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to my personal journal through my viewfinder. A place where I leave the world behind and try to find the spirit of what I am seeing.
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Tag Archives: bird
View 432: Backyard Wildlife
Like everyone else, I am spending a lot of time at home. Normally, I would be photographing high school Spring sports but, like almost everything else, those have been canceled for this year. I, instead, turned my attention to the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Weekly View
Tagged 200-500mm, 80-400mm, american robin, backyard, bird, blue jay, gray squirrel, mammal, nikon D500, northern cardinal, vr, wildlife
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View 411: Hurricane Hill Trail
During the winter months, my time is taken up with sports photography. When time permits, I will go out and explore with my camera. Otherwise, I will be sharing my adventures from last year as I have a large backlog … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 24-120mm, 70-200mm, animals, bird, hike, hiking, hurricane hill, hurricane ridge, landscape, mount olympus, mountains, nikon D750, olympic national park, outdoors, trail, vr, wildlife
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View 313: Ice Bird
On a very un-winter like day, I visited the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York and received free admission with my Zoo Photo Contest coupon. With temperatures reaching the mid-fifties, there was little to no snow to use for backgrounds. … Continue reading
Using Color in Composition
I have showed you how to find color in your compositions. Today, I share three photos taken when I choose color as the main part of the composition. I know…you think I first spied the leading line and shapes in … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments, Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, bird, blue, boardwalk resort, color, composition, cool hand luke, disney's animal kingdom, entertainer, fill flash, george eastman, green, house, juggler, juggling, museum, new york, nikon D700, red, rochester, vr, walt disney world, yellow
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Wood Duck Advice
The wood duck was telling me to use the Rule of Thirds when I was photographing him at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo last weekend. I did my best but there were other ducks to either side of him. Like in … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments
Tagged 80-400mm, aix sponsa, bird, ice, new york, nikon D700, rule of thirds, syracuse, waterfowl, winter, wood duck
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