Two days were necessary to take this photo, despite robins are so common! Finally, it was where I wanted it to be: under the pine next to some melting snow residues with some green grasses and the base of the trunk. There it was! the snow was melting and the robin was a little bit wet. This little bird fascinated me since I was a child, but I already told this story... Continue reading...
Ok. I am really fascinated by robins! In this time of the year, the contrast between winter's and robins' colors is very interesting when properly mixed by the right light. In this case, the snow did the rest... Continue reading...
I am still waiting for my new Canon lens, but in the meantime I am trying to understand my 'local patch', literally full of little egrets. Despite the fact that they live very close to houses and towns, they are not so confident with humans. Therefore, I have to learn the right way to be as much close to them to allow me to take a decent photograph. This is one of my first 'approaches'. Continue reading...
Just a few steps from me, on the top of the birch, a robin was singing and singing and singing... Slow movements, focusing, and shooting....and it flied away. It is always incredible how birds seem to recognize a camera only when it is targeting them!?! Continue reading...
Every year, since I was a child, when I see this bird arriving, it means that autumn is falling. I heard it singing, I took the camera, I put it on the tripod and I started shooting from the window, camouflaged behind the curtains. I had just less than one minute before it felt my presence and flied away. Continue reading...
I took this photo a few months ago. Actually, I forgot it. Anyway, I think it is a good document of the local species... Continue reading...