Category: outdoor photography

• FORTUNATE!

  [FORTUNATE PHOTOGRAPHER!] (That’s my answer to WordPress’s question of the day, “What is one word that describes you?” I am SO HAPPY to share this with you– my photo has now been featured by three wonderful Fine Art America groups– Panoramas, The Outdoor Photographer, and Out West! https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/featured/panoramic-view-of-dawn-clouds-over-mountain-jim-wilce.html SECOND… I feel very lucky just to…

  jwilce

  March 22, 2023

  #bird photography, #colors, #digital cameras, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wildlife photography, #wings, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, herons, outdoor photography, Photo Editing, professionalism, rural America, Sotware, Texas, Texas vacations, wildlife photography

  Adobe Photoshop, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1882, Topaz Photo AI

• Underexposed?

  or dark, rich, moody? I admit it— I love my “underexposed” images. I succumb to what one of my generous mentors calls “the religion of low light.” Why? The colors are so darned rich! The downside? They are “noisy”! (Noise is to digital images as “grainy” was to film images.) Here are two of my…

  jwilce

  March 21, 2023

  #bees, #bumblebees, #colors, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, animal behavior, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography

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

• New!!!

  See my latest photos including recents from Texas! Where else can you see my latest photos? Fine Art America https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/art?sort=recentlyadded Shopify Shutterstock https://www.shutterstock.com/g/JAMES+M+WILCE+JR pexels.com (free content, or make a donation to help defray the high cost of photography and travel) All of my photos on Pexels.com https://www.pexels.com/@jim-wilce-423947101 Texas Travels on Pexels.com https://www.pexels.com/collections/texas-travels-vvdm89f/ I SO appreciate…

  jwilce

  March 19, 2023

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, bird photography, bird photos, Birds On the Ground, Bolivar Peninsula TX, FAA: Fine Art America, High Island, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, rural America, Texas, Texas tourism, Texas vacations, wildlife photography

  #Texas

• Outdoors with a Sony camera

  Cloudy skies shot with Sony gear Between Wednesday and Friday (1/15 and 1/17/23) I did some “higher learning”– focusing high in the sky, and I felt like I was taking a college course, learning a bit about Sony mirrorless camera and lensl. Specifically, I rented an a7R IV camera with 100-400mm lens. I thoroughly enjoyed…

  jwilce

  February 18, 2023

  #clouds, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, Sony

  #Arizona, #nature, #northern Arizona, #photography, clouds, Flagstaff, nature, skies

• T-Shirts With Beautiful Designs!

  Promoting Other Artists’ Work (and my own) Click on lower case “t-shirts” below to see the wearable art! t-shirts Can’t see my t-shirts? Try this: https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/shop/tshirts

  jwilce

  February 3, 2023

  #bird photography, #butterflies, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #moon, #MountElden, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #sunsets, #technological improvement, #technology, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, clothing, Collegiality, holiday gift ideas, holiday gifts, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, outdoor photography, rural America, Sunrises, Sunsets, t-shirts, wildlife photography

  #birds, #clouds, #flowers, #getolympus, #insects, #olympusphotography, #photography, #sunsets and sunrises

• Free: Three versions of bumblebee at white vetch flowers

  I am loving giving some of my photos away on Pexels.com, with the understanding that those who are inspired to do so will make a contribution to this extremely dedicated photographer, photo editor, videographer, etc. Here are three versions of a photograph of a tricolored (Hunt’s?) bumblebee hovering by white vetch flowers. (Vetches are in…

  jwilce

  January 25, 2023

  #bees, #bumblebees, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, bumblebees, content-aware move tool, Flagstaff, Hymenoptera, pea plants, Photoshop, pollinators, vetch, white flowers, winged insects

• Bee healthy!

  Honeybees, hive killers, and vaccines Without pollinators, we might not have food. With pollinators come food and beauty. Beauty like this — https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/featured/the-blue-knighthood-of-bees-jim-wilce.html or this freebie for y’all At a time when disease is wiping out whole insect colonies, a new vaccine shows promise in fighting the bacteria that have been destroying honeybee colonies. Here…

  jwilce

  January 21, 2023

  #bees, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, bees, echinacea, flowers, honeybees

• Snow Piling Up: Mounds

  Snow piling up in my backyard.

  jwilce

  January 16, 2023

  #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, Flagstaff, hummocks, snowfall, winter storms

• Sunrise for the new year: My FAA-featured photo

  Perhaps you feel that your January, your 2023, feel like they’re off to a good start. That’s precisely what I hope for you! Sunrises like the one in my photo, “Sunrise Over [McMilllan] Mesa” (just featured on the amazing Fine Art America group, Daily Promotion) make me feel hopeful! Please check out all the spectacular…

  jwilce

  January 5, 2023

  #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, Arizona, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, Sunrises

  fineartamerica, PhotoCollections, Shopify

• Various artists capturing “star trails”!

  These photographers and other artists are simply terrific! I am very proud to honor their work here, and humbled that (through the good graces of Fine Art America), my offerings have found their way into the collection as numbers 17-20. Stay tuned to “outsoors with camera,” and please visit https://wilcephotos.myshopify.com! Or go straight to star…

  jwilce

  December 14, 2022

  #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, Arizona, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, San Francisco Peaks, Sunrises

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography, #startrails, Flagstaff

• 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

• Great pieces of art capturing “Dramatic Landscapes”!

  Check out these paintings and photos, including some of mine, that bring to the eye beautiful and dramatic landscapes! Click this link to enjoy works of art by OTHER artists, as I give them a boost! dramatic landscapes southwest art And here is one of my own— previously unpublished (to the best of my knowledge)!

  jwilce

  November 23, 2022

  #colors, #digital cameras, Arizona, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography

• Get select photos for 75% off!

  For the next few days only, a handful of my photos, downloadable as digital copies, can be purchased! Visit my Shopify store for details! https://wilcephotos.myshopify.com/discount/T6YGBN5JN4HY

  jwilce

  November 13, 2022

  #digital cameras, #outdoor photography, #photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, Sunsets

• The Wise Rabbit

  I am excited about, and grateful to, my fellow Flagstaff AZ resident who bought a print of my photo, The Look of Wisdom just now (11/4/22). Yay! https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=e49615171522f7c9d60440918ca21cee Looking for holiday gift items? Tons of choices here— https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/galleries.html

  jwilce

  November 4, 2022

  #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, California, holiday gifts, Mammals, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #getolympus, #gifts, #holidayshopping, #nature, #olympusphotography, #publicspaces, #rabbits

• 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