Notes from the Woods

seeing · environment · exploration · photography

Great Blue herons building nest

This is something I really enjoy watching - the behavior of Great Blue Herons building a nest in a rookery. The entire ritual they go through - from the courtship displays to the very critical 'stick presentation' to the female - is just fascinating. And it happens...

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Pictured Rocks photos

While processing some images for a print job of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Northern Michigan, I found quite a few raw files that I never processed from a great shoot a couple years ago  I find this happens to me quite often - I try to edit as much as I can...

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Monochrome Birds and Lightroom Presets

I wrote a post last year about black and white bird photography (or any other wildlife for that matter) and how we don't see it that much  I have always wondered why that is, so I continue to explore various takes on it   Greg posted a comment on that post...

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New look

I am sure if you are a return visitor, you just thought - "Did I click on the right site?"  🙂   Yes, I have finally changed my Wordpress theme after a long and hard search   For you Wordpress users, I am sure you can relate to the feeling of hunting and searching...

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What’s in a name?

Sometimes everything   Being a nature photographer, sometimes I question whether it is better to be literal about the subject matter in labeling an image, or try to be a bit more creative and give it a unique 'figurative' name   Especially with my rock abstracts, I...

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A pocket full of rulers

Listening to Brooks Jensen's podcast (LW0412 - Which ruler should we use?) brought to mind all sorts of concepts that I think about often when evaluating images   He brings forth the question of how we measure the quality of photographs  Is it against the historical...

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Outsourcing

I have been pretty much a do-it-yourself'er when it comes to my photography, website, and my photo business   I did the website from the ground up, make my own prints up to a reasonable size, do matting, mounting, and framing if needed, and make feeble attempts at all...

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First Blackbird

I heard my first Red-winged Blackbird of the season today   Despite a lot of snow on the ground, at least it is one small sign spring won't be too much longer  If not, these birds are in for a long wait    He was probably calling out to complain "Why did I come back...

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