Taking the Olympus M. Zukio 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens out for a spin. I’m liking it. 2X teleconverter One of my favorite parts of the 100-400 is being able to add the 2X teleconverter MC20. While I lament the f/13 aperture … Continue reading
Getting ready to head to New Mexico next week for the Festival of the Cranes held in Socorro and Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Preserve. (11/20-11/23) As the cover artist my crane art image will grace the cover of the brochure. … Continue reading
Creating Good Animal Photos from a Captive Environment – Part Two Last zoo post I was sharing some ideas on learning wildlife photography skills while photographing captive animals. See Part One here I followed this Great White Egret until the … Continue reading
Creating Good Animal Photos from a Captive Environment I practice my wildlife photography by spending time at the zoo. There are a few reasons for this, and I’ll share them here to hopefully help you in your image creation and … Continue reading
Festival of the Cranes Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge – Part Three I enjoy spending time with wildlife. Watching. Waiting. Learning. To get the best wildlife images it is important to study the behavior patterns of your prey. Especially … Continue reading
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Snow Geese Part Two With twenty-thousand plus snow geese winging their way around the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge it was a fantastic couple of days of sights and sounds. Sometimes it was … Continue reading
Festival of the Cranes Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge White Snow Geese must have gotten the invitation too. I was in Socorro, New Mexico at the Festival of the Cranes hanging with the massive flocks of birds and a … Continue reading
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge – Smyrna, Delaware I’ve been a bit remiss in posting. Travel for speaking. Travel for family visit. And catching up upon return fronfrom the travel makes Bob a bad boy. But, I’m back and with … Continue reading
Long Lens Photography – 100-400mm I enjoy my long lens for outdoor photography. It’s a beautiful piece of equipment for isolating subjects against a background with nice bokeh. The longer the lens, the easier it is to have an out-of-focus … Continue reading
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge – Part Three If you have followed my work for any length of time, you know that I enjoy moving my work into a more painting-based look. I have taken a term I heard from Julianne … Continue reading