Category: #photoblog

• 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

• wilcephotos on Pexels

  Hi! Many of my photos are now downloadable, free, here— https://www.pexels.com/@jim-wilce-423947101 I love shooting, and I love sharing what I shoot. But does it seem strange to give away photos that I post for sale elsewhere? One “fstoppers” expert claims the free versions don’t compete with the commercial products. We’ll see. The key is you […]

  jwilce

  January 17, 2023

  #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #moon, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, #wildlife photography, goingpro, OM1 camera, professionalism

  #animals, #donations, #free downloads, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #pexels.com, #photography, #strugglingartists, #wilcephotos, #wildlife photography, Flagstaff

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Playing, Part II

  Yesterday (6th May), inspired by Jeff Goulden and Mike Smith on Fstoppers, I shot my first panorama on a camera (having tried without much luck shooting panoramas on my phone). It was hurried, playful, non-serious. Fun! Both Jeff and Mike suggested shooting panoramas handheld would work, and that’s what I tried. As Mike said, just […]

  jwilce

  May 7, 2022

  #colors, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #nightsky, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, Sunrises, Sunsets

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

• Playing, Part 1

  Taking a shot with real vivid color and playing with it in Photoshop… OM-D E-M1 Mark II #getolympus, #lisatomphotography, #olympusphotography

  jwilce

  May 7, 2022

  #FlagstaffArizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography

  #Arizona, #nature, #northern Arizona, #photography, #publicspaces

• Moonset in the Mountains 17March2022

  Until recently, a huge frustration in shooting the bright moon and its dimmer context was this— I could 1) brighten the whole image in order to make the context visible, washing out the features of the moon, 2) dim the moon and make the context even less visible, or 3) use a brush to change […]

  jwilce

  March 17, 2022

  #digital cameras, #Moonsets, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #post-production, #wilcephotos.com, DxO Raw editing software, Flagstaff

• Puddingstone Reservoir February 2022

  “Puddingstone” is the common name referring to the artificial lake at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, southern California. It is an excellent site for birding. I was there, outdoorswithcamera, on February 8 and 9. This post focuses on waterfowl photos, all available as digital downloads. I am still saving up for a […]

  jwilce

  February 23, 2022

  #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, bird photography, bird photos, Birds On the Ground, California, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography, #publicspaces, #riparianareas, #Southern California, #wilcephotos.com, #zoomlenses

• 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

• How to take a photo of the filtered sun and get a starburst effect

  Taking the shot It’s dangerous to aim your camera at the sun. You could harm it as well as your eye, especially if you loook right at it for a prolongued period of time, or point the camera likewise. I am an amateur like many of my readers, so I am not 100% sure this […]

  jwilce

  January 7, 2022

  #colors, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives

  #aperture, #f-stop, #getolympus, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #photography of the sun