I thought I’d share my “best” photos from my recent trip
to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge.
The best of the best were the White-tailed Hawk photos from my January 3rd post.
The FM road to Brazoria NWR:
Stand on any of Texas's pristine
coastal wetlands, and not too far in the distance you’ll see the petrochemical engines
that are the backbone of our country’s consumerism. We can’t
pretend that we aren't closely intertwined with their products:
The “best” description of my birding photos is in
quotes due to the very low lighting of the day, giving great
birding and poor photos.
This untouched photo of a Red-tailed Hawk gives a feel for the
conditions of the day:
After messing with my camera’s aperture and other
settings, and the wonderful world of digital development using Photoshop Elements (I shoot Raw), things got a little
better.
One of my closer encounters with an Osprey:
The best I could pull from the large number of
Red-tailed Hawks I sighted that day:
A lovely Northern Pintail:
And a Northern Shoveler, not yet in full breeding
plumage:
I’m never happy with my photos of Black-necked
Stilts. Their black-and-white plumage
gives me fits. But the “lean” of the
second photo, and the mechanism of the “leg lift” of the third photo kind of
cracked me up:
One of my childhood friends, the Loggerhead Shrike:
These three photos of Savannah Sparrows are not the greatest
in the world, but I was pretty thrilled with them after spending a long time of
playing hide and seek with a small, loose flock of Savannah's.
This first photo shows my camera’s point focus capability;
giving focus to a single small object in front of a large, complex background
(I had a large number of out of focus shots as holding the lens still enough to "grab" the little birdy, and not the background, is a challenge):
And these two photos show my camera’s point focus
capability within a complex setting:
And for Judy’s good dog Emma, I conclude with the
warning sign from the NWR’s viewing platform:
May your day be birdy (with no bee stings)!
The leg lift of the stilt is my most wonderfully favorite!
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