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Nikon D850. F6.3 at 1/8000, ISO 12800. 60-600mm lens at 600mm. March 24, 2020 at 6:11pm.

Ludington State Park

Nikon D810. F6.3 at 1/800, ISO 800. 60.0-600.0mm lens at 600.0mm. March 25, 2020 at 1:46pm.

Legends Ranch Presidential Invitation

Legends Ranch Presidential Invitation

Loon

Barn Birds Berries Audobon

Wednesday May

Our new 600 mm telephoto lens has been fun to experiment with. Large telephoto lenses have a very shallow depth of focus and only show a narrow degree of the horizon. This allows the photographer to isolate specific parts of a scene. In this photo, the big lens allowed me to capture the seagull as it flew over the prettiest section of the light show. F5.6 at 1/1250, ISO 500, 600 mm lens with 1.4 extender at 850 mm

Swan Carring Baby on Back

Birds of a feather are definitely flocking together this morning, circling en mass over a farm field near Coopersville. How do so many birds dart and soar in such synchronization without colliding? I do not have the answer so I will just concentrate on photographing this poetry in motion.

Snowy Owl December

Ludington State Park

Electric Beach

Wednesday

I have never seen so many Canada geese goslings in one parade as this morning in the Tobico Marsh State Game Area at Kawkawlin, Michigan, between Bay City and Pinconning. Their two parents, or adopted parents, guide them through the waters of the big marsh near the Lake Huron shoreline. The geese are among dozens of game birds and songbirds seeming to pop up everywhere during my hike through the marshland set aside for them. D800, F5.6 at 1/800, ISO 400, 500mm lens at 500mm

Perched

Nikon D850. F6.3 at 1/8000, ISO 6400. 60-600mm lens at 600mm. April 6, 2020 at 4:46pm.

Swans at Epworth

I know photographers who set up feeding stations and sophisticated lighting systems to increase their odds of making fabulous photographs of hummingbirds. I appreciate the thought and work that goes into that style of shooting as well as the outcome. As for me, my unplanned, unexpected encounter with this hummingbird at Dow Gardens in Midland is the kind of hunting in the wild approach I prefer. My adrenaline is flying off the charts but I have to work fast and smart to capture the hummingbird image I have always dreamed of making.