Ok, it’s not a goose. But nobody ever played duck duck swan. I was surprised to see all of these birds chilling together – every time I’ve seen swans on the water, they chase away any other birds that get too close. Maybe the ducks raised this one? DOWNLOAD: Duck_Duck_Goose_Asgard_Photography_IMG_8198.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS […]
Nature
One of my favorite places to be is out in nature, in just about any kind of weather. Though I grew up playing outside, it wasn’t until I had a decent camera that I think I really appreciated being outside. I now find it one of the most relaxing things to do, especially if I’m able to spend a few hours getting lost outdoors with my camera.
Vines and Trees
I’d gone for shots along the beach, but took this on my way back to the car. (Honestly, I’ve not had much luck on the Lake Erie shoreline… it’s too baren or dead looking most times I’ve been there.) But we didn’t have vines like this back up north when I was growing up, playing […]
Sunset Flight
At first I thought it was dust on the lens, when I got back to edit this. Turns out the bugs are just much more numerous and visible at the right time during the evening. My lens wasn’t quite big enough to get as close as I would have liked for this shot, but I […]
Duck Log
When you can be eaten by fish, it’s best to sleep while not floating. Toward the end of an afternoon sweating my way around Kensington park, I found these guys settling in for a rest. I’m not sure how many babies they managed to fit onto that log, but it was impressive. These kinds of […]
Excited for Lunch
If you want to find out whether you’re a patient person, find yourself a blue heron that’s hunting for his lunch, and try to wait to catch him in the act of actually catching a fish. You’ll find you do mostly standing as still as he is, until you start to go crazy. (I have […]
Wild Shoreline
One a recent trip back to the U.P. I decided to drive out along some backroads I hadn’t been on in over 25 years. I found myself north of Deer Lake and took this photo next to the boat ramp that was put in when I was a kid. (The lake is on the other […]
Stormy Flowers
One of my personal rules of photography is that I try very hard to never edit a photo beyond what a realistic view of the actual scene would be. Some pictures need more post-editing than others, but I’ve never been a fan of blowing out the saturation, or other common photoshop habits people have. I […]
Feathered Sentry
Evening at the Kensington Metropark in Michigan is a great time to take photos of herons and other birds – there’s a small island that many nest on, and come back to, as the evening goes by. For the first few years I’d gone there I couldn’t get any really good photos, as there’s a […]
Swamp Roots
What I like most about this one is the branches (dead trees) in the water. It almost looks like there’s no ground, and you can see roots for the trees in the background. I get lost in looking at trees sometimes, especially when there’s patterns like this. Download: Swamp-Roots_Asgard_Photography_IMG_5987-scaled.jpg Camera Settings F-stop: f/16 Exposure: 1/200 […]