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Quail Panorama
This year is the third year that I’ve been working on this panoramic shot of a California Quail in front of rolling hills. The shot I’m working towards has a few key elements: A quail standing tall, rolling hills in the background, and green grass. This is only possible for about a month every year.…
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California Quail Starfish
It’s quail season! I’m not sure if this is a display, or some kind of thermoregulation, but it was my first time seeing a quail go full starfish.
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Quail Liftoff
When the sunset starts popping off, I often find myself in a desperate search for a subject. “Such good light… now what can I put in front of it???” When I saw this quail perched on a post, a plan came together in an instant. I’ve tried a few different approaches to Quail in Flight…
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Panoramic Quail
Panoramic Quail. Experimenting with more and more ridiculous quail compositions until the algorithm just gives up on me completely.
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Skulking Quail
A California Quail attempts to skulk in some coyote brush. Unfortunately, it’s hard to blend in when you’re such a dapper bird.
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Quail Habitat
Is anyone as excited as I am for the start of quail season? Okay, probably not, but you should be! At least in the Bay Area, California Quail get a lot skulkier late in the fall. They start emerging and becoming more visible in the spring. My best guess is that they spend more time…
