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Time To Get Your Photography Growing
It’s Memorial Day and the season dictates that for outdoor photographers the game moves mostly from birds, wildlife and Everglades excursions to our backyards, beaches and urban areas for the best photos. Plants can be great subjects and here a few ideas to help get things growing: Smaller lenses- no need now for big [...]
Winter Means Wildlife Photography
I like lots of you are from up North and the novelty of looking forward to Winter is always amusing. Know the feeling? Not because we all eschew Summer here in Southwest Florida but because Winter means great bird and wildlife photography. Could use use a few tips? – Alligators. Despite what some would guess, [...]
Update & Weekend Photography Tip…
I hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather & ready for the Fall season. With that and scheduling in mind, my Southwest Florida Outdoor Photography blog posts will appear primarily on Fridays and occasionally on other days where you’ll still get helpful articles on nature and outdoor photography, shooting tips, reader contests, photography [...]
Birds of Florida, Photography Tips & Techniques
Now that we’ve identified and are familiar with 75 or so of Florida’s most prominent birds, let’s learn some specific approaches to taking great pictures of our avian wonders. Today, the portrait. Wildlife Portraits The key to good portraits is simple- a sharply focused, well exposed facial subject against a soft non distracting background. I [...]
Birds of Florida, Mockingbird
Before we introduce the Florida state bird, the answer to last week’s reader contest question “What is the largest bird covered here in Birds of Florida”? Answer: the Sandhill Crane. Ever been kept awake at night by a vociferous avian songster? The character or culprit is the Mockingbird: A few fun facts -Despite being the [...]
Birds of Florida, Bald Eagle
Saving the best almost for last let’s take a look at this magnificent bird, our nation’s symbol and the top of the avian food chain. Some facts on the Bald Eagle- -Florida has the second largest breeding population only to Alaska. – Their wingspan ranges from 6-7 1/2 feet (Audubon). -Adults easily noted by dark [...]
Photograph Rural Florida
Ever feel like you need a change from scenic swaying palms and our outrageous sunsets along the Gulf Coast? They’re great, zillions of tourists and residents alike can’t be wrong and we’re not but sometimes a change of scenery is just what the Dr. ordered. Why not take pictures of old Florida? What’s to see? [...]
Birds of Florida, Sandwich Tern
There’s an elegant little bird with a peculiar name. When a Google searched failed to define the name’s history a quick check of my copy of Edward S. Gruson’s “Words for Birds” revealed that “Sandwich” is a “Latinized version of the English village where the first one was captured and scientifically documented”. Nothing to do [...]
Birds of Florida, Ruddy Turnstone
I’d like to give you something! Before we get into the bird of the week, I’d like to start a trivia contest for readers. For each question answered correctly, you’ll get points toward a 16×20 canvas gallery wrap of your choice. Here’s the trick: some questions will carry more points than others depending on the [...]
Photography Sales Abound
Attention Photographers… How’d you like to save a few bucks on wish list camera gear and attractive canvas prints? Through the products I’ve purchased and by means of my reading I’m lots of email lists from photography related companies. Just this week, I received news of so many specials worth considering that I thought I’d [...]
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