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Macro Beauty

Macro Beauty

I have written before that I love our garden. Its beauty is amplified every year as plants mature and its natural canvas becomes more complex and vibrant. We have been very lucky this year to have had an early start to the growing season. We live at 7300ft above sea level where the conditions are [...]

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| May 10, 2012 | 7 Comments
Breeding Bluebirds and Beautiful Photographs

Breeding Bluebirds and Beautiful Photographs

(Photo details: Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 300m f/2.8 telephoto, 1/2000 sec, f/9.0, ISO 400) Photography has opened my eyes. Not just to a new art form but but also to the importance of preserving what is naturally beautiful. From fleeting scenes inspired by the coming and going of ever changing light to the seemingly [...]

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| April 28, 2012 | 12 Comments
The Zeiss Distagon 21mm Prime vs Canon’s 17-40mm Zoom

The Zeiss Distagon 21mm Prime vs Canon’s 17-40mm Zoom

I admit that taking a close up of our first spring flowers is not quite the broad sweeping landscapes I usually like to shoot with my wide angle lens but it proves an important point. It proves that the extra $1,000 I spent on my new Carl Zeiss Distagon 21mm f/2.8 wide angle lens was [...]

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| March 24, 2012 | 7 Comments
Snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo details: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, ISO100, f/8.0, 1/640th, handheld) I could not wait to share some details about our awesome President’s Day weekend adventure snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park. As fate would have it, a long time friend owns a house in Estes Park, which is right on the [...]

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| February 25, 2012 | 4 Comments
Oregon Part 4: Taming Cape Arago

Oregon Part 4: Taming Cape Arago

After making photographs of eagles in Klamath Falls, we made a four and a half hour trek by car to the beautiful Oregon coast. We had originally planned to drive to Crater Lake but found out that the area was already inundated with snow, which made access to the lake impractical without proper planning. So, [...]

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| February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments
Paint or Draw a House Finch

Paint or Draw a House Finch

I am honing my birding skills by making pictures of birds feeding on our back deck. Eventually I will introduce some natural surroundings to capture these little guys on tree branches. In the mean time, I thought some of the painters out there would like to take a crack at painting this beautiful little House [...]

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| February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment
Oregon Part 3: AI Servo Mode for Photographing Eagles in Flight

Oregon Part 3: AI Servo Mode for Photographing Eagles in Flight

For the third installment on my trip to Oregon, I will discuss my attempt to capture eagles in flight. The shot above, which was the best action shot of the trip, took some practice including visiting a local high school basketball game to hone some skills. It becomes a little mind numbing when you consider [...]

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| February 11, 2012 | 5 Comments
Oregon Part 2: What I Learned about Making Pictures of Eagles

Oregon Part 2: What I Learned about Making Pictures of Eagles

Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II lens ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 420mm (with 1.4x II teleconverter) For parts two and three of my series on Oregon, I will highlight my time in Klamath Falls and what I learned about making pictures of eagles in the wild. To prepare for [...]

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| February 5, 2012 | 10 Comments
Oregon Part 1: Packing and Prep with the F-Stop Tilopa Back Country Backpack

Oregon Part 1: Packing and Prep with the F-Stop Tilopa Back Country Backpack

This post is part one of a multi-part series on my most recent trip to Oregon. Trust me, a few eagle pictures are coming soon! When I think about it, I have mostly been a fair weather photographer. Honestly, who doesn’t want to make pictures in the south of France in September? There is, however, [...]

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| February 1, 2012 | 3 Comments
Bringing Beauty Home with Panoramas

Bringing Beauty Home with Panoramas

Please click here to see the full size panorama Sometimes you need to bring home a panorama to fully express what you saw in life. Today’s photo is one of those occasions. A vast expanse of pristine valley gives rise to towering 13,000 plus foot peaks while unbefitting sand dunes lay bathed in the day’s [...]

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| January 23, 2012 | 14 Comments

The ADNW Painting Challenge