EVERYTHING
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MAD DASH
NEED FOR SPEED
TIME OUT
TANGLED
I missed it.
It was a challenge to follow the moose as she moved across the meadow drifting in and out of clear view. The tangles of branches kept grabbing the focus and I had to keep shifting positions in deep snow to stay alongside her. Eventually she moved so deep into the woods that I had to let her go.
I was hoping for something more interesting than just a cow in the snow, but other than a few peek-a-boo poses from scattered clearings I didn’t think I’d gotten any good photos.
It was only later in the evening while editing, that I discovered the beautiful abstract pattern created by the branches silhouetted against her dark fur. Even if I had just been watching rather than concentrating on shooting it’s unlikely I would have seen the effect.
A perfect example of the power of the still.
WINTER BOUND
Grizzly, late fall. Canmore, Alberta, Cananda.
SOLO SHOW POSTER / Nelvana
SHADOWLANDS
STALKING
TANGLED UP AND BLUE
A QUINTET OF ANTELOPE
LITTLE DAWGIES
SCHOOL ZONE
COLD STARE
LITTLE STRETCH
CHEATERS COVE
LINES OF SIGHT
Semipalmated sandpipers, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.
A BLUSH OF CARDINALS
It’s sad when I have a good shot that’s missing a piece of the puzzle that would’ve made it a great shot- too good to toss - not good enough to do anything with. I have hundreds of them.
The “ …make lemonade” technique.
We had a major ice storm just before Christmas in 2013 that shut down parts of Ontario for several days. To pass the powerless time I shot around the feeder trying to capture high speed images of the birds in flight displaying their wings against a snowy background.
The chickadees were the most plentiful so I positioned myself close enough to get good detail yet wide enough to keep them in frame as I tracked with them speeding to and from the feeder. My technique yielded several good shots.
The cardinals were much fewer in number - slower and easier to track, but because of my proximity to the feeder the framing was tighter. As a result, in many shots the composition was poor or they were partially cut off.
That was the case in this sequence of shots where I caught the female rising up and about to land on an off-screen perch. Individually they each had a certain beauty but none were good enough to stand on their own.
It wasn’t until the following August while browsing through my good-not-greats that I happened across these again and solved the puzzle.
SPLASHDOWNS
nICE
CHANDELIER
GRIZ
A WHALE OF A TAIL
SNEAKER
HIGH STEP'N
Sandhill cranes and snow geese. New Mexico, United States.
NIGHT LANDING
WAR OF THE WORLDS
DAY ONE
First day out of the nest for this little oriole.
MUD IN YOUR EYE
INGLIS FALLS (graphite)
GOOSE LIGHT
