Buy a print. If you’ve been shooting photos for even a brief amount of time, you probably remember the joy of seeing your first shot. Maybe you got a new DSLR or new lens and you remember the joy of the first shot you took with that new bit of equipment. Maybe you met aContinue reading “The First Shot is Always the Best”
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Knowing What to Expect
One of the first animals you might happen upon when entering Scottsbluff’s Riverside Discovery Center is this beautiful bobcat. Like all cats, every bobcat has their own personality, and on the day I visited this one wanted nothing but attention. It saw me coming, jumped from its perch, and came to rub up on theContinue reading “Knowing What to Expect”
Digital Push
In looking at the list of AZA accredited facilities in the country, I noticed a small one a few hours from me: Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff Nebraska. I did the obvious thing and took a trip up over the weekend. I had two lenses with me, the 400/2.8 and the 16-35/4. When I wentContinue reading “Digital Push”
Call me Cuba; Here’s some Snow Dogs
You wouldn’t think it, but most animals from the plains of Africa are pretty okay with cold; it gets awfully cold at night on the Serengeti. So seeing these beautiful guys enjoying the snow isn’t super weird, but it’s a real fun treat. On this particular day, one of the puppies had found their wayContinue reading “Call me Cuba; Here’s some Snow Dogs”
Micro Four Thirds Fun
Olympus is doing something really cool right now. They’re putting on a program that they call Test and Wow, where for literally zero cost, you can try out their micro four thirds system, anything from the entry level stuff to the top of the line E-M1x. Friend of the blog ZooPhotoTips loves his Olympus kit,Continue reading “Micro Four Thirds Fun”
The Best Bamboo Eaters
Red Pandas are objectively and scientifically one of the cutest animals in existence. Not a volunteer shift goes by at the Denver Zoo when I have to sadly inform someone that we don’t have them anymore. But you know who does? Pueblo! And what else do they have? An up-close encounter! So of course IContinue reading “The Best Bamboo Eaters”
OVER 9000!
What was the power level involved in this shot? Well it wasn’t just over 9000, it was over 400% of that. This shot is brought to you by an early morning volunteer shift and the Z6’s ability to shoot incredibly usable images at ISO 40,000. I’ll do something I don’t normally do: here’s the fullContinue reading “OVER 9000!”
Another Fun Day With Hawkquest
Support Raptor Conservation! Buy a print here! Last Saturday, Kin and his raptor conservation center at Hawk Quest partnered again with Mike’s Camera to offer up some beautiful photo opportunities with some incredible birds. The standout in my mind was the Aplomado Falcon; this is a bird that wasn’t even on my radar. But holyContinue reading “Another Fun Day With Hawkquest”
Cute-a-Sarus
Remember that scene in the original (or, you know, the only) Jurassic Park movie where the baby raptor pokes its head out of its shell and it’s the cutest thing ever? These guys are pretty close to that level. They’re also pretty close to the size that velociraptors actually were. Little Miley Sarus here isContinue reading “Cute-a-Sarus”
God’s Softbox
I’ve seen some big ol’ softboxes in my time. 72″ octoboxes, 80″ stripboxes. But none of them hold a candle to an overcast sky. A nice moderate layer of clouds that takes the sun’s harsh, directed 120,000 lux and turns it into a beautiful, evenly distributed 10,000 lux. DeBrazza’s monkeys, despite being incredibly handsome, haveContinue reading “God’s Softbox”
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