Featured Print June 2023

Peregrine Falcon Family. Pacifica CA 2023.

I was very pleased to see the beautiful form and symmetry of this Falcon parent flying in to care for it’s rapidly growing and apparently hungry babies.

My process for making these falcon photographs has been fairly simple. I just lock the tripod adjustments on the cave/nest and wait. The shutter is set for high speed continuous exposures, auto focus turned to animal tracking. The wind and long focal length seem to benefit from image stabilization despite the tripod. I am using a gimble tripod head so that I can rapidly swing the camera away from the nest and attempt to track the birds in flight. An Olympus sighting device helps with long leness as I can tune its small red LED square to where my camera is zoomed, and still have a wide field of view to follow the movement.

I’m offering a 14-inch-wide print of this photograph for $195, matted to 16”x20”. This print at this price is offered through June 30. I'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by July 15.

I’m also pleased to report my ongoing Donate to Ukrainian Relief Featured Print option has yielded funds to help victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In one case, my notice of completing the donation prompted the print buyer to donate additional funds.

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Each month we offer a signed, original print, at a special price. This is a great opportunity to own a very affordable fine-art photograph. Orders are taken for a 30-day period, then printed and shipped within two weeks after the close. When it's over, it's over, these prints won't be available again at this price.