A wild day at Sebkhat al Fasl, Jubail
My visit to Sebkhet al Fasl, Jubail on Thursday afternoon was a cool and windy one. It was also wet in the sense that the water level was at least 50 cm higher than during my first visit a few months ago. The picture below is not the open sea. It is part of the […]
A Red-breasted Sapsucker Drilling Sap Wells
It’s really important to learn bird behavior if you want to get good bird photographs (click on photos for full sized images). I saw a post on Facebook the other day questioning “whether you can be a “birder” with a camera rather than with binoculars.” There were some pretty interesting remarks to this question and, […]
Northern Territory Road trip (Part II – Western MacDonnell Ranges)
Western MacDonnell Ranges is a chain of mountain ranges west of Alice Springs. This mountain range contains a number of spectacular gaps and gorges that can be explored via Mereenie loop. All major attractions have camping sites that provide a convenient base from which to explore the area. Like most gorges in the West MacDonnell […]
‘A Bestiary’ ~ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
I have been very fortunate to have a few wonderful encounters and sightings of these large woodpeckers. They have now joined with other beasts in my fourteenth installment of ‘A Bestiary’ posted over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. You can see more photos of these and other Pileated Woodpeckers and the stories that go […]
Exposure Compensation for Wildlife Photography
Yesterday when I was at Jetty Park I came across a Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret walking along the dark rocks that lined the inlet. And the photos made me decide to do a post about exposure compensation. How you set your exposure compensation depends in part on the metering method you use. Here […]
The Heart of the Delta…
Angolan Reed Frog (Hyperolius parallelus). Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D3s. Nikon 105 mm. ISO 800. f13 @ 1/250 Sec. Lexar media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net with Little Vumbura Camp & Wilderness Safaris www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari
Shimabara Athletic Park
This morning I decided to try again for Ryukyu Minivet at Shimabara Athletic Park. The western side of the sports park has a forested area with a couple of short trails which backs onto a mountainous area. The deepest part of this forest has a small, usually dry, pond-like area. I have checked this location […]