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Yorkshire Day 5
After saying in last week’s post that I do not take as many shutter speed variations of moving water as I should, here is a counterexample where I took eight separate images ranging from 1/8 second to 1/250 second. Typically, I might take two: a fast one and a slow one. It’s really a question
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Fields, Forests, and Falls
We have now reached the midpoint of my time photographing in Yorkshire: Day 4. This day was, for the most part, my second pass through the areas shown. The weather and light was not the same, of course, but it was my second chance to compose images in most of these locations. The two images
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Yorkshire Rivers and More
This week I will take a break from the dry stone walls to share (mostly) more detailed views from Yorkshire. The image above is of Cauldron Falls on Walden Beck (“beck” being a northern English term for a stream). The falls were nice, but using my crazywide-angle 9mm lens results in a completely different look
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A Sunny Day in Yorkshire
My second full day in Yorkshire was sunny with some scattered clouds—an all-around nice day for photography, although the light was a little harsher than I would like for waterfalls. I have quite a few images of the River Ure from the vicinity of Aysgarth Falls, but decided to include this one because the shape
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A Damp Day in Yorkshire
In June I had the opportunity to spend a week in Yorkshire Dales National Park, which included joining a Light & Land photography tour led by Charlie Waite. (Next year’s tour is already on the schedule, if this series of posts convinces you to sign up.) When I visited York last November, I had no
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Across Eighteen Visits
This past spring I spent 8 weeks living in Madison, Alabama. Early in our stay, we discovered the Bradford Creek Greenway, and it became our favored walking spot. My Lightroom catalog has images from eighteen different dates, and I am sure there were a few other times when I either didn’t have my camera or
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An Anamorphic Outing
Decades ago I had copies of The Joy of Photography and More Joy of Photography, both published by the Eastman Kodak company. One of those two books—I suspect it was the latter—had a spread about photographing with an anamorphic lens. I remember a picture of soccer players that looked like models for African folk art
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Gulf State Park
Gulf State Park, which figured prominently in last week’s post, had more on offer than birds. In addition to an abundance of wide paths that easily accommodated walkers and bikers both, there were some nice boardwalks that gave a slightly elevated perspective. The image of ferns, above, definitely benefited from this. I know that ferns
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Alabama Gulf Coast Birds
In our efforts to explore as much of Alabama as we could manage during our ten weeks there, we spent a weekend down on the gulf coast. Given that it was still only April, it was very humid—not a comfortable place in the summer, to be sure, but that can be said for all of
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Bama Back Roads
I am inordinately fond of road trips, particularly ones that happen on two-lane roads. They are such a great way to experience the country. This is especially true as a photographer because you have the freedom to pull over for interesting subjects. The elaborate water tower above was actually along Interstate 65, but close enough