Snowy Histogram

In response to this question from Maruthy:   A very good example to understand and learn the value of pushing the histogram to the right ! Thanks for sharing !  Would it be possible for you to share the histogram of the original, to help better understand the concept ?  Thanks, Maruthy

Surely.  Here is the [...]

Headed Home From Bosque

I had fun in the snow on the early morning of Sunday, November 30. Photo copyright and courtesy of Robert O'Toole.

It is 6:50 am on Wednesday, December 2 and I am sitting in the Albuquerque Airport headed for Denver/Orlando.   I will be home for four whole days before heading to Long Island [...]

Problems with Sharpness?

This classic BAA image was created at a shutter speed of 1/30 sec. If you think that your equipment is the cause of your usharp images, please keep reading. Not sure who said this but I do agree: "Most lenses are sharper than most photographers." This print will be offered as a limited [...]

Back to the Basics #2 and More

Wow!  I’ve been swamped.   Trying and failing to get my 2008 Income Taxes finished before I leave for the Galapagos this afternoon.  Doing 50+ posts per day on my beloved BirdPhotographers.Net, packing, and taking care of business.  I will be back in the office on July 20.

This pair of young dark phase Reddish [...]

Back to the Basics #1 and More...

I have made almost 8,000 comments on BNP (www.BirdPhotographers.Net) over the past year and a half and I am amazed at how often folks with equipment costing more than $5-10,000 are unaware of many of the fundamentals.  In an effort to rectify that situation, and to help everyone improve, I will be posting a [...]

Do As I Say.... A weather story

Despite a somewhat scary weather forecast, I photographed this morning at Fort DeSoto Park south of St. Petersburg, FL with Chris Dodds (www.chrisdoddsphoto.com) and Linda Robbins, the Hummingbird Queen.  It was cloudy and dark so we were all using high ISOs and fill flash.  By about 9am a huge black cloud was creeping up [...]

More DeSoto Images As Promised & Some Head Angle Fine Points

As mentioned in the last post, the wind and weather on the morning of the 3rd made it one very tough morning.   With the wind quite strong from the west, there were fewer birds on the exposed beach, and most of the birds were taking advantage of the small bit of shelter offered by the beach [...]

Using All Focusing Points for Erratic Flight and Action

When attempting to photograph erratic flight or action, I will often choose AAFPS, All AutoFocus Points Selected as in most cases this make it easier to track the bird or to maintain focus on two birds that are interacting.  On my last trip with James Shadle on the Hooptie Deux, we were headed back [...]