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Dead Pine – Riverside

This was a commissioned piece.  My brother and sis-in-law were telling me they wanted me to shoot a dead tree downriver from their place.  In between skimming up and down the river in their boat and upon wave-runners, we’d stop for me to shoot.  This shot was just prior to sunset, but early enough for contrast-y light.  They liked this shot the best and now have it, among a couple of others, hanging on a wall in their house; a wall in a room with a tree and foliage theme.  By Jamii T

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflection

Northern WI near sunset

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Leopard

I spent the entire month of May, 1992 in the Okavango Delta of the Kalahari in Botswana on a hunting safari.  I was second gun on a hunt that included Cape Buffalo,  Lion, Leopard, Kudu, Lechwe,  Sitatunga, Duiker,  Sable, Impala, among others.  I shot video on that trip, but was not a photographer as I am today.  It may be my life’s biggest regret, and someday I will go back, leaving my rifle behind and carrying my camera.  This photo represents my wistful desire to return to the Dark Continent and was taken at the Milwaukee County Zoo in Milwaukee, WI.  fortunately, it was a slow day and I had the animal all to myself.  Hence, his eyes locked on me the whole time and I captured an almost studio portrait effect.

Leopard

Sunset, Northern Wisconsin

I was sitting at home one night and noticed the sun getting lower in the sky and casting a very warm glow.  I immediately took off for the nearest spot to effectively capture it, the nearby Boom Lake.  In this shot I used center metering and exposed for the sun’s reflection in the water.  I also cranked up the color temp in manual mode to exaggerate the warmness.

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Sunset, Northern WI

Weekly Photo Challenge – Growth

Mother Robin incubating

Fledgling

Weekly Photo Challenge – Growth

Lonesome Tree, Wisconsin, USA
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple

Sorry to followers for the duplicate. Just trying to get this seen in Postaday

Liatris In Northern WI

Northern lights

Taken in Rhinelander, WI USA on 7/14/12. Rhinelander is at almost exactly 45° N latitude. The biggest problem i had was at the peak, the lights were so vivid overexposed. Also, there wasnt a ton of texture. But this one turned out pretty good. My main photography site is at http://www.chiaroscurophoto.com

Bird Walk

 

When I was young – 10-12 yrs old- my parents became members of a group that wandered the swamps, woodlands, and marshes of the Northwoods of Wisconsin, in search of….birds.  Yes, birds.  They called it “Bird Walks”.  Every 3rd Sunday of the month was spent stomping around with septa- and octo-genarians in search of elusive species such as the Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, and Purple Finch.  Those days were absolutely horrible for me, a source of great emotional pain, and probably the reason I drink.  You see, all my friends were playing baseball, and I had to run off to see birds with the family.  To this day my brother and I have beers and reflect upon those days of yore, missing the baseball game and general shenanigans of the neighorhood.  Yet….in a funny…and fukked up sort of way, everything came full circle.  I photograph and watch birds virtually full-time.  The young lady depicted above has reared two broods and is working on her third.  Her nest has been destroyed twice by storms, yet she has “endeavored to persevere”, and those young will soon fly away.  My girl-person just yelled at me after reading this post, saying I’m placing blame where it doesn’t belong.  My point here is that I love my parents to infinity and beyond for making me go on bird walks.