Category Archives: photography

Clouds

July 18, 2009 – 11:56 am

In the amazing week and a half of no rain we had, I really enjoyed the glorious clouds each day, even more so on my exploring of southern NH on my 4-day weekend.

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Thunder on the horizon

July 7, 2009 – 8:26 am

Thunder on the horizon. Captured on the way to the grocery store by one of my favorite spots.

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African Dance & Drum Event

March 13, 2009 – 1:33 pm

The even was pretty fun to watch, and my first time shooting anything on a stage. I learned a bit, and will be better prepared next time.

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Irony: chase for the White-winged Crossbill

March 10, 2009 – 2:34 pm

A few months ago we had a nicer day then most and was able to convince my ever homework crunching grad student wife to pack up and go birding for the day. We packed up the dog to go with us and we set out for an adventure. For the previous week we had [...]

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Lame

March 4, 2009 – 4:01 pm

The lamest video I have EVER seen.
Of course I love my “neekon” equipment, but it seems to me something went wrong. Earlier in the year Nikon was talking up a huge press release, which ended up being Blues Traveler concert, and there was tons of speculation flying about on nikon rumors and Ken’s site about [...]

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Giottos MH-1000 Ballhead

February 27, 2009 – 9:35 am

Already having a quick release system, this was the cheapest way to make the transition, there are also some kits that come with a quick release system for not much more.

Back in my article Manfrotto 055XPROB & Giottos MH 7001-621: A dynamic duo for sure, I discussed how happy I was with the Giottos [...]

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Red-tailed Hawk eating Black Duck

January 22, 2009 – 10:49 am

After 3 years of watching, I finally got to capture why this bird hangs out here. My camera was at home, but I was able to scare up a D200 w/ 200-400 f4 for these shots. At only 30 or so feet away. w00t!

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‘Inexpensive’ Time lapse. Kind of…

January 3, 2009 – 11:44 am

I’ve messed around with time lapse a few times with my Nikon D40 and D70, but it usually means being tethered to a laptop (PC) and using Nikon’s expensive Nikon Camera Control Pro software. It works for in house set ups, but what if you want to do something in the field?
I spent some [...]

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Macro Photography: Explained

November 25, 2008 – 1:48 pm

In February I am giving a talk on photography to the

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Excessive Macro

November 17, 2008 – 6:14 pm

Good macro lenses cost a lot. I’ve found a way to utilize some lenses you might already have to reach crazy reproduction ratios, like 2:1, 3:1 or more. Now NOTHING beats a REAL macro/micro lens. Nothing. However, if you want to have some fun with a different way to get extremely close, check out [...]

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