Meet the birds of South Florida

Bird Photography
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron

Palm Beach County Florida, wedged between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean offers bird photographers a place where concentrations of wading birds, raptors and water fowl can be easily viewed.

Osprey
Osprey

Photo Masters Workshops by Bob Gibson announces one and three-day advanced bird photography workshops to be held November through May in Palm Beach County Florida.

Swamp Hen
Swamp Hen

Each workshop is limited in size to five students for the ultimate in personalized learning–and are geared for beginning and intermediate DSLR photographers who desire to achieve professional results. 

Anhinga South Florida
Female Anhinga

Lifelong Palm Beach County outdoorsman and award-winning photographer, Bob Gibson, will lead workshops in South Florida’s most exciting birding locations including: Wokodohatchee Wetland, Green Cay Wetland, Riverbend Park and Winding Waters Park. http://discover.pbcgov.org/waterutilities/Pages/Wetlands.aspx

Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill

Students will be taught nuances of using telephoto lenses, proper exposure, depth of field and high-speed continuous focus to capture birds feeding and in flight. Each morning session is followed by a hands-on two hour post processing tutorial in Adobe Lightroom. Students process their morning’s images with the goal of creating files for both fine art printing, publishing and online sharing.   

This is a partial list of the most photogenic species common to South Florida wetlands we visit.   It is very likely that during a three day workshop, you will have a chance to see and photograph most of these wonderful subjects. 

Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk

That being said, our emphasis in the field is “quality not quantity”. We will be taking our time to learn the best angles, camera settings and compositional ideas when we encounter our subjects.   Our goal as a master class is when possible to capture the unforgettable moments of feeding, flying, and nesting. 

Roseate Spoonbill (November to April)

Great Blue Heron

Green-backed Heron

Green-backed Heron
Green-backed Heron at Winding Waters Preserve, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Tri-colored Heron

Great Egret

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

White Ibis

Sandhill Crane

Belted Kingfisher

Anhinga

Double-crested Cormorant

Red- shouldered Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Common Moorhen
The common Moorhen with its uncommonly bright orange-red beak.

Osprey

Snail Kite

Mottled Duck

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Moorhen

Purple Gallinule

Limpkin

Pileated Woodpecker

Barred Owl

For details, I invite you to email me at rjg@rjgibson.com

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