Digiscoping

Digiscoping is the act of connecting a camera to a spotting scope to take photos or videos of subjects that may be too distant for conventional camera lenses, or require getting so close to the subject that it ceases the behavior you want to capture.

Dance of the Reddish Egret

Dance of the Reddish ...

Reddish Egret preening When people find out I’m a birder,...

Dance of the Reddi...

Reddish Egret preening When people find out I’m a birder,...

Blue-eyed Darners

Blue-eyed Darners

Blue-eyed Darner in flight Blue-eyed Darners (Rhionaeschna multicolor) are common...

Blue-eyed Darners

Blue-eyed Darner in flight Blue-eyed Darners (Rhionaeschna multicolor) are common...

Orange Bishop

Orange Bishop

Male Orange Bishop Since we recently wrote a post related...

Orange Bishop

Male Orange Bishop Since we recently wrote a post related...

Salton Sea Dragonflies

Salton Sea Dragonflies

Female Roseate Skimmers are common Salton Sea dragonflies We took...

Salton Sea Dragonf...

Female Roseate Skimmers are common Salton Sea dragonflies We took...

Yellow-crowned Bishops

Yellow-crowned Bishops

Male Yellow-crowned Bishop in San Diego Creek A male Yellow-crowned...

Yellow-crowned Bis...

Male Yellow-crowned Bishop in San Diego Creek A male Yellow-crowned...

Getting Close to Bugs

Getting Close to Bugs

Painted Lady The old saying goes “Close only counts in...

Getting Close to Bugs

Painted Lady The old saying goes “Close only counts in...

Strange Things Revisited

Strange Things Revisited

We took a drive to Santa Paula in Ventura County...

Strange Things Rev...

We took a drive to Santa Paula in Ventura County...

Eastern Sierras – Handling the Expanse

Eastern Sierras – Han...

An Eastern Sierras Excursion The Eastern Sierras are one of...

Eastern Sierras – ...

An Eastern Sierras Excursion The Eastern Sierras are one of...

Wildlife Photography is Full of Surprises

Wildlife Photography ...

Female Flame Skimmer To paraphrase Forest Gump’s mother, wildlife photography,...

Wildlife Photograp...

Female Flame Skimmer To paraphrase Forest Gump’s mother, wildlife photography,...

Gone Fishin

Gone Fishin

Green Heron at UC Fullerton Arboretum. We can learn a...

Gone Fishin

Green Heron at UC Fullerton Arboretum. We can learn a...

Blood Moon in Southern California

Blood Moon in Souther...

The moon becomes very reddish in color as the total...

Blood Moon in Sout...

The moon becomes very reddish in color as the total...

Dragon and Damselflies Up Close and Personal

Dragon and Damselflie...

Lately, we’ve been digiscoping insects while field-testing the Swarovski ATX/STX modular...

Dragon and Damself...

Lately, we’ve been digiscoping insects while field-testing the Swarovski ATX/STX modular...