Category: #technology

• WilcePhotos post asks “What is a macro shot?”

  In my latest blog post I recognize “I am no epert in macro, but I am a learner— of late, mainly Amy Horn!I In my new blog post on WilcePhotos, I try to define macro photography. But in the end, for me, what matters is not the lens or a formal technique, but achieving the…

  jwilce

  August 16, 2025

  #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #gifts, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, goingpro, insect photography, macro photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, Photo Editing, photo websites, Photoshop, professionalism, websites

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

• art FOR YOU, &wilcephotos’ works featured on FAA

  I am delighted to say this photo has been featured by three great Fine Art America groups— I thank Doug Norkum in particular. He administers both 1 and 3! Here is the story: My wife and I were on a delightful trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota. One day we ventured up Spearfish…

  jwilce

  November 6, 2023

  #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #parks, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, Black Hills, FAA: Fine Art America, Fall colors, Gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, Northern Midwest, outdoor photography, Painting effects in Photoshop, Photo Editing, Photoshop, rural America, South, South Dakota, Waterfalls

  #post-production, autumn, Black Hills, Fall colors, post-processing software, South Dakota, Spearfish Canyon, Special effects, Waterfalls

• Natural Beauty of Western South Dakota

  I think you will love the photos you see in our “South Dakota Sojourn” in September 2023 (my new collection/ gallery in Fine Art America). But just for you, I am offering these three photos as downloads, for $1.99 each. Please preserve my watermark if you download my photographs. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST in…

  jwilce

  September 30, 2023

  #digital cameras, #nightsky, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #parks, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, Black Hills, FAA: Fine Art America, goingpro, Mammals, Mirrorless cameras, Northern Midwest, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, Photo Editing, professionalism, rural America, wildlife photography

  #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography, #publicspaces, Animal eyes, Bear Butte State Park, Bison, Buffalo, South Dakota

• FAA “Birds” Contest

  FIne Art America sponsoring “Birds” art contest I think you will love browsing through all of the submissions to this Fine Art America contest. The “Birds” contest has 1219 images! Most are photographs, but some are other artistic media. Voting (restricted to FAA members) ends in two days. After that, the set of contest images…

  jwilce

  June 25, 2023

  #bird photography, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #parks, #photoblog, #photography, #technology, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, FAA: Fine Art America, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, rural America, Uncategorized, wildlife photography

  #Arizona, #BillWilliamsRiver, #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography, BillWilliamsRiverNationalWildlifeRefuge, DeadhorseStateParkArizona

• Photos and Father

  Suggestions from WilcePhotos/ Fine Art America Option #1: Father Sky What more appropriate theme for Father’s Day than photos displaying the beauty, power, and majesty of Father Sky! Click here to see gift possibilities in my collection “Dawn Skies.” Option 2: Cheer Your Father Up With Creatively Named Photos that will make him chuckle Does…

  jwilce

  June 16, 2023

  #clouds, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technology, FAA: Fine Art America, outdoor photography

  #getolympus, #gifts, #olympusphotography, #photography, Father's Day, Fathers Day, Photo gifts

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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