Category: #photoblog

• 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

• Pattern Repetition: Parallelism in Nature

  Scroll down now if you want to skip the musings of this former academic and just see the photos! Most of my professional life was spent in linguistic anthropology— that subfield of anthropology dealing with the role of language in culture and society. Many of us linguistic anthropologists study poetics. Russian emigré and Harvard professor…

  jwilce

  November 26, 2021

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

  #cameras, #fineartphotography, #getolympus, #happyaccidentsinphotography, #nature, #parallelism, #photography, #poetryofnature, Olympus photography

• Launching My Photography Business With This Post! Birds, Bees, And Their Habitat in Claremont, CA

  For the very first time, I am making it simple for people to buy my photographs. Read more to see what photos are for sale, how to buy them, etc.! Claremont California occupies a special place in my heart, not only because loved ones live there but because many of my formative years were th…

  jwilce

  November 20, 2021

  #bees, #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, bird photography, bird photos, California, insect photography, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #naturephotography, #olympusphotography, #parks, #publicspaces, #wildlifephotography

• 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

• Motion Blur #2: Photographing American Avocets in Flight

  I live hundreds of miles inland from the Pacific, but late in August, Flagstaff was visited by a flock of American Avocets. As you saw in my first Motion Blur post, the technique produces some cool effects. (By the way, like yesterday’s post, this shot was taken at the Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds. I…

  jwilce

  September 14, 2020

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

  #northern Arizona, #Shorebirds, Avocets, Flagstaff, Flocking behavior, Motion blur photography, Nature photography

• Red-tailed hawk in Claremont, CA

  A week ago my wife and I visited my home town, Claremont California. Whenever I go there I prioritize taking a walk along Thompson Creek. As we walked, something caught my eye—a hawk on a 15-foot-high eucalyptus branch. I began to photograph what was apparently a red-tailed hawk. The next thing I know, another hawk…

  jwilce

  September 3, 2018

  #accipiters, #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #hawks, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, bird photos, California, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Waterfowl on Frances Short Pond (Flagstaff)

  It’s been a frightfully warm winter, but not so warm as to completely melt the ice on our fair city’s beloved municipal pond near a couple of our public schools. Frances Short was an “educator and city councilperson” in Flagstaff. (For more information, click here.) The pond and its immediate environs are home to waterfowl…

  jwilce

  December 28, 2017

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #Arizona, #birds, #publicspaces, coots, ducks, Flagstaff, mallards, municipal parks, waterfowl