[Ashrunner]

I've mentioned how I got started in birding in another thread, but suffice to say, I got started watching the birds on my back porch when I lived a couple of miles north of Prineville, Oregon. I don't keep a list of sightings, but I do enjoy photographing what I see.

Speaking of photos, great shot SCEtoAUX and congrats on the selection.

Birding is what got me interested in the other things I shoot. While out bird shooting (photo-wise), I saw an interesting insect I wanted to remember and find out what it was, so I photographed it. That led to shooting butterflies, dragonflies, beetles and everything else I now shoot. When I'm asked what I photograph, I generally say, "Anything that flies or crawls around on more than two appendages."

It's fun for me to be outside wandering the high desert, looking for subject. Of which, by the way, lizards have fast become my favorite subjects.