Sometimes Mother Nature sends a little gift when one is out photographing birds, which in my case were some cooperative swallows. All of the images in this article are displayed as 100% captures without any cropping as I wanted to demonstrate how close these birds allowed me to get to them. Continue reading Some Cooperative Swallows
Category Archives: Nikon 1 (1″ CX sensor)
After a fire…
None of us really ever knows what lays ahead. We may feel completely secure in our current circumstances and relationships. Our career may appear on an upward trajectory. Our health is robust. Our friends and family strong and nurturing. We seem to breeze through each day with life unfolding as it has in the past. In a single moment, everything can change…and we are left wondering about the future after a fire has struck in our lives. It may be the loss of a loved one. A job. An ended relationship. A change in our health. A physical disaster, or other personal tragedy. Continue reading After a fire…
Sample Dragonfly Images
A couple of weeks ago I was out at Hendrie Valley doing some bird photography and happened to capture some sample dragonfly images. A few first thing in the morning, and a few more later on that same afternoon. Continue reading Sample Dragonfly Images
Happy 150th Birthday Canada!
Tomorrow, July 1st 2017, is a milestone for Canada…the country’s 150th birthday! Since the majority of our readers are from outside of Canada, I thought some folks may like to read a short summary about Canada and some notable Canadians. I’ve added a few images to provide some visual breaks for readers…all were captured in Canada. Continue reading Happy 150th Birthday Canada!
Working with fog images in post
This short article discusses some potential approaches that can be considered when working with fog images in post. Obviously each photographer has their own, unique creative vision that they bring to their work. How a photographer chooses to process their images in post is one of the ways that each of us brings our creative vision to life. Continue reading Working with fog images in post
Fog Shrouded Harbour
I went out early this morning, and spent about 15 minutes capturing some quick images of a fog shrouded harbour. I always enjoy creating these kinds of photographs and working with them in post. This article shares a few images, as well as some of my composition considerations. Continue reading Fog Shrouded Harbour
Cormorant Swallowing Fish at 20 fps
This short article features a series of 23 images showing a cormorant swallowing a fish at 20 frames per second. Continue reading Cormorant Swallowing Fish at 20 fps
Practising Eye Hand Coordination
Regardless of the camera that each of us may own, practising eye hand coordination is a good idea. This is especially true if one enjoys photographing birds-in-flight or other moving wildlife. Continue reading Practising Eye Hand Coordination
Photographing Bees In-Flight Hand-Held
On Saturday morning I was out at Ruthven Park in Cayuga Ontario. My intent was to photograph some hummingbirds or purple martins in flight. When nature did not cooperate I looked around for another challenge and ended up photographing bees in-flight, hand-held. Continue reading Photographing Bees In-Flight Hand-Held
ISO-12800 Comparison
I had quite a few comments from Photography Life readers about my recent article Pushing a Small 1″ Sensor to ISO-12800. Some folks asked if they could see a comparison between the finished images in the article and the original RAW files (i.e. I opened up the RAW files in CS6 and made a jpeg out of them without making any adjustments in CS6). This short article shows the ISO-12800 comparison between the original RAW files and the finished files I used in the article. Continue reading ISO-12800 Comparison