Stalking the Antpitta
I was personally so thrilled at being given the opportunity to see and digiscope an image of this secretive little creature that I didn’t even bother to straighten the camera before depressing the shutter.
Category: Nature
Jul 22, 2010 | 2 comments
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Required Reading
Regardless of where your travels might take you in this world, it’s always a good idea to read-up on your destination before you go. For travelling naturalists and wildlife photographers, such preliminary study is not just a good idea, its of paramount importance.
Jul 16, 2010 | 0 comments
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Standing at Attention for the Admiral
In my sparsely butterfly populated corner of Northwest Oregon, a fleeting glimpse of large black and white lepidopteran wings immediately brings one name to mind – but not always the right one.
Jul 15, 2010 | 0 comments
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Sleeping Late on Saturday
As the previous images of the Sauvie Island nesting Ospreys that I recorded with my DSLR camera were less than satisfactory, I brought my Swarovski digiscoping rig to the site on my next visit.
Jul 14, 2010 | 0 comments
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Tail-less Tiger
Here in Northwest Oregon, photographing butterflies poses two main challenges. First, there aren’t many of them here. Second, the most photogenic of the ones that are rarely settles long enough to get a decent photo of it.
Sauvie Island Ospreys
A stalwart agricultural holdout against the ever-expanding perimeter of Portland, Sauvie Island is one of the finest places in the Pacific Northwest for wildlife viewing and photography.
Jul 01, 2010 | 0 comments
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