PROFESSIONAL BIRDING GUIDE IN ARGENTINA

Here is my first photo gallery , with images taken with my also first wildlife photography gear (a Nikon Z 50 II with a Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5), which I bought in September 2025. It is arranged per year and per month, hoping that it can show an increase of quality, as I learn how to photograph in manual mode, and how to edit raw file pictures (to see my very first photos, check out my previous post here ). 2025   October South American Sea Lion with a stalking Snowy Sheathbill (Necochea, Argentina) A happy Southern Elephant Seal pup (Necochea, Argentina) Talas Tuco-tuco in Cariló (Argentina) Vermilion Flycatcher habitat in General Conesa (Argentina) Dolphin Gull portrait in Ancud (Chile) November Tawny-throated Dotterel in its habitat (El Calafate, Argentina) Burrowing Parakeets in Las Grutas (Argentina) Snowy Sheathbill in the Beagle Channel (Argentina) Fuegian Cinclodes in the Beagle Channel (Argentina) Leopard Seal in Parry Fjiord (Chile) December Streamer-tailed Tyrant right bef...

Disclaimer: I am not the person in the photo, I'm just the photographer who took this photo Yes, after many years (all my life?), I finally decided to go on, buy me a decent camera gear, and start with wildlife photography . In fact, the reason why I started guiding, more than 15 years ago, was to save money to buy me a camera with which I could start a career on professional wildlife photography... or that's what I thought at the time. It didn't take long until I realized that becoming a professional birding guide was indeed what I wanted to do, and I used the money that I earned while guiding, to buy newer and better birding gear, better binoculars, my first spotting scope, then even better binoculars, plus my second and third (and fourth, and it kept going) spotting scopes... Until the idea of getting into serious photography became more of a "retirement hobby". Something it was not going to happen any time soon. And then came September 2025 . Together with a ...