FEATURED PHOTOS OF THE MONTH #5 (September 2003) |
In September 2003 I made several photo trips. The first one was to my beloved Presqu'ile Provincial Park
in Ontario. It was a great time for shorebirds again. They appeared in larger numbers than during my previous
trip in August. However, there was a low level of water, so they were less unpredictable, flying from one
place to another. Even though, I had a great time and lot's of fun. I had a chance to photograph several species.
Baird's Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper, besides more common Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers,
Dunlins and Semipalmated Plovers. I laid on my belly using my new NPN Groundpod 2.
The first picture I would like to present as a photo of this month is the picture of Semipalmated Plover
stretching his wing and leg. I call it Semipalmated Plover yoga. It lasted only a couple of seconds and I made
only 2 pictures. This one is the better one.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
September 6, 2003; Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
The last three weeks of September I spent in the country of my origin - Slovakia.
I travelled a lot within the country and took a lot of pictures. There is however one, which I am
the most proud of. It is the picture of the Humming-bird Hawk-moth. I was dreaming about having a chance to
photograph this species for a long time. This large moth has a diurnal activity and many people
think that it is a hummingbird - it has a long "beak", the tail, the wings and it quickly flies
from one flower to another. There were only two of them howering around small field of Zinia flowers.
They are really fast, so I was really happy to get them in focus. I used my 400/5.6 lens with
37 mm extensions to achieve a nice clean background.
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