I’m in the mid-summer photographic doldrums, but on most days I carry my small camera and a lens around on my walks through the city park near my house. I do often see wildlife out there that might be fun to shoot. In one corner of the park I walk by a patch of sunflowers… Read More Find the Goldfinch
Stormy skies can be fun for landscape photography, but we don’t seem to get a lot of stormy skies here. On Saturday afternoon a line of dark clouds moved in to interrupt the clear blue skies, so I decided to head out to the wildlife refuge to see what I could do with the gloomy… Read More Stormy Skies at the Wildlife Refuge
This time of year I struggle with having time and a place to go shoot photos as the wildflowers are gone and the summer heat is oppressive. But, I have been carrying a camera and one lens at a time with me on my morning walks through a large park near my neighborhood just to… Read More How to Control Focus Depth
If you want to hide and secretly watch the daily life of birds, you probably need a bird blind or a bird costume. If you aren’t up for looking like a Sesame Street character, Inks Lake State Park has a bird blind that you can easily get access to that will enable you to spy… Read More The Shooting Gallery
One problem that I have being a hobbyist photographer is what to do with the thousands of image files that I have. Sure I have them saved on a cloud drive in addition to my computer so that they are secure and at anytime I like I can whip out my phone or computer and… Read More What to do with all those digital photos
It was Saturday morning and I was awake around 5:00AM; I hate to sleep late and waste the day. Anyway, I knew the sun would rise at about 6:30AM and it was a little cloudy so I grabbed my backpack and a mug of coffee and headed for the wildlife refuge to see if I… Read More Sunrise Over a Creek and Wildflowers
A couple of weeks ago I spent an afternoon hiking around Colorado Bend State Park and am just getting to my photos. It had been raining quite a bit and I was hoping that Gorman Falls would really be flowing. So, my first hike was down to the falls. The hike from the parking area… Read More Afternoon at Colorado Bend State Park
My last stop in Patagonia was Punta Arenas in Chile. After a quick flight across the strait the afternoon before, we checked in to a nice old hotel and I woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the Strait of Magellan. At breakfast I could see the sky developing and went to the balcony on… Read More Punta Arenas
There is a king penguin colony on Tierra del Fuego and I got to visit it when I was there. Apparently, king penguins showed up on this shoreline a little over tens years ago and began returning to nest. Initially, when people came to see the penguins they got too close to them and scared… Read More Penguins on a Useless Bay
If you are just seeing this post, this is the continuation of my bloggings about a trip to Patagonia. You can read about Torres del Paine National Park in Chile at the following links: After several days in Torres del Paine, we made our way to the town of Porvenir on Tierra del Fuego. Porvenir… Read More Stromatolites of Tierra del Fuego
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