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Twenty Nineteen

Twenty Nineteen

True story, I started this post with some placeholder text of "blah blah blah" so I could go back and look at some of my recent yearly favorites posts to avoid being a repetitive idiot. After reviewing 2016-2018, I have some news for you - I think I can already check...

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Return to Swan Island

Return to Swan Island

Photographs aren't going to be made while you're sleeping. A truism that continues to pop in my head just like the one of "being there." This past Memorial Day, I returned to a lake that has this little island with a willow tree on it. It's about an hour drive for me...

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Sandhill Cranes with Canada Goose gosling

Sandhill Cranes with Canada Goose gosling

There is a new wildlife celebrity in Michigan. Little did this little Canada Goose gosling know when it decided to tag along with its newly formed Sandhill Crane family that it would become the center of attention for many visitors, birders and wildlife photographers...

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Mute swan and cygnets

Mute swan and cygnets

I have been itching for some more practice with wildlife and my D800.   Since I don't have the Nikon expensive vertical grip, my frame rate is limited to 4 fps (frames per second) in FX mode, and the camera can do 5 fps in DX mode.   The vertical grip would give me up...

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