Earth Images Blog by Wayne Nelson

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Have you ever felt like the proverbial square peg in a round hole? Or is it a round peg in a square hole? I guess either way, it just doesn’t fit. For much of my youth I wanted to play … Continue reading →

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I suppose I should have labeled today’s post, photographing stone but “written in stone” is much cooler. Actually, rock rather than stone is probably more applicable to today’s images. The “Rocky Mountains of course contain a lot of rock. It’s … Continue reading →

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One of my favorite subjects revolves around the rising or setting sun. I especially enjoy locating interesting shapes within the scene as to render them as silhouettes. Of course the rising/setting sun can be used to render objects opposite the … Continue reading →

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As we are in the “autumn of the year”, I will begin today with a landscape from this season. I wonder how many hours of my photographic life I have devoted to making images of red and gold in October … Continue reading →

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Today I thought I would stick to birds, mammals and a reptile as subjects. I love all of the Prairie Dogs of the west. At one time I had a few thousand, or so it seemed, on the twelve acres … Continue reading →

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My favorite season has begun to show itself. Autumn is a colorful yet peaceful rime of year. It also warns us of harsh times that are comming. At least where I live it does. Still, it is the quiet season. … Continue reading →

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Before I move on to my “water” pictures, let us view a couple of superb images by two of photography’s best. Firstly let us begin with one of photography’s greatest ever, Jim Zuckerman. Jim is a legendary landscape artist but … Continue reading →

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Certainly one of the world’s top photo subjects is flowers. I always enjoyed creating macros of flowers and the compositions you see in the two flowers below, whether it be the left one or the right, was a favorite of … Continue reading →

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There’s nothing quite like using the rising/setting sun to create simple, elegant and colorful imagery. One of the issues students had when we went hunting for sunrise or sunset silhouettes, was exposure. Exposure is actually very easy with these sorts … Continue reading →

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Below I have just five images to maybe brighten your day. We could all use a little emotional sunshine right now. One of my favorite marsh birds, the Black-crowned Night Heron. Light can be just as important and just as … Continue reading →