Corkscrew Swamp Gator
I’m not usually big on photographing gators, most of the time they just lie there in front of the worst possible background you can imagine. Sometimes you get lucky though. The water levels in Lettuce lake in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary have dropped so much that at this point there’s only a few very small […]
Florida West Coast Birds
The trip wasn’t only shooting pelicans, and while the population of shorebirds I’ve been shooting on the past couple of trips wasn’t there, there were birds. One of the few peeps (small sandpipers) I saw, I think all told I only saw a handful on the beach all day.
Re: Moose Peterson’s FX or DX for Wildlife?
Wildlife photographer Moose Peterson posted an entry on his blog regarding a question he is apparently asked with some regularity “which is better, FX or DX, for wildlife photography”. I think the most appropriate and telling comment though is his closing sentence, “Oh yeah, photo taken with FX or DX? Does it matter?” I think […]
Sanibel Pelicans
One of the nice things I find about the Sanibel beaches is that you almost always have large easy to track targets moving along the beach continuously. Those targets, are Brown Pelicans, and I find them to be quite nice in many ways. They are fairly predictable in their flight patterns, and are very clear […]
Sunset on Sanibel Island
I just got back from a brief overnight sojourn to the west coast of Florida, specifically Sanibel Island. I had gone over mostly to stop at and check out the Audubon Society’s Corkscrew Swam Sanctuary, but it’s hard to pass up a sunset over there. This one shot (above) poses a bit of a dilemma […]
Canon PowerShot G10 Review
PowerShots are Canon’s line of compact cameras, the G10 being one of the “prosumer” level offering features and ergonomics that would make a good compact camera for a pro photographer.
Shark Valley & Big Cypress Loop Road
A Scouting trip to the Everglades Shark Valley loop and Big Cypress National Forrest turns up a nice Red Shouldered Hawk, and cypress swamp vistas.
The Sibley Guide to Birds Review
Arguably the definitive field spotting guide for bird watchers and photographers in North America. Provides renderings of various plumage patterns and key spotting marks.
Fooling with Decorations
Or the problem with umbrellas, shiny objects and reflections. Either way I was fooling around with decorations and lights on my desk and cooked up this in the spirit of Easter.
The Moment it Clicks Review
Tips and stores from the photographic front lines from Joe McNally. Not a reference so much as inspiration.