Male Snowy OwlMale Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus, at West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod, MA. #nature #birds #birding #capecod © All Rights Reserved, Greg Poulos, Bluefin Studios. http://www.bluefinstudios.com

Snowy Owl, West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod.
Available here

Shooting Birds

I've really enjoyed this winter, making photos with Birds. 
It combines a few passions, Photography, Wildlife, and being outdoors.

But frankly, shooting birds (photography, not the other shooting) is a challenge. you need to be patient. 
You need the right lens... usually long lens and good glass. So you need fast glass. You want to get close, and get the eyes in focus. 

Sea Star LunchOn Great Hollow Beach, a Herring Gull, (Larus argentatus), caught a Sea Star (lunch). He'd pick it up, fly up, drop it onto the sand, drag it to dip in the water, peck at it, the do it again. Note: Sea Star started with 5 legs. Just finished 1... Eventually, he ate all the legs. © 2012 Greg Poulos, Bluefin Productions,Inc. http://bluefinstudios.zenfolio.com/

Sea Star Lunch! For this Herring Gull
Available here
 

Capture a Moment!
Like this moment, when a Herring Gull found a Sea Star and made lunch of it!
Note that there are only Four legs. One was clearly the appetizer!

I'm not a birder; but, I love birds. In fact, I love all wildlife. 
Big game, small game, marine mammals, and birds. The natural world is important to me.

I want to bring that to everyone. I want to bring it to those that cannot get there.

Ethics In Wildlife Photography http://www.bluefinstudios.com/blog/2014/2/notes---ethics-in-wildlife-photography

Wildlife Photography Tips, Part II http://www.bluefinstudios.com/blog/2014/2/tutorial---wildlife-photography-tips-2

Wildlife Photography Tips, Part I http://www.bluefinstudios.com/blog/2014/2/tutorial---wildlife-photography-tips-1 

Great Wildlife Photographers: http://www.bluefinstudios.com/blog/2013/4/hot-photographers-wildlife