Patience, Determination and Talent
If you’ve been following my blog posts, you know that I love to photograph birds! When eight Tundra Swans decided to visit the Prescott Lakes, I was ready with my tripod and Nikon camera with the long lens (Tamron 200-500). I had my binoculars, hiking shoes and Peter (my resident birder)! Tundra Swans breed in the Arctic tundra and migrating south to warmer weather. It is really unusual for them to be this far south. We went to Watson Lake and saw four of the swans near the far shore….too far for any picture. Then we went to Willow Lake and saw none. The next day we retraced our steps and found four at Watson Lake and four at Willow Lake. The ones at Willow were near enough for photography. I carefully walked toward the water close enough to ‘shoot’ but not to disturb them. Took lots of pictures in different exposures and happily left. When I got home and looked, I realized the feathers weren’t as defin...