Category: Special effects

• Large and small, great and humble: Lightning and moss

  We celebrate the monsoon here in northern Arizona. Its storms bring gigantic bolts of lightning but also trickle down to the roots of humble plants. Among the most humble are mosses. Many of my photographic heroes give us marvelous captures of lightning and forest mosses— one or the other, not usually both. Lightning requires a…

  jwilce

  July 31, 2026

  #clouds, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, Cloud Photography, FAA: Fine Art America, macro photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, photo websites, professionalism, skies, Special effects, websites

  #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, electriity, Flagstaff, high voltage lightning, macro photography, plants, structure of mosses, tiny plant parts

• The Marvelous Blood Moon

  Like me, you might have been thrilled to see the total eclipse of the moon, turning it blood red. Wow! I got out of bed at 2:30 a.m. and took care of last minute things. I arrived at Lake Mary and began shooting at 4:00 I have blogged about the photographic results and my reflections…

  jwilce

  March 8, 2026

  #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #gifts, #moon, #Moonsets, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, art, goingpro, holiday gift ideas, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains And Trees, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, Personal, Photo Editing, photo websites, professionalism, rural America, skies, Special effects, Stars, websites

  #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #publicspaces, blood moon, digital art, fine-art photography, Flagstaff, Flagstaff and vicinity, Lake Mary, lunar eclipse

• Photo-Editing: My Approach

  This post discusses what I have done with a single photo taken in Joshua Tree National Park. (To see all of my Joshua Tree photos click here.) To be honest, my editing is as much play as it is work! I admit, also, that I produce many versions of one photo and do not always…

  jwilce

  January 28, 2026

  #California, #digital cameras, #outdoor photography, #parks, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, California, goingpro, landscape photography, light and shadow, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, Mountains And Trees, National Parks, outdoor photography, panoramas, Photo Editing, photo websites, Photoshop, skies, Sotware, Special effects, Subscriber-only content

  #getolympus, #nature, #photography, #publicspaces, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, Southern California landscape photography

• Here is the curtain-drawing for YOU as a subscriber

  the young eagle…

  jwilce

  June 8, 2024

  #bird photography, #clouds, #photography, Arizona, art, Photo Editing, Photoshop, professionalism, rural America, Special effects, wildlife photography

  #birds, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, birding, Flagstaff, photographic art, wildlife