Birds – Page 29 – Sequim Daily Photo

High Key Cranes

I went to Bosque del Apache NM to study under Lisa Langell a brilliant creative photographer. One of our tasks was to learn how to shoot in “high Key” where you deliberately make the background completely white to separate your subject.

Frozen birds in Bosque del Apache

Note the bird on the far right is still frozen in the pond.

Also note that it was 17 degrees and said photographer was also frozen in place. It’s VERY hard to control your settings when it’s nearly pitch black and you can’t feel your hands!

A Week @ Bosque Del Apache NM

Sandhill Crane waking up in the ice at Sunrise. The birds had to break free of the ice that formed around them during the night before they could fly to the fields to graze.

I love to turn photos into pieces of art…

Great Blue Heron-hunting

I was riding with my WOW group when we crossed the pond and I saw the Heron. I stopped and was rewarded catching it catch it’s lunch-a sizable fish!

Taking Flight

Birds taking flight from the dungeness spit area.

Dungeness Hunting Grounds

THis eagle would fly by low and then dip into the grass over and over. I thought it wa missing its prey…but when I zoomed in I realized that each time it had a small mouse or vol in its talons that it quickly ate before diving again.

Impressive size

When a Baldy flies just over your head, you are immediately impressed by its enormous wing span of 75 inches. I can only imagine what little creatures feel.