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This blog is designed to give lessons in photography, kayak photography, and as a platform to share kayak videography experiments. There is a lot of good information here, so feel free to browse through archives and enjoy-
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Tag Archives: giacomini wetlands
The Peregrine and the Gull
New I was paddling my kayak through the Giacomini Wetlands, and I was watching two juvenile Northern Harriers (Marsh Hawk, Circus cyaneus) as they dove and swooped upon each other in the skies above. I lost them for a few … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo: yellowlegs
New These Yellowlegs moved into a restored wetland near where I live. (Details of the wetland restoration can be read at Giacomini Wetlands: History and Photos.) They are a very good sign, because they would only be there if there … Continue reading
The Marsh Wren: An Essay of Photos
New The Marsh Wren can be a secretive bird, but often times its own voice and its curiosity help the interested party to find this diminutive bird, and even to photograph it. I have memorable images taken on kayak photography … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo #52: Marsh hawk hunting the wetlands
This picture is a bit older, it’s from the early days of the Giacomini Wetlands, when they had only just recently breached the levies for the last time, returning the pastureland back to the tidal flats that it had once … Continue reading