UP Nature Notes (Blog)
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Marquette Lighthouse Light - UP Nature Notes, No. 12
December 9, 2023
More than anything else, landscape photography is about the quality of the light in the scene. Often you just have to walk away from a great subject you’re interested in for the lack of favorable light. Sometimes you get lucky, and all the factors influencing the light conspire to keep…
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King Bolete in Two Lights - UP Nature Notes, No. 11
December 9, 2023
These two photographs of a mushroom were taken on the same day but under different light conditions. One uses chiarscuro, dramatic light and dark to create the illusion of a three-dimensional volume. The other photo uses sfumato, (from Italian sfumare, “to tone down” or “to evaporate like smoke”)…
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Hummingbird Wingbeats - UP Nature Notes, No. 10
December 9, 2023
Hummingbirds beat their wings up to 200 times per second, so shutter speeds of at least 1/2,000 of a second are needed to ‘freeze’ them in flight. These images of a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding on a Zinnia were shot handheld in natural light at 1/1,600 of a second to show…