Photo Series Project: Crows

My online nickname has been Raven for many years, and I have an interest in ravens and to a lesser extent, their crow cousins. (Though the nickname came before the interest, being based more on my last name than anything.)

Here in Wichita, we have many, many crows, though no ravens. (I've read that there are white-necked ravens out in Western Kansas.) So I'm going to shoot crows for awhile and see what I can make out of that. I live in an area where they're easy to find within walking distance (often in my front yard), so it won't have to go out of my way. Heck, if I scattered corn in my yard, I could probably photograph them from my front porch. And if I'm lucky, I might manage to go out West and shoot some ravens.

I like birds of all kinds, and crows can have, in the right situation, a certain elegance to them. So at the start, my goal is to capture the elegance of the crow. During the winter, that might not be so easy... they're likely to be a bit scruffy. But I'm going to get started trying.