I finally have the webpage pretty much caught up (as of 2/4/2022). As I write this post, I have 400 photographs of 119 different species of birds on the Bird Species List. I have two additional birds in the David’s Favorites lists. Both are identified below each photograph.
I believe strongly in transparency and hope this webpage/blog will be entertaining as well as educational. To that end, I am not out to post the best images I have, but to provide an honest account of my journey through amateur photography. I have posted photos taken with various cameras and telephone cameras. Some are really good and some are really bad, with most somewhere in between. I want those interested to see my journey, the good and the bad. Hopefully this will help others on their journey to either learn from my trials or to commiserate on things we could have done better. It is a learning process and I welcome you to come along and join in the fun.
Now that I am caught up, I have started a few collections of my favorite (although not always best) photographs. I have loosely grouped them by some themes to try to remain organized. I am also going to start writing blog posts to help document my journey. I hope to write about things such as the different photographic equipment I have used and the research into them (if applicable). I also want to talk about species identification, photography on a budget (I would really like a Canon RF 600 mm f/4 L-series lens, but I just can’t spend $13,000 on a lens), and various other topics. If there is anything you want me to address, I will do my best, just let me know.
Thanks for reading!
-David