Wood Ducks in Fog
What Makes a Good Image?
That is a deep question and whole books have been written on the subject. One current definition of a good image might simply be one that causes the viewer to…
Dealing with Noise: Salvaging a Severely Underexposed High ISO Image
Digital noise in images can be a real problem when photographing in low light conditions. Although each generation of new cameras seems to show an improvement in noise characteristics, photographers…
A Favorite Wood Duck Image
One of my favorite wood duck images, taken last fall on my backyard pond.
Photographing Bodie Island Lighthouse and the Milky Way
With a weekend forecast of clear skies and moonless nights, I decided to drive to the Outer Banks and photograph Bodie Island Lighthouse with a Milky Way backdrop. So I loaded up the car and left home at 1:30 pm last Saturday.
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Watching Wood Ducks
Over the last two and a half years I’ve spent more than 260 hours observing and photographing the wood ducks on my pond. On at least 110 different days, spread across all four seasons, I’ve hiked the 200 yards down to my pond for the sole purpose of watching and photographing wood ducks.
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