Arresting Motion…or…Frozen Solid

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Today’s post has nothing to do with the science involved in the act of the freezing of moving water.  It has a little bit to do with the act of photographing that frozen water, and everything to do with celebrating the … Continue reading

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Playtime

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Over the past two years, most of the several hundred pictures of Red Fox that I have shown, have been those with nice backgrounds, or artful poses.  I have included some of a sickly fox and a few that showed … Continue reading

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1/18/13

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I managed to slip out for a little waterbird photography on Friday.  I went to Racine’s boat ramp and the conditions were wonderful.  It was chilly but windy.  That wind makes for interesting water patterns and blowing feathers. It was also … Continue reading

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Feathered Friends & Rising Suns

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Feathered friends I think it’s common knowledge even among non-photographers, that a percentage of the wildlife photos you see today are crops.  It’s easy to crop and make our subjects bigger, and we (photographers) sometimes believe that closer makes for … Continue reading

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Common Goldeneye

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Male. Females 1st winter males. Taking a dive.  Male Courtship Have the best of days.  Wayne

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Nothing Much To Say

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Every once in a while I begin to put together a post and I realize that I really don’t have anything to say.  My usual answer to that dilemma is to go ahead and publish a post anyway.  So here … Continue reading

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Post 461

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In a recent post I illustrated that I occasionally will make a close-up action shot of a bird, but accidentally cut its wing off…in the visual sense.  At minimum focusing distance this can happen with a small bird as well.  I … Continue reading

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xyz

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It seems like I have been writing a lot recently about clean and simple compositions.  There are images that will not fit that template that are also important. Flowers make some of the best “busy images”. Flower pictures with out … Continue reading

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It’s The Birds, It’s The Water, It’s The Light

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I meant to mention in yesterday’s Everything Old is New post that as far as I can remember, none of those images had ever been shown before. That is why I entitled it the way I did. The images were old, … Continue reading

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Everything Old is New

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One of the compositional concepts I deal with most often on these pages, is “clean and simple”  Less is more would be another appropriate cliché.  I do believe that any photographer who shares a large portfolio of work, needs variety.  … Continue reading

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