Phil Kahnke Photography

05/12/2026

A turkey is basically a big, glowing ball of iridescence.

05/11/2026

Had the opportunity the other day to sneak back out to the woods after shooting my turkey and snap a few photos of some plants and also a group of turkeys that came in. They are without a doubt much more difficult to get great photos of than a duck.

05/09/2026

A three pack of singles for ya.

05/03/2026

05/01/2026

I’m gonna do a little mini-series where I post some photos of a species and I am going to put down some words/feelings that the images or the species make me think of.
1. November
2. Success
3. Excitement
4. Enthralled
5. Thought consuming

I’d love to hear what others feel with a word or two.

04/30/2026

Photo 1. This shot feels so weird, with no sky or background it almost feels like a taxidermied duck just floating there in space.
Photo 2. Just a greenhead coming in. He’s gotten his chest feathers pulled on by other drake’s during the mating season, hence the missing patch.
Photo 3. Yesterday I put a photo of a greenhead looking downward as he was landing on here so figured I’d put this one of a greenhead looking upward at something flying above. It’s pretty cool that they are absolutely amazing bird identifiers. What I mean by this is that they can for sure tell an eagle from a red tail hawk from a harrier from a seagull from a heron….etc. they know which one to be afraid of and which ones just to keep an eye on.
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04/29/2026

I love these photos where I’ve caught a duck (generally the ones I see doing it are mallards and pintails) looking down to check out where it’s landing.

04/28/2026

A handful of different ducks, widescreen version.

04/27/2026

Rippin’. Seeing a flock of bluebills rip across the water like that is a top tier waterfowling experience.

04/26/2026

A sharp-looking greenwing on a calm morning. The reflections are a nice bonus.

04/25/2026

The quickest, slowest duck, around. Mr Bluewing Teal. Their slow top speed is hard to believe after you’ve had a flock of 20 of them rip past you from a direction you weren’t looking. They’re in & out of the decoys before you knew it, leaving everyone scrambling to grab a gun.