Yesterday was a good day for fishing.

#photography #PhotoMonday #birdphotography #birds #sfbay #wildlife

I've just taken up wildlife photography again, and we're planning out what body/lens ecosystem we'll take up. How do people find it?

Taken on a Samsung phone (plus a small bit of tinkering)

Taken on a samsung phone

After being harassed by several ravens, a Cooper's hawk goes on the offensive. Pawtuckaway Lake, Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; f5.6, 450mm, 1/2500s, ISO 1600]

Two pair of goldfinches spent the afternoon eating sunflower and cosmos seeds in our front yard today.

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; f5.6, 410 mm, 1/3200, ISO 3200, Adobe Lightroom noise reduction]

I was amazed at how close these birds got. I had given up most hope on locating one (I wasn't sure where local birdfeeders were), but then I found a handful of em at a parking lot up the mountain.

Colorado, USA, May 2022

This red-tailed hawk in our neighbor's tree was being harassed by a herring gull and finally vacated the tree. Melrose, Massachusetts, USA Photo is a compilation of 12 individual shots assembled in Photoshop.

[Pentax K-1, Pentax-D FA 150-450 mm; settings vary]

Red-winged blackbird on an iron fence enjoying a lovely sunset across Ell Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

[Pentax K-3, PENTAX-DA 55-300mm; ƒ/7.1, 300.0 mm, 1/1000, ISO 1600]

Ohio, February 2023