Category: #wings

• New blog on wilcephotos.com, plus photos only found here

  Please read my latest blog post at wilcephotos.com! There you will find how I have continued to pursue beauty– this time in Alaska– despite getting sick half-way through our cruise. And I explain Here are two photos not posted elsewhere, and one (the last of three) that is the original underlying one that IS posted.…

  jwilce

  September 16, 2025

  #bird photography, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #sunsets, #wildlife photography, #wings, Alaska, bird photography, bird photos, outdoor photography, Personal, photo websites, professionalism, websites, wildlife photography

  #fineartphotography, Alaska, Alaskan scenery, Birds of Alaska

• News from wilcephotos.com!

  Enjoy while honoring the effort and soul that artists put into their work.

  jwilce

  January 11, 2025

  #bird photography, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #wildlife photography, #wings, bird photography, bird photos, Birds On the Ground, Bosque del Apache, Mirrorless cameras, National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, New Mexico, outdoor photography, Petrified Forest, Photo Editing, photo websites, Photoshop, skies, Sunrises, websites, wildlife photography

  #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #photography, Bosque del Apache, National Parks and Wildlife Refuges, New Mexico, Painted Desert, travel

• For subscribers only: “The Dangerous Life of A Butterfly

  jwilce

  June 2, 2024

  #butterflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #photography, #technological improvement, #wings, Arizona, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography

• Newly Honored: More Wilcephotos Featured on FAA

  I am delighted to announce a new batch of my photos FEATURED by the best groups at Fine Art America! Click here. Most of the photographic artworks you are seeing have actually been featured by THREE groups! Now is the time to buy canvas prints— at the top of the page you’ll see they arfe…

  jwilce

  March 13, 2024

  #bird photography, #clouds, #colors, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #wings, OM1 camera

  #Arizona, #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, Fine Art America

• It’s great when other photographers notice!

  Fine Art America (FAA) is a wonderful artists’ community. We photographers post our work there— and, often, to sell it. But the other reward for good work is the community’s recognition. It has warmed my heart to get such recognition! And by a variety of the marvelous groups in FAA. I have gathered some of…

  jwilce

  July 20, 2023

  #bird photography, #butterflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #sunsets, #wings, OM1 camera, panoramas, panoramic art, professionalism

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, fineartamerica, Flagstaff

• “A Butterfly Named Doris” revisited

  In late 2021 I blogged about one of the glorious butterflies I’d photographed at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have revisited the photo of “Doris longwing”, editing it in new ways, from scratch. Many products incorporating this photo are for sale h!ere. While you’re there, see what other photos of mine are for sale!…

  jwilce

  July 9, 2023

  #butterflies, #digital cameras, #insects, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wings, FAA: Fine Art America, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, Photo Editing, professionalism

  #Arizona, #butterflies, #butterflyphotography, #getolympus, #insects, #olympusphotography, #photography

• 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

• 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

• 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…

  jwilce

  March 19, 2023

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, bird photography, bird photos, Birds On the Ground, Bolivar Peninsula TX, FAA: Fine Art America, High Island, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography, rural America, Texas, Texas tourism, Texas vacations, wildlife photography

  #Texas

• 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

• 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…

  jwilce

  November 25, 2022

  #bird photography, #FlagstaffArizona, #hummingbirds, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, California, herons, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #Arizona, #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #publicspaces, Flagstaff

• 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