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Senten Park, Irving, Texas 12-2-2023 76-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM + Sony 1.4x TC 840mm, f/5.6, 1/4000, ISO-1000, Handheld

Colleyville Nature Center 11-25-2023 159-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM + Sony 1.4x TC 840mm, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-640, Handheld

On this morning, Bittern Marsh was mostly a sea of dried water lily stalks and lily pads with just a few areas of open water. The ducks were coming and going in waves, but I tried to focus on individual ducks as they looked for a place to land and made their final approaches. The ducks were mostly Gadwalls and Wigeons, but there were also a few Ring-Necked and Mallards Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Lewisville, Texas 11-16-2023 Sony A1 + Sony 600GM

This Western Lowlands Silverback Gorilla was quietly enjoying his veggies. Dallas Zoo 11-12-2023 157-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 100-400GM 268mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO-1600, Handheld

These flamingos looked like a troop of dancers on a stage when they all started moving in unison. Dallas Zoo 11-12-2023 151-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 100-400GM 183mm, f/5.6, 1/640, ISO-800, Handheld

More often than not, when I see an Osprey with a fish, the fish has no head. I have always assumed the Osprey is afraid another bird will take its meal, so it moves from place-to-place as it eats. Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Lewisville, Texas 10-22-2023 73-Shot Frame Animation (First Wide Crop, Then Tight Crop) Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/2000, ISO-1000, Handheld

Kingfisher along the Trinity River at LLELA Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area 10-22-2023 109-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 840mm, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO-1600, Handheld

I never got very close to this Merlin, but the closest it came to me was when it flew by as it left the area. This frame animation contains 154 stills taken in three bursts. The frames are played twice ... once cropped to 6500 x 3657, then cropped to 3840 x 2160 (1-to-1 4k UHD). Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area 10-22-2023 Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/2500, ISO-1000, Handheld

Colleyville Nature Center Colleyville, Texas 10-15-2023 33-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 200-600G 500mm, f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO-2000, Handheld

Fort Worth Zoo Fort Worth, Texas 10-12-2023 155-Shot Frame Animation, Wide Crop & Tight Crop Sony A1 + Sony 200-600G 362mm, f/6.3, 1/250, ISO-2000, Handheld

This video is a frame animation made from two bursts of still images totaling 218 shots made at 30fps. Each sequence of still is used twice ... once with a wide crop and once with a tight crop. Sony A1 + Sony 200-600G 386-600mm, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO-1250, Handheld Rendered at 4k/10fps (3x SloMo)

This Male Mandrill does this every time I visit the zoo, so it must be pretty common, but even though I know it's just a yawn, it is still frightening!! Fort Worth Zoo Fort Worth, Texas 10-12-2023 102-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 200-600G 481mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO-1250, Handheld

Juniper Blind at South Llano River State Park in Junction, Texas, is a great place for bird watching and photography. This short video features a Northern Cardinal taking a bath and a Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay "doing battle" with sunflower seeds. Sony A1 + Sony 200-600G 600mm, f/10, 1/250, Auto ISO, Handheld Shot at 4k/120p, 10-bit Edited/Rendered at 4k/60p

Great Egret Colleyville Nature Center 10-4-2023 100-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/3200, ISO-1250, Handheld

Colleyville Nature Center Colleyville, Texas 10-4-2023 77-Shot Frame Animation, Wide Crop & Tight Crop Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/4000, ISO-500, Handheld

Colleyville Nature Center Colleyville, Texas 10-4-2023 58-Shot Loop Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/10, 1/500, ISO-1250, Handheld

Great Egret Colleyville Nature Center 10-4-2023 136-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/5000, ISO-1600, Handheld

Bob Jones Nature Center 9-24-2023 91-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/8000, ISO-1000, Handheld

Bob Jones Nature Center 9-24-2023 Sony A1 + Sony 600GM 600mm, f/4, 1/8000, ISO-1000, Handheld

This wren was haning out in warbler country above the Long/Anglers' Spillway at Colleyville Nature Center. 9-18-2023 326-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM + Sony 1.4x TC 840mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO-2000, Handheld

This frame animation combines two long bursts of stills totaling 287 shots ... first close to foliage background, then in a blue sky. You might see the camera lose focus on a 4 - 5 frames (of 156) with the foliage, but none with the blue sky. Colleyville Nature Center 9-2-2023 287-Shot Frame Animation Sony A1 + Sony 600GM + Sony 1.4xTC 840mm, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-1250, Handheld

29-Shot Frame Animation of Hummingbird ... it just happens to pee as it ascends to a perch. Watch carefully or you'll miss it. Sony A1 + Sony 600GM + Sony 1.4x TC 840mm, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-1000, Handheld

22-Shot Frame Animation of Hummingbird ... it just happens to pee as it ascends to a perch. Watch carefully or you'll miss it. Sony A1 + Sony 600GM + Sony 1.4x TC 840mm, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO-1000, Handheld