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Adult White-crowned Sparrow Perched On A Stump

By |2022-06-06T03:48:32-06:00October 10th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is a really simple photo with three features, the White-crowned Sparrow, the stump, and a very dark background.

Red-breasted Nuthatch – Contrasting Light and Shadows

By |2022-10-02T05:52:32-06:00October 21st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

What I like about this male Red-breasted Nuthatch photo is the contrast of light and shadows. While I can't see all the fine feather details in the shaded part of the nuthatch what I can see is simply enough.

Red-tailed Hawk In Morning Light – Wasatch Mountains In The Shadows

By |2023-09-28T05:35:34-06:00November 4th, 2018|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning for a few moments I had one of those opportunities with a Red-tailed Hawk perched on top of some trees in East Canyon where the mountains in the background where still in the shadows and because of that the bird seemed to glow.

Short-eared Owl – Comparing Early to Mid Morning Light On My Subject

By |2021-04-04T13:04:53-06:00June 17th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While this final image shows a beautiful Short-eared Owl, nice sharpness and details when I compare it to the first photo it just isn't as visually appealing to me as the first photo which was taken in softer light.

Go Easy on Adding Saturation in Bird Photography – Over Processing Mistakes

By |2024-01-07T03:27:16-07:00March 14th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Eastern Kingbirds, Long-billed Curlews, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

In bird photography there is such a thing as over processing mistakes and the mistake I see most often is adding way too much saturation.

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