Monthly Archives: February 2012

White Throated Sparrow

We had a little bit of snow the last few days. While I was out around sunset, I caught a glimpse of this little fellow.

White Throated Sparrow on Snow

At first, I thought it might be a song sparrow. But after further attention I realized it was a White Throated Sparrow. The give away for me was in the clear white breast and if you look really closely, you will see a hint of yellow over its beak.

White Throated Sparrow Gesture

I love to try and capture gesture in my wildlife subjects. It makes them seem so much more “human”. I love the way the head is cocked on this subject. I make a game of trying to capture gesture in wildlife. I think it keeps you sharp as a photographer. Too many times I see people standing around while all sorts of wonderful things are happening around them. Maybe they should stop and look!

Captured with Nikon D700, 600mm f/4 w/TC-14EII on Lexar Digital Film

My Friend Chris Bridges

I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Bridges in 2009 at a workshop held by Moose Peterson. We hit it off pretty much from day 1. I’m not sure whether we became good friends because we both like the same movies or the same jokes or that we both have a few screws lose if you know what I mean? One thing I know we agreed on during that workshop was we had a lot of things to learn about imagery and creating media and that we are both passionate about striving to create the best images we can. Since then we have had a lot of fun trying to do just that.

Chris has created a new website so that he can share his passion with all of us. Above is one of his images made while out in Moab Utah, a trip I was supposed to attend with Chris :-(. Please stop by and check out his work, you won’t be disapointed!

Mallard Ducks

I have been stopping by Greenwich Point in hopes of finding some birds. The incredibly warm weather seems to have changed the feeding habits of what I would have considered common shore birds and even backyard feeder birds the last few weeks.

Mallard Drake
Mallard Hen Doing the Shake
The Happy Mallard Couple

My schedule the last few weeks also hasn’t helped me be in the right spot at the right time when photographing birds. Sunrises have not been kind and when they are good, they don’t seem to match high tide which is important on the coast of Connecticut. At many of the beaches and parks that allow public access (don’t get me started with that one), low tide could mean you are several tens of yards away from the birds. Unless you are using the Hubbell Telescope, you won’t have enough glass in that situation ;-).

Images captured with Nikon D700 w/600mm f/4 and TCe-1.4 II on Lexar Digital Images