Before After Santa brought my Christmas present a little early this year. It is a Canon EOS M, Canon’s nod to the mirrorless phenomena. What I love about the camera is that it weighs practically nothing and I can walk around all day without getting a neck ache from carrying the 5 lb monster around… Continue reading Icicles
Snowflake
Before After The other day someone posted a link on facebook to some really amazing snowflake pictures. I thought to myself, “Hey, I’m a macro photographer, I can do this.” Well let me tell you it is not as easy as it looks. Out of about 100 images, this is the only one that came… Continue reading Snowflake
Coquille River Lighthouse
Before After This week I spent some time honing up my black and white conversion skills. This image is one where I always liked the composition but it just didn’t work for me. When I was cruising through the files looking for something to convert to black and white I saw this… Continue reading Coquille River Lighthouse
Decadence
After Before Much of what I have been doing these days is about post processing. So I decided to start something new and show the before and after pictures in the blog. We’ll see how it goes. This week I was experimenting with a new plug-in from NIK called Analog Efex Pro. As nearly as… Continue reading Decadence
Bosque sunrise
As much as I hate getting up at o’dark early to catch the sunrise I have to say I have never regretted it. My strategy this week of going to the Bosque del Apache midweek and early in the season paid off and I was actually able to find tripod space on the Flight Deck.… Continue reading Bosque sunrise
Snow Goose
It is that time of year when many nature photographer’s thoughts start turning to the Bosque del Apache. I had hoped to get down there myself this week but was preempted by other priorities. So, instead I started sifting through the pix from my last trip this past January. This started out as a much… Continue reading Snow Goose
Buttons
Taking a page from Mike Moats’ book this week I went out and bought a package of buttons for the express purpose of photographing them. Finding the right combination of colors and arrangement is not as easy as it might seem. I also found I am not too happy with the look of the back… Continue reading Buttons
Car Museum Composite
A blown out tire put a crimp in my plan to photograph along Route 66 in Texas this week. In fact, when I rolled back into New Mexico on my shiney new tires I had about 10 pictures from Cadillac Ranch and another half dozen or so from a grain elevator that caught my eye… Continue reading Car Museum Composite
More Autumn Leaves
With Fall Color season coming to a close I thought I would give it one more shot and headed up the Pecos River this week. I love the variety of shapes and colors I found here at the edge of the water as well as the rocks framing the leaves. Once again post processing made… Continue reading More Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
This week I headed for the hills in search of two things. Autumn leaves on the ground or in the water and an escape from the insanity which seems to have gripped our nation. I had a little more success with the former than the later. I used my telephoto zoom lens to get in… Continue reading Autumn Leaves