Tag: bird photography
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton Five of them are in the same shadow. That one isn’t. I didn’t notice it in the field. It registered when I viewed it on the computer — one bird, same dead branch, same species,…
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I’ve been shooting long enough that most sightings don’t stop me in my tracks anymore. The spoonbill is different. Every time I see one, I still have a small involuntary reaction, like my brain needs a second to accept what it’s looking at. Part of it is the color. Nothing else in these wetlands is…
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“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir Great Egret chicks reach the point where they’re climbing around the nest and getting rowdy at about three weeks. The Studio of That’s roughly where these three are. The down is still thick, the beaks are still that soft yellow,…