Category: #wildlife photography
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Landscape photography
Mixed feelings about re-branding wilcephotos I am in the midst of branding or re-branding wilcephotos. Hence I have temporariliy de-activated my Shopify store. Let me tell you about it. The sequence of three doctored photos below says a lot about my feelings about re-branding wilcephotos, my business identity/ FB Business page with a new focus…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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Gray Fox In Our Neighborhood
A few weeks ago, on back to back days, I had magical encounters with a gray fox, which was standing on one of the huge boulders adjacent to the Cheshire Pond (Cheshire Park). My wife and I had last seen one in our neighborhood about 16 years ago! I took this photograph during the first…