Tag: Fort desoto

Great Egret Breeding Colors
Birds, Blog

Birding at Fort Desoto

I am lucky to live about 30 minutes away from one of the best birding sites in the state of Florida which is Fort Desoto County Park in Tierra Verde. Being a great birding place also makes it a great place to practice a lot of different kinds of photography. […]

Bottlenose Dolphin
Blog, Wildlife

Bottlenose Dolphins

A good percentage of the times that I have gone to the pier at Fort Desoto I have gotten to see the dolphins. Last week I saw one a ways off and later saw this one approach fairly close to the pier for a few minutes. I’m sure the fishermen […]

Forster's Tern Splash
Birds, Blog

Fort Desoto

One of the thing I love about Fort Desoto is that there are so many different things to take pictures of. I spent most of the time I had last week taking pictures of birds in flight and testing out the autofocus. The Forster’s terns were diving right near the […]

Snowy Egret Landing
Birds, Blog

Canon 5D Mark III Autofocus

Today I got to make my first real outing with the Canon 5D Mark III. I spent a couple of hours this morning at Fort Desoto, mostly around the pier photographing the birds. I also saw a couple of dolphin and got a decent shot or two. The autofocus on […]