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Last March, I made a last-minute decision to jump in the van and drive the 14 hours to the Platte River of Nebraska to see the Sandhill Crane migration. There was one available spot in an overnight blind at the @rowesanctuary, so I grabbed it. I was
Northern Harrier hawk, motion, black and white. On this morning I was trying something new. It didn’t work - and I would have been completely skunked if not for this single flyby from a harrier. I was shooting at low shutter speeds and I liked
Lesser Scaup at Great Salt Lake with city lights.
More intentional camera movements. If you’ve followed me for long you know that water is the real subject in some of my bird photos. But windy conditions and chop on the water are tough - it happens all the time and almost never looks good. H
Running through the archives, deleting photos, and found this one - Eared grebe, from a couple years ago. It might be a new favorite. What do you think? #greatsaltlake #earedgrebe
Western Grebe at Great Salt Lake. These are some of the most beautiful and charismatic birds, but somehow awkward to photograph. But I keep trying. Here’s a short diving sequence in soft sunset light.
Hello friends. I’m still working on motion- taking thousands of blurry photos at slow shutter speeds! Here’s night scene - a Northern Shoveler feeding with the city lights in the background. Shot at 1/5s. #greatsaltlake #northernshovele
Franklin’s Gulls feeding at Great Salt Lake, well after sunset and moody just how I like it. This looks like a major edit and I did lean into the colors and contrast a bit but otherwise it’s basically as shot. Check out the second image f
A few fall dreamscapes at Great Salt Lake. Mixed shorebirds and ducks, including American Avocets, Northern Shovelers, phalaropes. I’ve been spending a lot of time using slow shutter speeds and intentional camera movements - a few of these sho

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