by btharp | Dec 2, 2017 | bird photography, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography
I had traveled around the levee roads a few times the afternoon this picture was made last year. A lot of the geese had lifted off the ponds from a ‘scare’ and landed over in a field of stubble. After one more round on the levee road during the...
by btharp | Sep 3, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, photo news, USA, wildlife photography
These birds are doing just what I’ll be doing tonight -flying! Only I’m headed to Victoria Falls, then into Botswana and Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. But this image made me think of the ‘other’ type of flying, the wonderful annual migration...
by btharp | Apr 1, 2016 | bird photography, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography, wildlife photography
They say practice makes perfect, but in this case, I think I simply got lucky!! I was practicing, however, over and over again, to capture these house finches as they skirmished in the air. A nearby feeder was their target and they’d squabble and land on this...
by btharp | Mar 23, 2016 | bird photography, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography, wildlife photography
Not all nature photography is easy, and the results don’t speak about the hours we slogged through a swamp swatting mosquitoes, or trudged up a mountaintop in fierce winds, etc. The results are what matter and it’s a good thing the images don’t...
by btharp | Feb 24, 2016 | bird photography, nature photography, wildlife photography
If you didn’t like Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds” then you might not like some of the experiences in the wildlife refuges!! When the birds lift off and fly over your head, the sky darkens with their numbers, and the wingbeat can...