Solstice, 2011
G’day Everyone,
For the time being, a book deadline, home improvements, my part-time gig at the local college, and my HO trains provide ample reason for getting out of bed every day during the winter. Going outside, apart from snowshoeing with the boys and bringing in more firewood, least of all to take photos, is not part of my daily routine between December and March. I was never cold-hardy and am becoming even less so as, well, my father pointed out to me during my last visit with him, my hair takes on a more distinguished look. Though, there are those occasional photo opportunities when I simply have to bundle up and brave the frostbite, say, when there’s a brilliant display of northern lights or the rare ice fog creates the enigmatic Truhin’s Pillars or there’s an eruption of great gray owls or pine grosbeaks. About every other week, Jeff Parson’s and I trudge out on our snowshoes to check our game cameras. An article on how to use game cameras for wildlife photography which highlights our adventures over the last several winters as we attempted and finally succeeded in capturing a magazine-quality image of a bobcat appears in the current (Winter, 2011) issue of Northern Woodlands magazine. You can see an online version of the article on the Northern Woodlands website here:
http://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/camera-trapping-how-to-get-the-shot/
Getting High in Glacier National Park
G’day Mates,
Several years ago, a client purchased all the spaces in our Kenya tour for the privilege of having an exclusive experience, to have me all to himself as it were, and learn all the field technique and digital processing he could absorb during the two-week safari. It was a sublime adventure for both of us; Peter, the client, felt he got his money’s worth (He could be driving a nice sports car for what he paid for that exclusive experience.) while I regarded the tour as a magnificent, once-in-a-lifetime event. Let’s be honest, being in the company of kindred spirits in some of the world’s most remarkable natural locations doing what we love to do is always a precious gift. I never take it for granted.
Read More2011 Programs and Gallery Update
G’day Everyone,
As fellow naturalist, Jeff Parsons, and I are preparing to put our remote cameras back in the field, I was hoping to devote the November blog to “part two” of the thread I began last May on Camera Hunting with Remote setups and provide a description of the setups and some insights into camera options. However, Jeff and I are currently testing several new remote camera units and so I’d like to put off that discussion until December when we’ll have some additional data on the cameras and can share that with you.
Read MoreThe 2010 Blue Ox Moose and Fall Foliage Magical Mystery Tours
G’day Mates,
Another fall and my focus shifts once again from fieldwork to desk work and writing. The top of Jay Peak is already white with about 14″ of snow and I suspect that Rob is dusting off his winter wear and digging out his snowshoes even as I’m settling into my garret to work on yet another memoir (while my first continues to make the rounds of the publishers) and to finish the addition to our house. Encouraged, however, by our success last winter in getting one publishable frame of a bobcat (to appear in this winter’s issue of Northern Woodlands magazine) my friend and naturalist, Jeff Parsons, and I will keep our snowshoes and long underwear handy in order to venture out about once a week to set out and check our three game cameras.
Read MoreThe Arizona Light & Color Tour – Epilogue
G’day everyone,
Early on in our communications about this trip, Eliot had made it clear to me that there was a singular image that he simply had to get or he would consider the entire venture to be a disappointment. I had so far done my job, always standing close to Eliot in case he needed advise about composition, filters, choice of lenses, to check his histogram and suggest some exposure compensation, and, at times, he reciprocated with valuable suggestions of his own. We made a good team. Owing to our due diligence and good fortune we had already taken a number of publishable photos. Still, as we drove up to Moab, Utah, I couldn’t shake the apprehension I continued to feel about fulfilling my role in this enterprise because we had yet to nail Eliot’s prize, what he considered to be the Holy Grail of our southwest tour – the stunning image of Mesa Arch aglow at sunrise.
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