You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver. When I take pictures of Boulder Birds my goal is to capture feeling. I want emotion in the pictures. I want to pull the viewer into the picture, to engage the viewer with the picture. Most often I do this by catching the bird staring back at me. This is the opposite of what so many choose as a picture. It is far more typical of animal pictures including bird shots for the photographer to do the opposite. I want the pictures and the birds to literally speak to me. That’s easier said than done, since the little feathered friends have an apparent aversion to holding still. Were it not for auto-focus and auto-exposure I probably would never have taken a picture in focus. Once again, if there is a secret it is to take a LOT of pictures. If I take two pics, my chances of getting one I like are not so good. If I take 20 pictures, my chances of getting one I like are far better.