Yes! Bosque del Apache is a mecca for bird photographers. The snow geese and sandhill cranes are a sight to behold.
But there are other great photo ops in Bosque.... especially if you are into HDR photography.
Today Juan Pons, Chris Klapheke and I took our workshop students on a cool HDR shoot in a junkyard.
When it comes to HDR photography, you'll get the coolest images when shooting in a high contrast situation - such as shooting from indoors to outdoors, which includes shooting from inside a car.
Above is one of my favorite images from our HDR shoot. I used the Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens on my Canon 5D Mark II. I created the image in Photomatix with a touch of Topaz Adjust (to bring out the grain in the leather seats). Below is another Topaz Adjust image.
To learn about HDR, see my post: HDR Must Know Info.
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Above is another HDR image I shot today. I could have brought out more of the details in the shadows, but.... shadows are the soul of the photographs, shadows are your friend... and light illuminates, shadows define.
If you like HDR, check out my iHDR apps.. for the iPad and a Mac!
So what about the birds today?
We saw tons of birds. Above: I used my Canon 400mm DO lens on my Canon 7D.
Tips: Crop creatively; crop out the dead space. Use focus tracking (AI Servo) when photographing moving subjects.
Shoot silhouettes. Use Nik Color Efex Pro's Gradual Filter to change the color of the sky. Again, see my plug-ins page to get a discount on the plug-ins I use, including Nik.
Leave some room in the frame into which the subject can fly.
Shoot with both eyes open so you can see other subjects that can enhance (or ruin) an image. Watch the background, too.
Explore the light,
Rick
P.S. Before I go, here is an image I created using the Midnight filter in Nik Color Efex Pro.