I am fortunate to have Magee Marsh about an hour away. These are from my second visit this season, the first being rather slow for me.
Shooting here is a great challenge, can be quite frustrating at times but always fun These birds are small! The boardwalk gets crowded especially when something great is spotted. You are surrounded side by side and in front and behind trying to look through the canopy of tangles of branches and foliage and get the warbler in light-focus-pose mode. It doesn't always happen, they will come right to you at MFD and you have no where to go ......... you don't give up you just make adjustments or try to work your way to where you think the bird is going next
There will be many OOF shots, there will be high ISO, there will be plenty of shots where the bird 'was' and then there will be a handful of rewards hopefully to appreciate! So here are a few to that I appreciated, there will be follow up posts to this but these are my picks for the 'first round'.
C&C always encouraged and appreciated, thank you all.
Karl
May 22, 2025 at 07:42 AM
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These birds are small! The boardwalk gets crowded especially when something great is spotted. You are surrounded side by side and in front and behind trying to look through the canopy of tangles of branches and foliage and get the warbler in light-focus-pose mode. It doesn't always happen, they will come right to you at MFD and you have no where to go ......... you don't give up you just make adjustments or try to work your way to where you think the bird is going next
