Bolivia is an extremely diverse country when it comes to birds. In fact, some say that if it wasn’t land-locked it would have more species than any other country. Endemism is not especially high but there are some stunners to search for such as the Red-fronted Macaw and Black-hooded Sunbeam. The country lacks a field […]
Author: Glenn Bartley
Glenn Bartley is a professional nature photographer who specializes in photographing birds in their natural habitat. He currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia on Canada’s West Coast. Glen runs instructional photo workshops throughout the year to exciting destinations around the world. Upcoming trips include Vancouver Island, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Churchill Manitoba and Peru. He focuses on birds because there are so many species, they can be found almost anywhere, they are challenging to photograph and beautiful to watch.
Photoshop Technique – Digital Eye Repair
Building on my last post about the benefits of using a flash bracket I thought that I would post about some of the techniques that I use to “clean up” the eyes of the birds that I photograph using Adobe Photoshop. Before moving forward it is important to recognize that, in most cases, the birds […]
Flash Brackets!
Coming to you live from my living room. Check out this video about flash brackets and which one I use…
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part III
The next morning I woke up and decided to try to track down my main target bird for the trip. Walking around the campground I faced two immediate problems. The first was that the habitat wasn’t right. The forests were dominated by coniferous trees and the understorey was pretty open – definitely not right. The […]
Birding in Churchill by Glenn Bartley Part IV
It is always such a treat to visit Churchill. The birds and photo opportunities really are fantastic. We had a wonderful time shooting speeding Eiders flying by while sitting on the shore of the Hudson’s Bay. Our time spent photographing Pacific Loons, Horned Grebes and Long-tailed Ducks on their breeding ponds was also excellent. Searching […]
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part II
One of the birds that is pretty common in the marshlands around the area is the Virginia Rail. Even though this species can be found on Vancouver Island as well I have just never had any luck with them. One sunny evening I spent some time wading around a marsh and managed to get a […]
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part I
Greetings everyone!At the end of May I headed back to Ontario for a little bit of family time. Of course I brought my camera along to try to pick off a few targets. My parents moved out to eastern Ontario from Toronto a few years back and there are lots of good birds around the […]
Costa Rica Trip Report – Black and White Owl
Part 6/6 of my month down in Costa Rica leading a few photography workshops. We had some really nice opportunities throughout the tours and many wonderful images were made. Costa Rica is one of those countries that is just so pleasant to visit. Overall I would say that both trips were a huge success. Everyone […]