Not A Bird #1

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These are landscape images I selected for printing yesterday.

Crested Butte, CO - September 2015
Nikon D610 with 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48mm
1/60 sec at f/14, ISO 500

Crested Butte, CO - September 2018
Olympus E-M1 MII with 12-100mm f/4 @ 17mm
1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 200

Maroon Bells, CO - September 2018
Olympus E-M1 MII with 12-100mm f/4 @ 21mm
1/8 sec at f/8, ISO 200

Maroon Bells, CO - September 2018
Olympus E-M1 MII with 12-100mm f/4 @ 18mm
1/15 sec at f/8, ISO 200

Maroon Bells, CO- September 2018
Olympus E-M1 MII with 12-100mm f/4 @ 20mm
1/125 sec at f/11, ISO 200

Roxborough State Park, CO - July 2016
Nikon D7100 with 24-70mmm f/2.8 @ 28mm
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800

Castle Geyser, Yellowstone National Park - February 2016
Nikon D7100 with 24-70mmm f/2.8 @ 36mm
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Castle Geyser, Yellowstone National Park - February 2016
Nikon D7100 with 24-70mmm f/2.8 @ 42mm
1/640 sec at f/10, ISO 160

Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park - February 2016
Nikon D7100 with 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 140mm
1/640 sec at f/10, ISO 100

Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park - February 2016
Nikon D7100 with 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm
1/500 sec at f/10, ISO 100

Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park - February 2016
Nikon D7100 with 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm
1/400 sec at f/10, ISO 320

Bryce Canyon National Park - September 2015
Nikon D610 with 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 62mm
1/160 sec at f/11, ISO 100

Bryce Canyon National Park - September 2015
Nikon D610 with 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm
1/1000 sec at f/11, ISO 400

Highway 287, CO - May 2015
Nikon D610 with 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 50mm
1/640 sec at f/7.1, ISO 200

I-10 swampy area, FL - December 2007
Nikon D80 with 18-200 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 170 mm
1/1000 sec at f/13, ISO 320

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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.