FIELD NOTES
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Spotted Towhee 01
Spotted Towhee 01
The lens I generally photograph with has a very wide aperture at its largest. What this does is it creates a shallow depth of field. And if you also don’t know what that means, it means that it causes objects to be very blurry when they are not the point of focus. In this photograph, the Spotted Towhee’s eyes are the point of focus. Therefore, anything closer to my lens or farther away from the eyes of the Towhee become blurry. The farther objects are from the focus point, the more blurry they become.
You can see in this photograph that the far background is mostly gray tones. Everything is so blurry that it all kind of blends together back there. That creates a big separation between the far background and the stuff that is closer like the leaves and branches near the bird. I’ve never taken a photograph before that looks quite like this one nor do I recall ever seeing a photograph like this one. The coloring, the separation, and the twiggy branches give this particular photograph a moody feel to me.
You may have thought I was going to talk about the Spotted Towhee’s action in this photograph as it leaps off of its perch, but instead I hope you enjoyed the lesson about depth of field.
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American Dipper 01
American Dipper 01
As the name suggests, Dippers like to do a little move of bouncing up and down. This photograph shows the Dipper mid bounce, meaning, it is in the down position before coming back up. I liked that I was able to capture it with its eyelid down as well.
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Mule Deer 12
Mule Deer 12
Another foggy Mule Deer shot from Montague, California.
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Douglas Squirrel 12
Douglas Squirrel 12
Another shot of a Douglas’ Squirrel at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.
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California Towhee 01
California Towhee 01
A couple of California Towhee hanging out on a damp Winter morning.
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Tall Psathyrella 02
Tall Psathyrella 02
Fresh rain always brings out the Mushrooms.
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Western Gray Squirrel 06
Western Gray Squirrel 06
I love the coloring on this photograph and the light brown branches hanging down in front of the Squirrel. Some photographers may say those are a distraction, but I say that they add interest.
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White Crowned Sparrow 02
White Crowned Sparrow 02
This is a female White Crowned Sparrow which can be distinguished from a male as it doesn’t actually have a white crown.
This is called sexual dimorphism: where the different sexes of the same species look a little different. To give a counter example: Bald Eagles are not sexually dimorphic by coloring. You may not be able to tell if a Bald Eagle is male or female because they look very similar, only their size is different. But many birds are sexually dimorphic and the females and males are distinct in coloring and/or patterns.
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River Otter 02
River Otter 02
A River Otter having breakfast in the early morning.
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