Recent Photos from Texas

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I am on my first photo trip since February 2020. It is good to get out of the condo and listen to the imaginary clicks of my mirrorless camera.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Bolivar Peninsula, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f4.5 TC lens @ 275 mm
1/1000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 500, handheld

American Bittern- Anahuac NWR, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f/4.5 TC lens @ 500 mm
1/640 sec at f/5.6, ISO 250, handheld

American Bittern- Anahuac NWR, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f/4.5 TC lens @ 395 mm
1/640 sec at f/5.6, ISO 250, handheld

American Bittern- Anahuac NWR, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f/4.5 TC lens @ 500 mm
1/640 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200, handheld

American Bittern- Anahuac NWR, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f/4.5 TC lens @ 500 mm
1/640 sec at f/5.6, ISO 320, handheld

American Bittern- Anahuac NWR, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f/4.5 TC lens @ 500 mm
1/640 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200, handheld

American Bittern- Anahuac NWR, TX - April 13, 2021
Olympus E-M1X with 150-400mm f/4.5 TC lens @ 500 mm
1/640 sec at f/5.6, ISO 250, handheld

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.