FLIGHT
Mornings are my favorite time to photograph birds. I love watching the first light appear over a wildlife refuge while the birds begin their day. They noisily move from their roosting places, where they sleep, to the locations where they search for food. They are up at dawn and launch into flight on their way to work.
Watching birds in flight is something I’ve enjoyed for as long as I can remember.
Dreams of unaided flight began in my childhood. In the dreams I’m flying around my neighborhood, like Peter Pan flies, dodging telephone wires in my path to reach second-floor windows. So, once I became serious about photography, it was inevitable that I’d be attracted to bird photography. The challenges of capturing birds in flight, closeup, are substantial. Skills need to be learned, practiced, and honed. They are like marksmanship with a rifle, capturing birds on the wing turns photography into a kind of sport.