People often look at you funny when you crawl around on the ground with a camera, but it allows for a better shot in many cases. Especially with trees. In this particular case, it helps because it lets me hide the non-tree stuff on the horizon (houses, buildings, etc.) and lets this feel more natural […]
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River Wanderer
I hadn’t actually been trying to take a photo with a person in it, but found out when I got home that I had in this case. One thing I like about the Maumee river is that the water level changes all the time. I like visiting when it’s low, as it usually provides for […]
Evening River
One of my favorite things is ending up with a photo that captures more the feel of a place than the normal actual look of it. Most times I’ve been to this stretch of river shoreline, it’s very bland or dirty looking, or overcrowded. But things came together one evening and I was happy to […]
Pretty Sting
This was a case where I was really happy for having Photoshop… I’d taken a couple of different captures of this flower, but I didn’t like a major part of the two best ones. So, I combined them, removing the offending bits. One didn’t have the dark rain drops on the petals (on the right) […]
Make Like a Tree
I wrestled with a couple of versions of this shot – I’d taken several shots, framing it differently each time. At first I wasn’t going to use this one, because I thought the blue at the corners was distracting, but in a super scientific Facebook poll it seemed that most folks thought it helped frame […]
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Sparkly Shadow
The stretch of water on the Maumee River that runs through Side Cut Park isn’t always very picturesque. There’s a lot of mud and brown most days of the year. However, sometimes I’m really happy with the way the variables come together. In this case, with the sky very empty of clouds and the sun […]
Family Swim
Spring and Fall are difficult times for me for photos that are near the water… I wrestle with the right settings for the smoothness of the water and the harshness of the bare branches. I took about 20 different versions of this photo, and this was the closest I got to being happy with the […]
Cold & Fluffy
I wasn’t sure, but it seemed like this little guy was either sick or injured. He moved around a lot to stay away from me, but didn’t fly away. There weren’t any other robins nearby. It was a little cold out, which is why I’m assuming he was all fluffed up. I spent about fifteen […]
Wittle Baby
The big trick when taking photos of baby geese, is to always pay attention with the one eye that isn’t looking through the lens and make sure mommy or daddy doesn’t charge you. Even with my telephoto they weren’t thrilled with how close I was to their brood. I was surprised at the different ages […]