Day 3 we went back to the eagle hide, this time with a bit more refined strategy. We really tried to sit still and keep quiet since we suspected that we had frighten the eagle the other day. Armed with binoculars we scanned the mountain side for activity. We saw a few eagles passing on high altitude but now one ventured close to the hide. Then all of a sudden a Golden Eagle swept past and decided the now pretty mauled fox was worth a closer...

Since my son was sleeping on the front porch in his baby carriage, I decided to get my camera and just sit still for while. It’s amazing what you can see if you only sit still and observe. I saw a Tree Sparrow (Pilfink) chasing several Bohemian Waxwings (sidensvansar) like crazy. Never thought they were capable of such speed. I saw a pretty rare sight for our neighborhood, Pine Grosbeak (Tallbit), our northern parakeets, whom were...

Day 2 it was time to enter the eagle hiding. Two foxes were used to attract the eagles, since foxes (primarily cubs) are a common pray for Golden Eagles. Only one Eagle came and relatively early (around 09:30). Luckily the light was a little better this day, and I ended up with ISO 800 at f/2.8 to get 1/400 s shutter speed. A bit low shutter speed but the eagle was relatively still. I must say that the Golden Eagle is a magnificent bird, with...

White balance is a common problem for the amateur photographer. The modern camera can often focus and even expose photos quite correctly, but white balance i still something you can’t completely trust the camera to do if you want perfect results. So what is white balance? Well to put it simple, it’s the temperature of the photo. The scale goes from blue to red much like your water tap, and the temperature is messured in kelvin. A cold...

Shooting small birds in cold weather is always a challenge. Today was especially hard due to bad light, and lots of disturbance. I live along a rather busy street with lots of people passing quite close to the feeders. My iPhone shut it self of and even the birds seemed a bit frozen, but the 1d Mark III didn’t miss a beat, although the view finder fogged up repeatedly. After 35 minutes I gave up because of the bad light and slow shutter...