Notes from the Woods

seeing · environment · exploration · photography

Different bird pictures

Though I haven't photographed many birds this summer, when I have had the opportunity, I have tried to create some different bird photographs than perhaps most are used to seeing. .  Part of it is just experimentation to try to expand creative thinking about a...

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Lensbaby wildlife

It is a pretty rare situation when you can use a Lensbaby on wildlife.  However, such was the case today with these Sandhill cranes.  They are wild, yet completely comfortable around humans walking right by them. .  Year after year they nest here, and the next...

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iPhone recognition

I have been going somewhat crazy trying all of the new applications available now for the iPhone.  Even though I still have the older, original iPhone - I still gained the benefit of the free 2.0 software upgrade that allows access to all of these new apps. One in...

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Epson 4800 Maintenance tank

You are probably wondering - what the heck is that thing?. .  This is the "maintenance tank" from my Epson 4800 which had to be changed recently. .  As the printer goes through cleaning cycles, it dumps waste ink into this tank filled with cotton pads. . ...

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Art E-cards

My work is now featured on the novaterragalleria artist e-card site.  It concentrates on my macro abstracts of rocks and stones.  It is a superbly designed site with many options for customizing e-cards to friends and family.  It also helped me discover a few new...

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Underlying mysteries

Rocks on a beach - all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors that we tend to look at simply for their outward appearance.  I have a piece of this special Jasper I wrote about below - on the outside, it looks like a rather ordinary rock. .  Not much different than one of...

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How far down the rabbit hole will you go?

Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole? Neo: You could say that. Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically,...

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More playing with HDR

Going back through my archives I found a few images where I took a series of exposures because of a severe dynamic range issue. .  I knew that this particular shot was going to be a little problematic for me because I really wanted the details to pop in the driftwood....

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Embracing failure

Embracing failure

failure | ?f?ly?r noun1 lack of success : an economic policy that is doomed to failure | the failures of his policies.- an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing : bad weather had resulted in crop failures.- lack of success in passing an examination or test : exam...

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