Birds in Santa Barbara

dadwtwins

Last week I was in Santa Barbara for Marc's Muench Print II. If you have never been or participated in a class with Marc, I suggest you try to work it into your schedule. Marc hands down is one of the better instructors I have ever met. Ok, enough of the sells pitch for Marc and back to the story.

While Marc took us on a sunrise photowalk at UCSB, we walked by a slough lagoon that was full of birds. At that moment I promised myself I would return next morning to try and capture some of diverse birds hanging out in this gorgeous lagoon in the middle of the UC Santa Barbara Campus.

First a few Egret shots






A few Pelican shots










A couple of Bufflehead Ducks shots




Misc shots






I hoped you enjoyed my pics. Any comments would be greatly appreciated:thumb

jwear

Daniel well done the egret w/reflection and your pelican dive shots are great .The shot with the bill in the water is not easy to get I know :cry

dlplumer

Great series. Love the Egret reflection

Harryb

Excellent set. I would have steped down the exposure a 1/3rd of a stop on the egret captures.

dadwtwins

jwear wrote:

Daniel well done the egret w/reflection and your pelican dive shots are great .The shot with the bill in the water is not easy to get I know :cry

On the fifth dive, I finally got a picture that was somewhat in focus and with the pelican just entering the water. Sometimes luck just falls the way we want

dlplumer wrote:

Great series. Love the Egret reflection

Thank you. The wind died down for long enough to get the shot.

Harryb wrote:

Excellent set. I would have steped down the exposure a 1/3rd of a stop on the egret captures.

Thank you Harry and thank you for the tip

Maestro

Fantastic set! Wow. The snowy egrets are perfectly exposed for. And I do not know how you timed that brown pelican dive. I've tried for years and can't get it right. You nailed that dive!