Monthly Archives: March 2012

Big Picture….Small Picture

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The greatest thing about landscape photography is the many different treatments you can bring to any given subject.   A river?  A rock formation?  Your subject can be spread out or compressed.  It may a part of the greater landscape, or it could be the whole … Continue reading

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Skippin Dinner

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Whew, I’m stuffed! Think I’ll skip dinner. Have a good evening!

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The Lost Art

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Silhouette: shadowed contour: an outline of somebody or something filled in with black or a dark color on a light background, especially when done as a likeness or work of art Is the creating of silhouettes, a lost art, or … Continue reading

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Composition: putting together of things:

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Composition: putting together of things: the act or process of combining things to form a whole The above description of composition would fit studio photography quite well.  In nature photography it is the act of subtracting or dividing things to … Continue reading

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3/21/12

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It is a rare day indeed when I actually put a camera into use, but I did make a few backyard pix of common birds this morning.  I did have an enjoyable time and it was a very good feeling to employ some photographic … Continue reading

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Migrating Thoughts

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Several days ago I managed to stop at Bong State Rec. Area here in Wisconsin and take a peek at how the spring bird migration is developing.  As is usual at Bong the Red-winged Blackbirds ruled the roost.  So to speak.  Tons … Continue reading

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Back In The Day……….

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Places become special to me for a variety of different reasons.  Great Sand Dunes N.P. in Colorado has great memories for me.  I lived in Colorado through much of the 1970s but never even visited Great Sand Dunes.  In the … Continue reading

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Batting 300

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The title of today’s article is meant to honor the fact that this is the 300th post on the Earth Image’s Blog.  My intent when I created this forum was to write and share for three months, or about 12 posts.  I … Continue reading

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Hearing is Believing

“I can look at a fine photograph, and sometimes I can hear music”  Photography great Ansel Adams, knew what he spoke of when he coined the above phrase.  He was also a superb pianist. I don’t know how much one … Continue reading

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A Natural Trifecta

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I seldom make photography posts that only deal with two or three subjects.  I’ve limited it today because the primary focus is about natural history.  Today’s blog is about three birds, those being the American Bittern, the Tundra Swan and the … Continue reading

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