Long time followers of my blog will know that one of the place I enjoy visiting and photographing is Peace Valley Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. While I have shot sunrises and sunsets there on occasion, most of my visits have been in search of birds to photograph – all kinds of birds but mostly [...]
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I was busy most of the weekend doing mounting, matting and framing for my upcoming exhibit which begins tomorrow (June 15) at Sagra Bistro (640 Main Street, Hellertown, PA). Doing it all by yourself is time-consuming but, at the same time, rewarding. I’ll feel even better when I have everything up tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime, [...] I spent most of the day Monday photographing with an out-of-state, online friend inside the conservatory (it was pouring outside) at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. Having been there several times already this year, I decided to challenge myself by only bringing a single lens – the Lensbaby. (I hear some groans out there. [...] My wife and I stopped by one of our favorite local city parks this morning in search of some birds. We know this park well and know that it is not at all unusual for Chickadees, Titmice, and Nuthatches to come eat out of your hand and other birds (White Throat Sparrows, Cardinals and Jays) [...] January 2010 Version Above/June 2009 Version Below RAZORBILLS ABOVE/PUFFINS BELOW January 2010 Version Above/June 2009 Version Below Over the past several years I upgraded to Photoshop CS4, added then upgraded Lightroom, added plug-ins like Neat Image and the complete Topaz Suite, none of these has impressed me as much as the Nik Software Complete Collection. For those of [...] (1/1600 sec @ f/5.6; ISO 100; -1/3 EV; Sunny WB) Another bit of experimenting with the Lensbaby. Just wait until I get the Fisheye optic which should arrive today or tomorrow! This is another image made after the weekend snowfall but later in the morning than the previous two blog postings (which were made at sunrise). I [...] How about something a little different. Two of my favorite ducks – the Ruddy Duck and The Hooded Merganser. I love them both! Matter of fact, I spent a couple of hours this morning just sitting on the bank of a lake down on New Jersey’s North Shore watching these guys do their thing… and [...] (1/1250 sec @ f/7.1; ISO 400; 0 EV) My wife and I took a trip down to the North Shore area of the New Jersey coast this morning. We covered the inland lakes from Little Silver Lake in Point Pleasant Beach up to Fletcher Lake in Bradley Beach. For those of you unfamiliar with the area [...] (1/2000 sec @ f/5.6; ISO 400; 0 EV; Sunny WB; Natural light) … as in the small falcon and not the magician. Saturday, we took a ride to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Brigantine, NJ. It is a great location for migrating and wintering birds and is located in the wetlands and back bays [...] (1/4000 sec @ f/7.1; ISO 640 (I could have dropped this down); 0 EV; Sunny WB; natural light) The title sort of says it all. This is a juvenile Semipalmated Plover, one of many I watched racing back and forth along North Beach. The hard part was keeping any one of them in focus while getting [...] |
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