My Review - My first day out testing my new Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR (vibration reduction) on snowy owls in flight just west of Calgary, Alberta. It was dark, total overcast, snowing like crazy and high winds that made matters worse, did I mention cold! But the nikkor 300mm f/2.8 VR tracked perfectly, locked on target even when the owl was just a blur behind blowing snow!
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Snowy Owls Flight Photos

The last set of the snowy owls in flight, Moving on to other birds and beasts but I hope you enjoyed this series of the snowy owl in flight from Alberta Canada

Snowy Owls In Flight

Photographing the snowy owls here in alberta Canada, so here are a few more photos of a female snowy owl in flight.

Snowy Owls In A Snow Storm

Totally overcast and snowing like crazy when we found this snowy owl just east of Calgary.
My oldest son Tyler is in town and unlike his younger brother, has never seen a snowy owl before so we hit the road late this afternoon. Just 15 min. east of Calgary, we found out first snowy owl. In [...]

Gyrfalcon Photos, Alberta Canada

A few In-flight photos of a male white gyrfalcon attacking a ringed-neck pheasant in near white-out conditions in Alberta, Canada!

Great Horned Owl In-Flight

hree frames of a surprised great horned owl in-flight, only three frames because thats all I got as he passed by very quickly on a cold day.
Great light for photography, we also saw two snowy owls and one merlin falcon.

Alberta Snowy Owls

Photographing in-flight Alberta snowy owls in crappy light is still lots of fun, especially when they get good and close to the photographer!
The crappy light was due to a chinook arch, it was warm but very dull for in flight snowy owl photos.

Mountain Sheep Jumping Guard Rail Kananaskis Valley

I took a drive into the Kananaskis Valley Alberta on the weekend looking for, well anything that moved! I found a small heard of mountain sheep crossing a road and jumping over a roadside guard rail. It was fun as I test driving the Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR lens on these sheep in action.

September Wood Ducks In-Flight Alberta

This evening I found a bunch of wood ducks getting ready for their evening flight. I photographed immature male wood ducks, adult male and females taking flight. Here are just a few.

Fall Dragonflies - Macro Photography

The photo of a dragonfly on the left is from tonight, the dragonfly below was from yesterday. No tripods for these two macr photos as both are handheld

Immature Bald Eagle - Bow River Calgary Alberta

A couple quick photos of an immature bald eagle in-flight fishing the Bow River here in Calgary Alberta
Other birds of prey seen this evening include, american kestrel, merlins, sharp-shinned hawk, 4 osprey’s, 1 adult bald eagle, blue heron, swainsins hawks, red-tail hawk and 1 great horned owl.

Macro Photography, Bugs & Extension Tubes

I love macro photography and use extension tubes almost exclusively. I have dedicated macro lenses, but I like the distance I gain from the subject using a 300mm f/4 nikkor lens and extension tubes.

Alberta Swainson’s Hawk - Dark Phase - Again!

I went looking for that dark phase or dark “morph” swainsons hawk tonight, and found him! It was the same swainson hawk posted here. I love these birds of prey, especially the the dark phase birds. Soon they will be gone, on their way to the fall migration to South America. A few photos [...]

Birds Of Prey, Nature & Wildlife Photography by Mark Williams

A good friend of mine and fellow photog Mark Williams has finally put together a web site showcasing Birds of prey, nature and wildlife photography.

Swainsons Hawk, Dark Morph/Phase in-Flight

A photo taken tonight of a dark morph, or dark phase swainsons hawk in-flight. These hawks are starting to gather, getting ready to make the long flight south. This swainsons hawk is shown screamiong with mouth open wide.

Merlin Attacks Kingbird, Kingbird Attacks Falcon

The falcon had just grabbed dinner, but it was not an easy catch! A second kingbird was in hot pursuit of the falcon and was attacking the merlin, actually landing on the merlins back.
Bad light, and it was going away from me, but I though it might be of interest to some.