exploring nature’s infinite connections
I was sent a link to a very interesting site today, dedicated to the study of the wolf and moose population on Isle Royale. For those of you not familiar with Michigan's UP area - this is an island on the western end of Lake Superior. There are some facinating photo...
Ever since I read Tony Kuyper's tutorial on luminosity masking, I have a really hard time staying away from them, particularly for landscape shots with a lot of tonal range. And with my recent fiddling with Lightroom, which offers a tremendous amount of control...
It is kinda strange to think about that this image was made the same day as the previous post on bark. The two almost look like they were taken at opposite ends of the world. Sometimes you really don't know what you are going to get on any particular outing. I was up...
Returning today to the shopping mecca of snowy owl sightings was an effort in frustration. Yep, there before dawn with not another soul around - and four and a half hours later of looking, it was time to call it quits. I absolutely hate coming home empty handed after...
Urban wildlife is always a refreshing site, although sometimes a sad one as well as you know these animals are struggling for habitat day in and day out. But today I was fortunate enough to see my first snowy owl in the wild. Strangely enough, it was in a typical...
Our rather strange January weather produced some interesting conditions today - rain overnight, and then dropping temperatures through the morning caused dripping raindrops to freeze. The tricky part was finding drops that had some interesting structure attached to...
I have the week off between Christmas and New years from my 'day job' and was really hoping to get out and do some shooting. The weather really sucked. Rain, drizzle, dark and drab light. To add to that is my own laziness of just wanting to lay around the house, surf...
I finally got out shooting today after a bit of a dry spell. I was pleasantly treated to a rather large number of ducks congregating, migrating, partying.. whatever causes so many of them to get together like this. I have often wondered from some birding reports when...
Around here, not a lot is happening in the woods after the leaves have dropped and turned brown, and the air begins cooling until snow arrives. I know I have succumbed to the rut that perhaps a lot of nature photographers get in around November/Early December. Perhaps...