjects.
Continue reading Florida IPT February 2009, Burrowing Owl & Snowy Egret
Just being on the photography front as amateur for just over a year, trying to get familiar with photographic techniques, training myself in following objects, reading the light and being patient. I have been so fortunate that I can afford to buy good equipment, but I keep making the same (basic ?) mistakes. And I cannot find out why. I know the theory, I know a little about photography, but applying this knowledge in the field remains difficult. It feels as if I am banging my head against a glass sealing. For once I will get the training I need. I feel I am prepared to get hammered by a pro.
So I applied for one of Arthur Morris’s Instructional Photographic Tours, the one from President’s Week from 13-17 February. I was among another 9 photographers needing the education, the outing or the company.
Continue reading Florida IPT February 2009, Estero Lagoon
