Earth Images Blog by Wayne Nelson

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Just a few ducks, mergansers & grebes. Female Red-breasted Merganser Male Red-breasted Merganser Male Hooded Merganser Juvenile Female Gadwall (duck) in the morning light Gadwall ducklings Pied-billed Grebe family Horned Grebes Western Grebe White-winged Scoter (duck) 1st year male Common … Continue reading →

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There is a no more beautiful way to set off an image of a water bird than by using the reflective qualities of still waters.  Clean and simple usually equates with powerful in nature photography.  I look for these opportunities … Continue reading →

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With my Seasonal Citizen Blog I visually pushed the seasons ahead well into autumn.  As long as we are living in an altered reality I thought I would be the first to celebrate winter.  More specifically a perfect winter storm … Continue reading →

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Just a thank you to all of you who have embraced this blog! From myself and from all of my special friends and places above, I say thank you and God Bless, Wayne Nelson

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My passion and purpose in life is nature photography.  That is to say that nature is my purpose.  Photography is also my purpose.  The two combined have captivated my mind and imagination for 25 years.   My two favorite things in … Continue reading →

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As a nature photographer I have always been privileged to reside in a place that has four distinctly different seasons.  There is no bigger job for a nature photographer than telling the story of the changing seasons.  If I was … Continue reading →

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I have always prided myself on being the all-around nature photographer.  Landscapes, macros and wildlife of all sorts.   Add the occasional non-nature subject and I think that makes me a well rounded photographer.  Still there can be no question that in my life … Continue reading →

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Every so often I love to blindly reach into my photographic grab bag and take whatever photos I touch.  No rhyme or reason.  These are mostly images that have not been published and in some cases they have never been shared.  … Continue reading →

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Light & Shadow One of the first things we learn about photography is how to control contrast.  Everything from using split neutral density filters, to creating exposures that split the difference between highlights and shadows.  Today High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is … Continue reading →

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I have managed to find my way to more than a few adventures in my life.  Be they “little adventures”.  I am not a brave man and while I searched out adventure through my teens and twenties, all since have occurred … Continue reading →