Notes from the Woods

seeing · environment · exploration · photography

Most annoying photo critique comments

Ahhh, the turbulent waters of opinion on photo critiques.. and I suppose I am going to copycat some existing blog entries by Greg Lato, who refers to an entry on the top 10 annoyances by Jim Goldstein. Many of Jim's top 10 are some of my pet peeves as well. But these...

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Choose your battles wisely

Obviously, spring is an exciting time for nature photography. Our choices of subjects are everywhere, budding trees to blooming flowers, bird migrations and increased animal activity. The woods awaken from a winter sleep. If your time is limited to get out to...

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Snacks in the woods

When I am driving to a spot before sunrise, or coming back from a hike - or simply out in the field waiting for something to happen - I get the munchies! I tend to eat a great number of Clif Bars - particularly the peanut butter kind. Healthy for you and pretty...

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Thank you for your support!!

referrals to date for March 2007   I just wanted to post a thanks to some fellow photographers for their support of this blog and providing some traffic this way. This is not to ignore the many others that do not appear specifically here, thank you too. You are...

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Negative space, shapes, and diversity

I suppose this post addresses two particular aspects of my photography - an interest in graphical shapes in nature - and a diversity of subject matter that catches my interest. I know many nature photographers often have a singular goal in mind on any particular...

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Colbert and the bear

Colbert has a comical paranoia about bears for those of you not familiar with his show.. 🙂 (If for some reason all you get is a blue box above, some of your browser security settings probably aren't letting this video clip display - you can see it at this link and...

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More investigating on swamp ‘oils’…

I have been hunting around trying to learn a little bit more about the natural oils I have photographed in the past, and most recently in ice formed after a spring thaw. Neighbor Mike gives some insight from a botany student that stopped by one of his shows. A bit...

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More of nature’s paintings…

I went out this morning looking for interesting ice patterns and the natural plant oils (bacterial films found in swampy areas) I posted about before that look like abstract paintings. There are a lot of swampy areas in the woods behind my house which should be good...

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Artists look different

I came across a rather interesting article / blog post here on some cognitive studies done on how artists vs. 'non-artists' view images. Click the link and give it a read, and come back because I think this is worthy of some analysis when it comes to photographers and...

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