Two weeks ago, I set out with Bob Bear to shoot some prairie scenes, east of Calgary. We were looking for scenes of the prairie landscape and the landmark structures that typify the plains of eastern Alberta. I begin with a couple of scenes from the flatlands. The first picture, Thunderhead forebodes a building storm….
Macros and Closeups
Today’s post is about the photography of small objects. It’s often referred to as macro photography. All macro photographs are closeups but not all closeups are macro images. In simple terms, a macro image is one where you get a 1:1 or greater ratio of the image size on your camera’s sensor to the actual…
Terravita Garden
Today’s post is a gallery of plants we have in the front and back yards of our home in Scottsdale, Arizona. It includes some trees, shrubs, cacti and their flowers. April and May are the best months to see Arizona’s plants in bloom. We’ve enjoyed a good spring season this year with most of our…
Sedona
Last week I traveled north to Sedona, a 2-hour trip north from Scottsdale. I was accompanied by Barry Stewart and Alex Skoczen for an overnight photo shoot amid the red rocks of the Sedona area. We began in the early evening at a location just north of the Village of Oak Creek. It’s an area…
Fledgling Owls
If it is a young owlet with a fuzzy head and body but has fully grown wing feathers and a stubby tail, it is a fledgling just learning to fly. Great Horned Owls reach the fledgling stage at 9-10 weeks after hatching. The time for fledging has arrived for this owl family and I had the opportunity…