Category Archives: Year 1

Day 183: Year Long Bird Photography Project is 1/2 Complete!

This osprey which I photographed this morning is screaming it aloud … well done on completing 1/2 year of bird photography! While the output of this project has been the bird photographs, the input has been my learning how to manually control and use my camera. Many of the photographs I now take were totally impossible for me six months ago.

Thus, if you are considering a 365 photo project, find a subject you like and be prepared to learn! The project forces you to use your camera in all kinds of varying conditions and light levels. The result helps you improve your photo taking skills!

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Day 182: Unexpected Treats!

Earlier today while photographing cedar waxwings at the mouth of the Talmadge River on the North Shore of Lake Superior, at one point I happened to look down from the bridge and discovered what should NEVER be happening on July 23rd … tons of steelhead (rainbow trout) trout were in the mouth of the river spawning!

By my reckoning even a late spawn would be over with by the 1st of June. Who says the water is not still cold from last winter’s frigid temperatures?! My apologies for the fuzzy fish photographs. I don’t have much experience with photos of fish with love on their minds! 

Also saw a gray fox earlier in the day. Have to love living in northern Minnesota.

Talmadge River Cedar Waxwings
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Spawning Steelhead (rainbow trout)
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Gray / Silver Fox
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