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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: video
New Zealand’s Red-Billed Gull: Feeding on 90 Mile Beach
The Red-billed Gull is one of those ubiquitous birds here in New Zealand, but as such it is a good bird for providing a study in their habits. This short video shows one of its styles of feeding. Enjoy, Galen
Posted in birds, documentary, marine life, nature photography, New Zealand, photography, SLR, video, wildlife photography
Tagged bird, bird video, birding, birds, camera, digital camera, digital video, nature photography, new zealand, new zealand wildlife, outdoors, slr, video, wildlife photography, wildlife video
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New Zealand’s Pied Shag: A short video
Here is a very short video of one of the first birds I came across in NZ-
Posted in birds, documentary, marine life, nature photography, New Zealand, photography, SLR, video, wildlife photography
Tagged birds, briding, camera, digital camera, dslr, nature photography, new zealand, new zealand wildlife, outdoors, slr, video, wildlife photography
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Anatomy of a photo: How do I photograph an otter eating a fish?
I can only answer this question by explaining how I got high definition video and 20+ megapixel images of a North American River Otter this past weekend. The first key factor was, well, luck. I was kayaking in an area … Continue reading
Posted in documentary, How To, How To, kayak photography, marine life, nature photography, otters, photography, SLR, video, wildlife photography
Tagged fish, how to, kayak, marine life, nature, otter, photography, Point Reyes National Seashore, river otter, video, wildlife
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Shorebirds of Tomales Bay: The Marbled Godwit
I went kayaking recently on Tomales Bay, and found one of my favorite shorebirds, the Marbled Godwit. It was one of the first sandpipers that I learned to identify, as it is very distinctive with its barred cinnamon coloration, and … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, birding, birds, camera, digital camera, kayak photography, kayak videography, kayaking, marbled godwit, marine life, National Park, nature photography, outdoors, paddling, photographer, photographing, Point Reyes National Seashore, slr, telephoto, video, wildlife photography
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River Otter devouring large fish
For the story of how I capture video and some beautiful still images of this otter eating its fish, you can read and view pictures here. The experiment in kayak videography continues. The sound disappears part way through the movie, … Continue reading
Posted in kayak photography, marine life, nature photography, otters, photography, SLR, video, wildlife photography
Tagged fish, kayak, marine life, nature, photography, Point Reyes National Seashore, river otter, video, wildlife
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Black Turnstone feeding on the shores of Tomales Bay (video)
I went on an early morning kayak yesterday. Absolutely beautiful out there. I decided to test out the video capabilities of my new camera. It is definitely a learning process. A kayak is not an ideal shooting platform for holding … Continue reading