Blog by John Harrison
14-day photography expedition to The Snares, Auckland Islands, Macquarie and Campbell Island, documenting nesting Southern Royal Albatross, Royal and King Penguins, Eastern Rockhoppers, pelagic seabirds, and real-world gear strategy for Subantarctic field photography.
This post walks through a simple workflow for recording bird calls using WavePad on iOS or Android. It is written from the perspective of field use.
The steps in this article will work for the built in microphone, a small external shotgun microphone, or for the best quality a TalonFab para...
This tool gives you your photographic life list by uploading a CSV exported from the “Latest Photos” section of your eBird profile. Everything runs locally in your browser, no data is uploaded or stored, and you can update the list at any time by exporting and uploading a fresh CSV.
Recently I published a trip report about birding for a few days in Timor. This was part a trip that involved travelling to both West Timor and Sumba in Indonesia. This blog post covers the Sumba part of the trip. See this previous post for the Timor part.
A photography-focused birding trip through Timor, documenting encounters with Timor Boobook, Timor Nightjar and other local endemics. Includes early mornings at Fatumnasi, lowland sessions near Bipolo and multiple nocturnal attempts in the forests around Soe.
Nocturnal wildlife photography has its own kind of magic and excitement. Hours of searching, scanning the dark, and then two eyes glow back at you. The eyeshine of something alive and watching. But few things flatten that magic faster than red-eye, steel-eye, or a flat front-lit look that make...
Report from a four-day circuit from Mount Isa through Winton, Opalton and Boulia including Carpentarian Grasswren, Opalton Grasswren, Kalkadoon Grasswren and Letter-winged Kite.
Photographing shorebirds and other wading birds presents a mix of challenges: open ground, skittish subjects, glare, and constantly changing water levels. These notes outline practical methods that improve field results: how to move without causing disturbance, recognise useful conditions, and work ...
Learn how to photograph birds at eye level from the water. This guide covers planning, habitats, timing, concealment, floating hides, camera support, and field techniques for waterfowl, rails, grebes, and other wetland birds.
