Photons Everywhere

An otherwise kind of boring lake only got my attention by it’s abundance of Dragonflies and Turtles.

The turtles were rather funny, at times fighting for a good spot on the branch, never really did figure out how they can climb up on there.

Turtles

Dragonfly

While going to a Nature Preserve here in the Atlanta area which holds a lot of Raptors, in the beginning i tried very hard to shoot through the fences to make them look as “wild” as possible.
I soon discovered that this is not necessary and sometimes no possible. They are what they are. Captive birds. So from then I though I shoot them in their environment. Captive. With bars.

Since unfortunately some cages had such a fine mesh and some birds where so hidden away – it was close to impossible to get a good shot of them. Even though, here are a few that turned out alright.

Redtail Hawk

Turkey Vulture (I think female)

Turkey Vulture (I think male)

Bald Eagle

I have to say that the Bald Eagle above is my favorite as a bird – I think I never gotten as close to one before; primarily I have only seen them in Florida. Their eyes are truly piercing. This fella had a young one in there as well but it did not want to show itself.