Month: January 2019

Tools

Into The World of DSLRs

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Past Cameras When I moved to digital SLRs, I returned to Nikon because of the familiarity – and so I could still borrow lenses from my brother. I moved back to the SLR world in 2007 with my first “D”, the Nikon D40,Nikon’s entry-level DSLR. This was a sweet little …

Tools

What I Started With

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The Film Age My very first camera was an Aires Viscount rangefinder camera that I inherited from my brother in 1989. This late 1950s-era camera was a fully mechanical beastie with no buillt-in light meter. If you think a modern DSLR is hard to figure out, try using one of …

The Featured Collections

Featured Collection: Landscapes

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"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" [Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California]

Yosemite Valley – Yosemite National Park, California

"A Nearly Sunken Treasure" [Basalt Formation in Devils Postpile National Monument, California]

Basalt Formation – Devils Postpile National Monument, California

"Coast Live Oak" [Creston California]

Coast Live Oak Treee – Creston, California

"Matanuska Glacier" [Sutton, Alaska]

Matanuska Glacier – Near Sutton, Alaska

"White Sand, Gray Sky" [White Sands National Monument]

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

"Blades" [Arches National Park]

Arches National Park, Utah

"Cowboy Cliche" [Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park]

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah

"Forest of Stone" [Hoodoos in Bryce Amphitheater at Bryce Canyon National Park, California]

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

"Winter In The Rockies" [Western Colorado]

Winter in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado

"Erosion" [Death Valley National Park]

Zabriskie Point – Death Valley National Park, California

"Gateway To The Klondike" [Snow-covered Landscape In British Columbia, Canada]

Spring Landscape – British Columbia, Canada

"Wildflowers And Crevasses" [San Luis Obispo County]

Spring Landscape – San Luis Obispo County, California

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The Featured Collections

Featured Collection: Birds

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"Standing on the Cat's Tail" [Red-Winged Blackbird at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

Female Red -Winged Blackbird – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Li'l Falcon" [American Kestrel at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

American Kestrel – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Wait For Us!" [Marbled Godwit In Morro Bay, California]

Marbled Godwit – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"Let's Get the Flock Outta Here!" [Ross's Geese at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

Flock of Ross’s Geese – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Hollywood Finch" [House Finch In San Simeon, California]

House Finch – San Simeon, California

"I Can't Work Like This" [Egret And Coot At Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

Great Egret and American Coot – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Pair" [Barn Swallows At Piedras Blancas Motel, California]

Barn Swallows – San Simeon, California

"Three Of A Kind" [Marbled Godwits In Morro Bay, California]

Marbled Godwits – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"Positive Polly And Negative Nellie" [Barn Swallows At Piedras Blancas Motel, California]

Barn Swallows – San Simeon, California

"Winter Guest" [Marbled Godwit in Morro Bay, California]

Marbled Godwit – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"Puff Ball" [Western Snowy Plover at Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California]

Western Snowy Plover – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"First Winter" [Western Gull in Morro Bay, California]

Western Gull – Morro Bay, California

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