Tag: 4T
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Neutral Density Filters And Another “Brilliant Idea”?
A little over a year ago I was shopping for neutral density filters. While doing my research, I triggered the following e-mail from the owner of Breakthrough Photography: Hello Bruce, My name is Graham and I’m the founder of Breakthrough Photography. I wanted to take a second to say hello and welcome you. Seriously, on…
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Another Dumb Question Husbands Shouldn’t Ask
When Nancy was risking her life for your possible viewing pleasure by balancing on top of our canoe on top of our van in Flamingo, Florida, trying to get shots of the Ospreys for “Osprey Family,” I asked a really stupid question. I was on the ground (the ladder to the van’s roof has a…
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Why You Haven’t Seen Any Painted Buntings
Imagine being a small bird (buntings, being medium-sized finches, are about five inches long) and sticking out like a sore thumb as the male does in our pictures Male Painted Bunting and Painted Bunting Pair with predators all about; you might be a little self-conscious. Painted Buntings tend to be secretive and skittish and can…
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A Case Of Over-planning On Our Africa Trip?
In November, Nancy and I went on a tour by Natural Habitat Adventures to Uganda and Rwanda to photograph mountain gorillas. For native Floridians like Nancy, the “mountain” in the name hints that this would be no ordinary hike, so she decided to schedule the trip before she got too old (since you never know…
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Why Doesn’t The Female Painted Bunting Get Any Respect?
In our image, “Painted Bunting Pair,” the female is on the right. Actually, juveniles (including males) look similar to adult females in their first year. It is rare to see males and females together as they are in this image. And it is just as well because everybody focuses on the male and doesn’t give…