Category: #northern Arizona

• Photos & Paintings of Sunsets: Many Artists!

  What’s not to love about these gorgeous works of art — photographs, paintings and other media. Once again I get to boost my fellow artists, and I am deeply honored to have my work displayed too. Thank you Fine Art America! (Apologies for repeated attempts to get the link below to work, resulting in duplicate…

  jwilce

  December 7, 2022

  #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, Arizona, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, OM1 camera, San Francisco Peaks, Sunsets, Uncategorized

  #cinder cones, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #San Francisco Volcanic Field, #sunsets

• More featuring of other artists: Birds in flight!

  Along the lines of a couple of my posts yesterday, here are more GORGEOUS photos, almost all by other photographers. The theme of all of these works of art is BIRDS IN FLIGHT. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! My several should be in positions 17-20. Oh, and FineArtAmerica, sponsoring this…

  jwilce

  November 25, 2022

  #bird photography, #FlagstaffArizona, #hummingbirds, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, California, herons, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #Arizona, #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #publicspaces, Flagstaff

• Boosting more colleagues SUNSET PHOTOS!

  I like this idea of boosting my fellow photographers’ works! You can see mine in positions 17-20 northern arizona sunset photos

  jwilce

  November 23, 2022

  #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #sunsets, Flagstaff

• Cinder Cones And Clouds: Original And “Final”

  If you liked the Ravens shots, before and after editing, you’ll love this pairing. On 10/15/22 around sunset on a cold, cloudy day, I drove from home (elevation 7000′) to the Arizona Snowbowl (elevation 9200). This photo was shot on “my return to ground” closer to 7000′. You will see that my edits involved brightening…

  jwilce

  October 18, 2022

  #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, Arizona, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, rural America, San Francisco Peaks

  #Arizona, #aspens, #clouds, #getolympus, #landscapephotography, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography

• Ravens: Showing You Originals And Final Versions

  Sometimes it is interesting for photographer and audience to compare unedited or original versions with their “final” counterparts. (My images are almost never final, but always potential subjects for reworking.) Here I show you two raven photos that I just uploaded to Fine Art America, but you get to see what FAA folks do not–…

  jwilce

  October 16, 2022

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, OM1 camera

  #Arizona, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, Flagstaff, ravens

• Jim’s thoughts on composition– Red Rocks Photo(s)

  Composition to me means coming up with a photo design, or shape, that makes the heart of the photo speak clearly. Sedona red rocks are a popular subject for photographers. I love the “whole”, the mid-sized crop, and the final crop. Here’s the long view. Gorgeous subject, right? Below is the second crop, from the…

  jwilce

  October 14, 2022

  #colors, #northern Arizona, #photography, #technological improvement, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, OM1 camera

  #post-production, cropping, learning photography, photographic composition

• Buy a digital copy of this rock squirrel photo!

  Rock squirrels are small rodents in the squirrel family, with short ears, and fur that blends with their preferred places to hang out—on large rocks. Yesterday (5 September) I posted this video to YouTube. The squirrels in the video might well be  siblings. Here in Flagstaff Arizona where I filmed them, it seems that all…

  jwilce

  September 6, 2022

  #northern Arizona, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, Mammals, Rodents

  #Arizona, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, Flagstaff

• Snowy pre-dawn morning

  I confess— I’m a super early riser. So this photo was taken at 4:45 today (February 17, 2022). My fingers were cold. My face was cold. The temperature was roughly 15F at that time. All that aside, I wanted to take a walk and I was looking for a particular scenario to photograph— the moon,…

  jwilce

  February 17, 2022

  #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #moon, #Moonsets, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, Moonsets, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #Flagstaff, #Lunar photography, #moon, #nature, #Night photography, #northern Arizona, #photography, #Winter photography

• Capturing Lightning With “LiveComposite” by Olympus

  jwilce

  September 10, 2021

  #FlagstaffArizona, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, outdoor photography

• This Morning’s Moonset

  I drove up Snowbowl Road and managed to arrive at the top of the road just in time to get my camera out, steady it on top of my car, and shoot. That was 5:19 a.m. Tomorrow morning’s moonset should be at 6:01. Ample time to plan, get the tripod and camera ready, shoot some…

  jwilce

  September 30, 2020

  #colors, #digital cameras, #moon, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, Arizona, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, Moonrises, Moonsets, Mountains, outdoor photography, rural America, San Francisco Peaks

  Cosmos

• Wing Flapping Displays As Agonistic Behavior

  I introduced this series of posts addressing “agonistic behavior” with the following definition, from the Wikipedia article on the subject: “The term has broader meaning than aggressive behaviour because it includes threats, displays, retreats, placation, and conciliation.” This post highlights wing flapping by ducks as an example of agonistic behavior that is clearly not fighting (but could…

  jwilce

  September 19, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Agonistic Behavior: Small Vs. Large Once More

  One clash, two photos— Red-winged Blackbird Harrassing Great Blue Heron on banks of Francis Short Pond. In the first, the blackbird passes by the heron. In the second, the heron seems to me more worried. Once again two species clash, and once again the smaller seems to have the upper hand— or at least it…

  jwilce

  September 18, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, herons, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• The Agoni(stic) And the Ecstacy (Or Not): Bird Vs. Mammal

  Juncos are fairly tough birds. They hiss and click if you unwittingly get near their nests. So if they can challenge humans, ground squirrels may well appear to them to be relatively easy to chase off. That is the way it seemed a month ago when two juncos challenged a rock squirrel in our front…

  jwilce

  September 18, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• “Agonistic Behavior” Among Birds: More Than Just Fighting

  A useful introduction to the term “agonistic behavior” is found here,” from Wikipedia—”Agonistic behaviour is any social behaviour related to fighting. The term has broader meaning than aggressive behaviour because it inecludes threats, displays, retreats, placation, and conciliation.” My camera and I see it all the time, from our bird bath to clashes in the (relative) wild. I have documented such…

  jwilce

  September 16, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Motion Blur Photography #3: Flock of Geese

  You have noticed by now that there are two connected ponds on the Old Walnut Canyon Road (the road that leads to Walnut Canyon National Monument) that attract a variety of waterfowl as well as ospreys, bald eagles, and swallows. Once again I turn to my cache of photos taken there for another favorite— the…

  jwilce

  September 15, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, Arizona, Behavioral synchrony, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography