photography technique

Black Skimmer Skimming the Gulf

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-24T05:06:40-05:00April 29th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, Black Skimmer, coast, coastal, feeding behavior, flight, foraging, foraging technique, Gulf of Mexico, photography technique, skimmers, skimming, water, waves|

My own technique for photographing this Black Skimmer skimming the Gulf and other skimmers that day was to sit down in the water right where the waves crested and moved on shore.

What I could have done to improve this image

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-21T07:25:27-05:00August 19th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets|Tags: bird photography, coast, coastal, composition, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, image, lagoon, photography technique, quality, self critique, shoreline, Snowy Egret, wading birds, water|

This image could have been better. I have no doubt about that. I did get the exposure right and I like the action. But there are far too many things about this photo that just don't work.