We are at the Dealership for “Tigger”, our 40′ diesel pusher motor home and one of the managers tells me that they had just finished clearing the pond and there is a couple of “nice ducks” on the water. So I head round there with my gear, but they are a pair of standard Mallards. However […]
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Mar 29, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: FL, Florida, Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Blue Heron eating a Frog, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20 EIII, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, wading birds, wildlife photography, Wildlife video, Wildwood, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
When you wake up…… Preen A Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) preening
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Mar 22, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Shorebirds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Digital Film, Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Skimmer Ground Pod II, Tampa, USA, Wildlife bird photography, Wildlife video, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
Have a Snooze Gear: Nikon D4s, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Lexar Digital Film. For the close-ups mounted on Skimmer Ground Pod II with RRS Ball-head, for the others mounted on RRS Tripod and RRS Gimbal Head
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Mar 06, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Shorebirds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa malanoleuca), Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, shorebirds, Skimmer Ground Pod II, Skimmers, Tampa, Terns, USA, Wildlife bird photography, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
Take A Bath Gear: Nikon D4s, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Lexar Digital Film. For the close-ups mounted on Skimmer Ground Pod II with RRS Ball-head, for the others mounted on RRS Tripod and RRS Gimbal Head
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Feb 27, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Shorebirds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Digital Film, Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nature Videos, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Skimmer Ground Pod II, Taking a Bath, USA, Willet (Tringa semipalmated), www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com | 2 Comments »
If you have an itch scratch it!! Gear: Nikon D4s, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Lexar Digital Film. For the close-ups mounted on Skimmer Ground Pod II with RRS Ball-head, for the others mounted on RRS Tripod and RRS Gimbal Head
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Feb 25, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Dunlin (Caldris alpina), FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Digital Film, Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Skimmer Ground Pod II, USA, Wildlife bird photography, Willet (Tringa semipalmated), www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com | 1 Comment »
Last year Louise & I spent many hours “stalking” Whimbrels (Numenius phaseopus) while we were in Churchill, Manitoba and had a fantastic adventure. One of my Whimbrel images from that adventure is below…. Now, in Florida, shooting shorebirds, wading birds and the occasional diurnal raptor we come face to face with one of Whimbrel’s cousins. […]
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Mar 02, 2014 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Numenicus americanus), available for licensed use, bird, canvas gallery wrap for sale, fine art print for sale, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Long-billed Curlew, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon, Nikon D4, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, Shorebird, Skimmer Ground Pod II, USA, Wildlife bird photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Yes indeed the Burrowing Owl digs its own burrow in which to lay and hatch its young! In Cape Coral, Florida you are told to look for vacant building lots to search for Burrowing Owls (Athene Caunicularia). This proves the Owls are a wise as legend has, because in Cape Coral their habitats are protected […]
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Apr 28, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: Athene caunicularia, bird, burrow, Burrowing Owl, Cape Coral, color photographic image, FL, fledgeling, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon, Nikon D4, Owl, perch, protected habitat, Raptor, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, USA, wildlife photography, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
In landscape photography nine times out of ten the skies really make the image. That is why most photographers hate bald skies (cloudless) because they are a boring sheet of blue. Recently when i was in Monument Valley, I would not shoot any landscapes because it was yet another day of bald sky and I […]
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Apr 28, 2013 | Categories:Black and White Images, Cloudscapes, Landscapes, Seascape | Tags: ACR, beach, blue sky with white billowing clouds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Casperten Beach, Cloudscapes, coastline, cumulus clouds, dramatic sky, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, landscapes, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nik Color Efex Pro 4, Nik Silver Efex Pro 2, Nikkor 14mm-24mm f/2.8, Nikon, Nikon D800, Nikon MB-D12, powerful images, Richard King Photography, sea, Seascapes, USA, Venice, Venice island, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
A hard day in the office, on a Saturday, with Louise! Gear: Nikon D800, MB-D12, Nikkor 14mm-24mm f/2.8
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Apr 27, 2013 | Categories:Cloudscapes, Color Images, Landscapes, Seascape | Tags: blue, calm, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Casperten Beach, cloudscape, coast, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, landscape, MB-D12, Nikkor 14mm-24mm f/2.8, Nikon, Nikon D800, palm tree, Richard King Photography, sandy beach, seascape, tranquility, USA, Venice, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 3 Comments »
Spending hours at The Venice Rookery on my new project, bird photography, I get the chance just to watch and observe different behaviours. One that started to get my attention was the different way some of the nesting birds fed their young. A Great Blue Heron with one chick arrives on the tops of the […]
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Apr 26, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea herodias), adult birds feeding their young, Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Blue Heron, Gulf Coast, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon D4, Photography, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, Venice, wading birds, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I just love to watch dramatic skies – and there are many of those here in Florida. This one was taken during the “Sun ‘n Fun” Airshow. The weather wasn’t too kind and some displays were cancelled and others modified to suit the weather and the ceiling. But it was a great airshow none the […]
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Apr 21, 2013 | Categories:Cloudscapes, Color Images, Landscapes | Tags: canvas gallery wrap for sale, cloudscape, drama, dramatic sky, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, god beams, Lakeland, landscape, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, stormy clouds, sunbeams, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I made a return visit to Pinecraft Park in Sarasota to show Louise the Barred Owls and the Pileated Woodpeckers. However, on this visit I could only shoot the juveniles. We did see an adult Barred Owl, but it was right against the trunk of a tree and completely obscured by branches and leaves. But […]
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Apr 21, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Wildlife | Tags: Barred Owl, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, Dryocopus pileatus, fine art print for sale, FL, fledgelings, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nest in tree, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, Nikon D4, owlets, Pinecraft Park, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Sarasota, Strix varia, USA, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com, young Pileated Woodpeckers | Leave A Comment »
Recently, was it really only yesterday, I had my first encounter with a Pileated Woodpecker and that was fantastic. Today I was heading for The Celery Fields near Saratoga (well in the last ten days I had been to two different Lettuce Lakes – perhaps there is a salad theme here?) having had the best […]
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Apr 11, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, Barred Owl; Strix varia; owlets; fledgelings; Pinecraft Park, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, Dryocopus pileatus, feeding time, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nest in tree; young Pileated Woodpeckers, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Photography, Pileated Woodpecker, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Sarasota, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I always rise early so that I can shoot in the sweet light of the morning. At The Rookery the sun rises behind you as you are lining up on the wildlife which is just perfect. Today was a GREAT day for me – I saw (and shot) my first Pileated Woodpecker. What a treat, […]
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Apr 10, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: Ardea albus, available for licensed use, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic image, colour photograph, Dryocopus pileatus, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Egre, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Pileated Woodpecker, Rerddish Egret; Egretta rufescenes, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 2 Comments »
I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow. I have finished the static shoot as there are now too many people milling around. So I am back at the car leisurely swapping wide angled lenses for telephoto lenses, there is no rush. It is 11:00 am. with flying due to start at 12:30pm plenty of time […]
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Apr 10, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: aerobatics, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic print, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, formation flying, jets, Lockheed-Martin, military aircraft, photograph, Richard King Photography, The Thunderbirds, TICO Warbird Airshow; Titusville, United States Air Force Demonstration Team; F-16 Fighting Falcon, USA, warbirds, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 2 Comments »
Visiting The Rookery at Venice again there is this Great Egret nest on the edge of the “island” in full view. For the first time I saw Great Egret chicks – how startlingly strange they look with their green skin an white “punk” plumage around their head and necks. And those big eyes, which when […]
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Apr 09, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), Adult Great Egret on nest with two chicks, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Egret, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature photography, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, photograph, Photography, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, wading birds, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
All good images have their anchor points which give you the context for the whole image. However, I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow, the air show flying hasn’t started yet, but there is a magnificent Florida Sky! I call them Florida skies because I have only seen them in Florida, there appears to be […]
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, amazing sky, bright sunlight, canvas gallery wrap for sale, cloudscape, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, god beams, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70mm-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
It was good to be back on the Fishing Pier at Venice, Florida. It just typifies the Sea Shore here. Very busy with lots of people fishing, many youngsters – girls as well as boys, but all age groups. I wonder how many took their supper home? I was waiting for the buzzer in my […]
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Black and White Images, Seascape | Tags: black and white photographic image, canvas gallery wrap for sale, early evening, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, just before sunset, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon D800, Richard King Photography, sea, sea shore, seascape, shark tooth collector, Sharky's Restaurant, sun glistening on sea, USA, Venice, Venice Fishing Pier, waves, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
It is not often these days you get an opportunity to see an F-104 Starfighter – twice! Yes it performed the first two days at the TICO Warbird Airshow, unfortunately on the third day it was too windy so the F-104 performed along the taxiways for the appreciative crowds. I certainly hadn’t seen a Strfighter in […]
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Apr 06, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Warbirds | Tags: aerobatics, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic print, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Jet plane, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon D800, rapid rate of vertical climb, Richard King Photography, TICO Warbird Airshow, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday morning I went back to Honeymoon Island State Park. Mainly because I had heard the day before that there was a pair of Great Horned Owls that had two chicks that had fledged – AND also I had such a great day there on Saturday. On Saturday I had spent some time moving slowly […]
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Apr 01, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tags: Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle chicks, bird, Bubo virginianus, canvas gallery wrap for sale, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Horned Owl, Great Horned Owl Chicks, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, photograph, photographic image, Raptor, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, USA, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Today I visited Honeymoon Island State Park (by myself!!) for the first time. Not knowing what to expect I went directly to the Nature Centre and got some excellent advice on where to go. So I headed straight for the 3.5 mile nature walk. Parked, set up “bigger” with a 2x on my D4 and […]
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Mar 30, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: Audibon, Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle chicks, bird of prey, canvas gallery wraps for sale, color photographic image, Falco columbarius, fine art prints for sale, FL, Florida, Gulf Coast; Gulf of Mexico; Nature; Wildlife; birds; raptors; Merlin, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Honeymoon Island State Park, National Bird of the United States of America, nests, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, photograph, Photography, Richard King Photogrpahy, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
This is my first visit to Fort DeSoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. So this is really only day 3 of my new project – shooting wildlife, in particular birds. It is at last warm (last week on the East side of Florida it was very cold and windy) with a pleasant breeze taking […]
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Mar 29, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: bird, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Double-crested Cormorant, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, nest, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14 EIII, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Phalacrocorax auritus, photograph, photographic image, Pinellas County, Raptor, Richard King Photography, USA, Wildlife | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday’s sunrise, photographically speaking was not spectacular. But as with all sunrises (and sunsets) there is that magical feeling of calmness and being at one with nature – and that is always spectacular. Especially when shared with a newly found friend. So on the Beach at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge there was a bank […]
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Mar 27, 2013 | Categories:Color Images, Seascape, Sunrise - Sunset | Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Canvas Gallery Wrap, dawn, fine art print, FL, Florida, golden light, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon D800, Richard King Photography, Space Coast, sunrise, USA, waves breaking | Leave A Comment »
I called my 200mm-400mm f/4 VRII lens “Big Bertha” when I first got it because it is big and also heavy. I use this mostly for airs hows. I have recently acquired “Bigger Bertha” to use for wildlife and this was “Bigger’s” first outing. Also for my new heavier duty Really Right Stuff tripod and […]
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Mar 25, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Wildlife | Tags: American Alligator, Canvas Gallery Wrap, D4, fine art print, FL, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Merritt Island National Refuge, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, Osprey, Raptor, Reptile, Richard King Photography, salt marsh, Space Coast, Titusville, USA, wading bird, Wildlife | Leave A Comment »
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