Wood Storks in Flight

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I compulsively add the files from photo outings to my Lightroom catalog and religiously back them up on hard drives and in the cloud. Afterwards, the images are usually shamefully neglected. Three photos from a recent visit to the catalog. Click on the photo to see a slightly larger version.

Wood Stork, Merritt Island NWR, FL, January 2016

Nikon D4, 500mm f/4 lens, 1/3200 sec at f/4, ISO 400

Wood Stork, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, FL, March 2015

Nikon D4, 500mm f/4 lens + 1.4x teleconverter, 1/2500 sec at f/9, ISO 2000

Wood Stork, Merritt Island NWR, FL, January 2016

Nikon D4, 500mm f/4 lens, 1/3200 sec at f/5, ISO 1000

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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.