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White Ibis in Breeding Plumage Millers Lake - Taken with Nikon D2X and Nikkor 300 AFS F/4 with TC-14e Teleconverter
Bird Photography on a Budget
The equipment for bird photography can be very expensive. Part of this is the nature of the business, photographing small moving objects requires long telephoto lenses and effective autofocus systems
Beginning bird photographers would be well served with a good cropped sensor camera body and 400 mm f/5.6 lens or a 300 mm f/4 lens with a 1.4x teleconverter. By applying several common sense strategies you can acquire such a system at a reduced cost.
Little Green Heron - Millers Lake
This month I cover issues related to the potential closing of access to Lake Martin, a morning shoot in Lower Terrebonne Parish, and current openings in my photo tours and classes.
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Backlit Cypress–Lake Dauterive–November, 2019
November Fall Photo Tour
We just finished an excellent photo tour with ideal weather and fall colors. Photo locations were Lake Martin, Lake Dauterive, and Henderson Swamp. Highlights of the trip included a spectacular sunset at Lake Martin, magnificent sunrise and backlit fog at Lake Dauterive, Thousands of swarming tree swallow's at Henderson Swamp.
Read MoreOak Tree–Lake Martin Visitor's Center
I've been frustrated for some time about having a very short window of good light early and late in the day. The middle of the day has always been a challange. Fortunately there's one form of photography that is best in the middle of the day with bright light, Infrared (IR) photography.
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Cattle Egret Returning to Nest with a Stick - Jefferson Island
When I arrived early Sunday morning May 1st, the weather was not looking promising for the tour starting that evening. I sat out a torrential downpour in the car at Lake Martin and thre were reports of I-49 being closed due to flooding. The forcast was dismal until Wednesday morning, the last day of the tour.
Fortunately things did not work out as forecast I this is one of the best Spring Lousiana Bird Photo Tours I've done to date.
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White Ibis in Breeding Plumage Millers Lake - Taken with Nikon D2X and Nikkor 300 AFS F/4 with TC-14e Teleconverter
Bird Photography on a Budget
The equipment for bird photography can be very expensive. Part of this is the nature of the business, photographing small moving objects requires long telephoto lenses and effective autofocus systems
Beginning bird photographers would be well served with a good cropped sensor camera body and 400 mm f/5.6 lens or a 300 mm f/4 lens with a 1.4x teleconverter. By applying several common sense strategies you can acquire such a system at a reduced cost.
The third of the series from the old Web site. Final Preparations
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I've moved this from my old Web site. While I've updated the images using a slide show rather than the original in-line images, the content remains the same.
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