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Category Archives: Nature
View 185: Lake Ontario
I have shown you many photos from and of Lake Ontario over the years. This week, I am going to share the history, uses and more beauty of the smallest (in surface area) lake of the Great Lakes. Lake Ontario … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, beach, deer creek, driftwood, ecology, fog, geology, great lakes, harbor, lake effect, Lake Ontario, lighthouse, new york, nikon D70, nikon D700, oswego, rocks, sand dunes, sandy creek, tokina 11-16mm, vr, water, waves
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A June Photo Hunt
Here are my results of Karma’s June Photo Hunt. 1. A colorful bird. The bright orange bill and eye of an Oystercatcher in Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Look, he’s standing on one leg. 2. A … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, People
Tagged 28-300mm, 80-400mm, bird, butterfly, cake, dad, father's day, flower, graduate, hot air balloon, nikon D700, nikon D7000, oystercatcher, peony, photo hunt, purple, vr, walt disney world
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View 182: Birds of the Jersey Shore
My main reason for visiting Atlantic City last week was to meet up with a couple of photographers at the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Howie and Brian are experts at Forsythe as they photograph almost daily there and were great … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, 80-400mm, atlantic city, birds, black, buildings, casino, egret, flight, forsythe national wildlife refuge, heron, nest, new jersey, nikon D700, nikon D7000, orange, osprey, oystercatcher, salt marsh, shorebird, skimmer, tern, vr, water, white, wildlife, willet
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View 181: Late Spring at the Wildlife Refuge
The work continues at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The pool near the visitor center has been drained and the marsh in the first section of the wildlife drive has been lowered. This seemed to concentrate the viewable wildlife along … Continue reading
Trick to Using a Graduated Neutral Density Filter
A Graduated Neutral Density Filter are not like the Neutral Density filters I have talked about in the past. Those cut the light into the entire lens opening. A graduated ND filter, is dark on one side and gradually goes … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, cokin, depth of field, graduated neutral denisty filter, horizon, kits, new york, nikon D700, oneida lake, preview button, steel pier, sun, sunrise, syracuse, vr, water
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