Success!!

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Everyone wants to succeed, and that is a healthy normal way to be.  Even the animals and plants of the natural world spend their lives in search of success.  I write a lot about success and failure, and with human … Continue reading

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Moments & Tomorrow’s Photography

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Moments When I look at the constant parade of old images that I display on this blog, the one thing I am happy and proud of, is that over all of those years of nature photography, I never let the … Continue reading

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Tapestry by Ron Toel

As you probably know by now I see things a little differently than most people……Below is an analogy about how I see the world…… I see it as a very large tapestry. The image on it is of the most … Continue reading

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It’s a Matter of Perspective

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Landscaping With a Point of View Gaining Perspective:  The images below are of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. This is an interesting rock formation, but making a composition that hasn’t been done, is challenging.  The first two shots were created right … Continue reading

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Rock Shadows & 13 Lines

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I love shadows…and I love rock.  They are the tools of which art is made. The rich colors and the deep shadows in this photo were created by nature.  I was just the witness that passed it along to you.  … Continue reading

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Seasons Come & Seasons Go

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Seasons mean more to the nature photographer than just spring, summer, fall and winter. They mean an annual parade of insects.  Each with its own season. Birds migrate and nest….and then migrate again.  The newborn babes of the mammal world … Continue reading

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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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