Tesla #1
After so many hikes here, I knew this would be a great place to photograph many different birds. Then in 2018, I got serious about image-making. I took photography classes at Las Positas College in early 2017 but was shooting with a Nikon F5 film camera. I purchased my first DSLR, A Nikon D5300 with several kit lenses, halfway through the year. I liked it a lot but felt cheated with a cropped sensor-meaning a smaller field of view- and so, I purchased my Nikon D850. I have been so pleased with this camera I think I'll never need a new one, though, at some point, it may just be too heavy for my ever older arms to support.
Of the three prime local areas for Bird Photography, I think I've never taken better ones than here at Tesla. The hawks, kites, kestrels, falcons, and Eagles were a great blessing and completely cooperative on most occasions as long as I kept my distance. Of course, vultures were waiting for the leavings.
Red-Tailed Hawk, White-Tailed Kite & Turkey Vulture.