in a huge tree, the most exotic blooms turn their petals to capture the sun!

#MonochromeMonday #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Photography #BirdPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Bird #Birding #Eagle #BabyBird

I keep talking about my fledgling Red-bellied Woodpecker but I finally got off my duff this morning to photograph this sweet baby

My heart is broken into pieces, my friend & bird guide of many years that i shared many adventures with, most recently in Panama, has died, it just doesn't seem fair -- he was much younger, i just assumed he would always be there & we were already talking about the next trip...

#Bird #Woodpecker #Grief #Birding #Photography

The light was not great on these monkeys but... I have finally developed something to capture the mood of this family.

#Photograph #Photography #Monkeys #Primates #Wildlife #WildlifeMoments #Nature #Family #BabyAnimal #Cute

#DoorsDay #Photograph #Photography

why did this background end up so f'n yellow? the bird and branch are true color (this is Gray-headed Tanager)

mysteries of photography!!!

#bird #birding #PostProcessing #Photography #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Rainforest #RainforestPhotography

I am adding photos to my new Flickr album from my Wildlife Photography workshop in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98553536@N03/albums/72177720326749163

#Photography #BirdPhotography #WIldlifePhotography

i'm still not happy with my tree photography but to prevent overwhelm i will continue to focus on birds &, i hope, macro subjects-- that's enough overwhelm for a beginner

comments welcome tho...

#ThickTrunk #ThickTrunkTuesday #Photograph #Photography #Tree

#WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #Photograph #Night #Cityscape #Windows

For an animal that doesn't move much, sloths can be hard to photograph in a way that results in a photo worth looking at. However, on the last day of our workshop, we found this mother and baby, and the resulting photographs have caused me to delete all the ones from the rest of the week!

#Photography #Wildlife #Animal #Mammal #Sloth #Awwww #Cute #Love #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday

part of my macro workshop involved working w/ flash to overcome the extreme depth of field issues, i'm a bit meh on flash but me thinks this one's a keeper

(Note: all animals photo'd for this class were wild herps locally wrangled & returned to the wild after-- prefer not to post any picture of "collected" animals (however temporarily collected) w/out disclosure

#Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Photography #FlashPhotography #Frog #Herp #Herptile #105mm

This is another professionally "wrangled" amphibian from my macro day, all were released back into the wild by the property owner/wrangler after the class was over (a couple of hours) but it's still up to you if you consider this wildlife photograph... i think i just consider it macro photography

#amphibian #frog #poison #PoisonDartFrogs #nature #Photograph #Photography #Macro #MacroPhotography

there's a stadium directly below this balcony to provide view of the games

so i assume these baffling barriers are for safety--
we don't need rowdy hotel guests throwing bottles of beer down on the opposing team now do we? 🤣

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #Photography #View #City #Photograph

silence is for those other birbs

#SilentSunday #SundayVibes #Bird #Birds #Birding #Hummingbird #Photography #BirdPhotography #Nature #Outdoors #Wildlife

I'm thinking of going out to find a Purple Martin colony today

last year my pictures were terrible as i could never get focus in time for this fast moving critter

i'd like to see if i've improved

#Birds #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #Martins #Swallows #PurpleMartin

A random focus stack i did yesterday, i've only done a few focus stacks (mostly astro focus stacks of Comet Atlas) so i need to practice to make sure i know all the steps before my next workshop...

there were 11 photos in this stack, and i think it still has issues, but sooner or later i've got to figure out how to photograph rocks since i have a huge collection 🤣

#MineralMonday #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Photography #Crystal #Quartz #RockQuartz #RockCollection #Rockhound #FocusStack

So many berries, so little time...

Bay-breasted Warbler adult

#Bird #Birds #Birding #BIrdPhotography #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Outdoors #Panama #Warbler

If a photo takes a metric s***ton of processing, you probably won't be happy with the final result & so it is with this phone digiscope of Slender-billed Kite that I had to settle for because we were in the forest, with changing light, on horseback where I couldn't get to my real camera

#bird #birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #Kite #BirdOfPrey #forest #Darien #Panama

"some people act like they never seen a woodpecker peck wood before..."-- vaguely huffy Cinnamon Woodpecker male

i am still adding photos to my Panama Flickr album here https://www.flickr.com/photos/98553536@N03/albums/72177720325748911

#bird #birds #birding #woodpecker @BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #Photograph #Panama #Soberania #RainForest #Nature #Outdoors

The lonely ❤️

We traveled from east to west from Bocos del Toro all the way to Darien, & every single Red Lored Amazon was going two by two except this one who sat looking somewhat stunned on a utility wire... I still wonder if there is a sad breakup story in there somewhere...

#Bird #Birds #Birding #PhotoFriday #Photography #BirdPhotography #Parrot #Amazon #AmazonParrot #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

I have started a new Flickr album of Birds of Panama featuring Crested Eagle

New photos being developed & added daily until i run out of steam!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98553536@N03/albums/72177720325748911/

#Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Hummingbirds #Eagles #Hawks #Birding