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Emigrant Lake Reflection (Photo of the week)
Mountains south of Emigrant Lake are reflected in the early morning light, Emigrant Wilderness, California This week’s photo comes from a backpacking trip I did this summer with a friend. Emigrant...
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Great Egret At Dawn (Photo of the week)
A great egret searching for food is reflected in early morning light Usually, capturing dynamic interesting light requires getting up very early in the morning. Luckily, this is also the time of day...
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Creativity tip #1 – Shoot close to home
Turning orange and yellow at sunset, clouds are reflected in the still waters of the San Francisco Bay. The sky has been cleansed by a passing storm. Foster City, California. Don’t wait for the weekend...
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Snowy Egret Reflection (Photo of the week)
A Snowy Egret is reflected in shallow water in early morning This photo was take this week just after sunrise. When I got to the area in which I wanted to shoot, I looked for a spot next to a pond...
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American Avocet With Food (Photo of the week)
An American Avocet eats a particle of food in a shallow pool in early morning I photographed this american avocet at first light, just as the sun was peeking over the eastern horizon. Like most avocets...
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Black-necked Stilt Pair (Photo of the week)
Two black-necked stilts stand back to back reflected in shallow water This pair of stilts had a nest nearby that they were watching over. I couldn’t tell if there were eggs there yet, but they didn’t...
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Spring babies – bring on the cuteness
A young american avocet chick wades in shallow water looking for food I was fortunate this spring to get out and capture a few different species of new hatch-lings. It was wonderful to watch these...
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Dowitcher At Sunset (Photo of the week)
A dowitcher wades through shallow water, looking for food just before sunset, Baylands, Palo Alto, California I photographed this dowitcher just as the last light of the day was hitting the marsh. He...
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Reflection At Dawn (Photo of the week)
A black-crowned night heron perches on a small rock in a middle of a pond. Its reflection shows in the glassy water in early morning light. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a good opportunity for a...
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Mt. Lassen Reflection (Photo of the week)
Mt. Lassen is reflected in Manzanita Lake at sunset, Lassen National Park, California A couple of weeks ago, I drove up to Lassen National Park for a quick solo overnight backpacking trip. I could tell...
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Mt Lassen From Lake Helen (Photo of the week)
Mt. Lassen is reflected in Lake Helen after a morning snow shower, Lassen National Park, California This week’s shot was taken on my way out of Lassen Volcanic National Park after a failed attempt at a...
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Crater Lake Sunset, Eagle Cap Wilderness (Photo of the week)
The setting sun highlights an outcropping on rock, jutting into the still waters of Crater Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. This week’s photo was taken during a recent backpacking trip into Eagle...
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Eagle Cap Wilderness Part 1
About a month ago I took a five day backpacking trip, accompanied by my brother and father. We decided to check out Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon’s largest National Wilderness area. Our loop took us...
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Sleeping Green-winged Teal (Photo of the week)
A green-winged teal sleeps as it floats, its reflection cast in the still water. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/640 sec. at f/5.6 This week’s...
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Herring Gull Reflection (Photo of the week)
A herring gull is reflected in still glassy water. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3: 1/3200 sec. at f/5.6 Purchase I captured this herring gull last month...
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An unfortunate lover
A pied-billed grebe sinks his head and fluffs his wing feathers in a display of courtship. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1: 1/320 sec. at f/8 Purchase A...
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Thinking digitally
A juvenile black-crowned night heron perches among reeds along the edge of a pond. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 800. Evaluative metering 0 EV: 1/320 sec. at f/8 Purchase I little...
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Breaking the rules
Several long-billed curlews stand together in a shallow wetland pool. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 1000. Evaluative metering +2/3: 1/160 sec. at f/9 Purchase Every once in a while a...
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Barrow’s Goldeneye (Photo of the week)
A male Barrow's goldeneye swims through golden water. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3: 1/1250 sec. at f/7.1 Purchase This week’s photo features a Barrow’s...
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Pied-billed Grebe (Photo of the week)
A pied-billed grebe swims through still water. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +2/3: 1/1000 sec. at f/5.6 Purchase My photo pick this week is of a pied-billed...
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Mandarin Duck (Photo of the week)
A mandarin duck swims through smooth, still water. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 640. Evaluative metering +1/3: 1/320 sec. at f/8 Purchase I photographed this Mandarin duck today at a...
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Blue-winged Teal
A male blue-winged teal is mirrored in the glassy water surface. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3: 1/400 sec. at f/8 Purchase Things have been pretty busy...
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From the archives: Long-billed Curlew
A long-billed curlew stands in shallow water, reflected in the morning light. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-7D. ISO 1000. Evaluative metering +2/3 EV: 1/320 sec. at f/5.6 Purchase I’ve been...
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Ten Lakes, Yosemite National Park
After waiting all summer for the snow to melt out of the high country, I finally ventured north of Tioga Road with some friends from college for a weekend backpacking trip. Instead of my usual high...
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Ansel Adams Wilderness
A couple of weeks ago my friend Steve and I finally headed into the Sierra high country for a long-overdue back-country excursion. Due to the heavy snow pack this year and busy schedules, this turned...
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Parenthood
A canada goose delivers a lesson to its young chicks Image Page One of my favorite wildlife subjects to photograph is a parent with their new young. Watching how different species teach their children...
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Abstracting A Season
Fall colors are reflected in the surface of moving water ripples. The ripples turn simple reflections into endless patterns. Image Page I recently processed these photos that I took last fall near my...
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Lake Vernon Loop
The spray from Wapama Falls creates a rainbow as it rushes into the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, Yosemite National Park Image Page Recently a friend and I headed up to Yosemite for an early season 4-day...
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Photo Fix Or Photo Fraud?
A black-necked stilt watches over its freshly-hatched chicks I took this photo last year of a black-necked stilt and her three young chicks. I had set up in my usual position, with my lens close to the...
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Western Sandpiper In Breeding Plumage
A western sandpiper is reflected in a shallow sheen of water along a beach Image Page A little while ago I headed out to the edge of the bay to check out some of the shorebirds making their way down...
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Grand Teton National Park – The Wildlife
A few weeks ago, I attended a landscape workshop with Jack Dykinga, co-lead by my friend Jerry Dodrill. I was able to arrive early, and spent several days before the landscape work began to check out...
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Grand Tetons National Park – The Mountains
The Tetons glow red as they are front lit by the sun at dawn, Grand Teton National Park Image Page For my second post from my recent trip to Grand Teton National Park, I’ll focus on what I had...
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Happy New Year
A black-necked stilt chick walks on wobbly legs, staying close to its mother Image Page May you have a year filled with joy, rejuvenation, and rebirth. Thank you to all of you for following along on my...
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2012 Round-up – Top 40 photos of the year
It is once again that time of year where we assemble compilations of the best and worst of the previous 12 months. Here are the results of culling through my many photos from 2012. Looking back it was...
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Black-necked Stilt Chicks
For my New Year’s post this year, I added an image of a black-necked stilt chick and its mother. I have finally processed additional photos from that day of the same chick and its siblings (there were...
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A Change Of Scenery Revisited
Years ago, I wrote about how long lenses give the photographer the ability to completely change the background of the image they’re working on while still behind the camera. With a slight move left,...
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Fall Season Hoodies
A male hooded merganser swim through calm water reflecting the colors of fall Image Page No, this is not a Gap or Old Navy ad – I’m talking about Hooded Mergansers in colorful fall color reflections!...
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Birds of Kauai – In Defense of the Canon EF100-400L
A common myna perches on a branch loaded with berries. This rapidly expanding invasive species adapts extremely well to urban environments. Image Page Over the years, I have read many negative reviews...
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2013 Round-up – Top 40 photos of the year
I am a little late this year, but finally, here are my favorite images from the previous 12 months. This year I only had one major photography focused trip to the northern California coast, capturing...
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Bird Photography With The Canon 7D Mk II
A great blue heron stalks fish in still shallow water, Belmont, CA. Image Page I spent about an hour this morning doing some bird photography with my new 7D Mk II. My primary use for this camera will...
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2014 Round-up – Top 40 Photos Of The Year
After a bit of thought, I have compiled my top 40 picks from the last 12 months. I selected from a variety of outings and types of photography, ranging from landscape, to wildlife, to pet photography....
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Puerto Vallarta Wading Birds
Every time I go to a new place, I try to have at least basic photography gear with me in order to explore the area photographically. For a location as beautiful as a Mexican beach, there are...
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Gem Lake, Emigrant Wilderness
Cliffs to the north of Gem Lake reflect in the still water at sunset, Emigrant Wilderness, CA. Image Page Last weekend I took a quick two night backpacking trip with some friends, in hopes of hitting...
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Two Nights At Okaukuejo Waterhole
Under the cover of darkness, two endangered black rhinos socialize next to the Okaukuejo Waterhole, their bodies reflected in the still water. These uncommon rhinos are rarely seen in daylight and are...
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Okaukuejo Waterhole: Wildlife Diversity
My last blog post detailed my experience with five endangered black rhino at the Okaukuejo Waterhole in Ethosa National Park, Namibia. But that’s certainly not all I saw during those long quiet hours...
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2016 Round-up – Top 100 Photos Of The Year
In years past, I’ve curated a list of my best 40 photos of the past year. However, with trips in 2016 to India and Africa, I couldn’t whittle down the set to just 40. So here is the best 100 photos of...
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An Afternoon In Redwood Shores
I came across the following birds on a recent afternoon in Redwood Shores, California. Located right along San Francisco Bay with lots of calm water channels and sloughs, there are usually good...
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Yosemite’s Natural Fire Fall
A couple of weekends ago, I had the opportunity to witness one of nature’s most spectacular light phenomenons. For only a few days of only some years, a seasonal waterfall in Yosemite National Park...
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