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A “spring” visit to Yosemite
One of the realities of nature photography is that you can only control nature so much — all the planning in the universe won’t prevent some challenges, like a change in the weather. Sometimes you go...
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Dawn Breaks at Merced
Dawn breaks at the Merced Refuge. Or it tries to — the tule fog has other ideas. The Geese see if before you do, and the sound of the morning chorus echoes through the fog. The alarm went off at 4AM,...
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Day Tripping Panoche Valley
With Monday being a holiday, I took advantage of it to do an extended day trip, spending a chunk of it out in Panoche Valley and ended out at Merced Wildlife Refuge in search of a pretty sunset. The...
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Photo of the Day: Grand Teton National Park
After showing off just how bad an image I could take back in 2008 (and still fix it enough to make it usable today), I figured I might as well show that I actually could take a decent picture back...
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Photo of the Day: Latourell Falls
Photo of the day continues in Oregon’s Columbia Gorge today, and our visit is at Latourell Falls, where I actually found the bridge a lot more interesting subject than the falls itself for some...
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Sunset at Merced National Wildlife Refuge
Hey, have another sunset from Merced! have I noted that the sunset kinda rocked? This article was posted on Chuq Von Rospach, Photographer and Author at Sunset at Merced National Wildlife Refuge....
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After spending a few days in Southern California for christmas with the family, Laurie and I snuck away for a few days in Morro Bay before heading back to the Bay area. One thing I always try to do...
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Carrizo Plains National Monument Panorama
On my trip over the weekend, I spent Sunday exploring Carrizo Plains National Monument. I’d visited it once before, poking at the edges, and on a trip a couple of years ago spent an afternoon...
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Half Dome in Winter
Here’s a great example of how post processing won’t save a flawed image. I really like the image, but in working on it — I have to admit it’s broken. It looks okay online, but as soon as it hits...
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Columbia River Gorge
Is there anyone who does not do some variation of this shot when visiting the gorge? This was taken during a november trip and I feel nicely reflects the cool and damp of that time of year — and it’s...
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Yosemite Road Trip 2013 – Day 1, teaching.
A friend of mine asked me if I could help out teaching a class on beginning bird photography and introduction to Adobe Lightroom. That was an opportunity I was hoping to try for a while, so I jumped on...
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Half Dome from Washburn Point
Washburn point is near Glacier point but minus some of the crowds that gather. It has a nice, but different, view of Half Dome, as well as Nevada and Vernal falls. This was my favoite shot from that...
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Designing a composition
When I was a newer photographer I’d hear photographers talk about the need to make photos instead of take them. I wasn’t always sure what they meant — some aspects (like controlling exposure and other...
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Designing a Composition (Part 2)
Carrying on about this image a bit more…. That’s a nice image, and I’d have no trouble leaving it as it is, but if you look into its details, it can still be better. My typical workflow works something...
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