UP Nature Notes (Blog)
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An Eagle Shoots Back - UP Nature Notes, No. 13
December 9, 2023
We live on a free-flowing Lake Superior tributary, so we always know the river-run fish are spawning when the eagles show up. A couple of weeks ago, I got a few shots of this adult bald eagle out the bedroom window and some more by walking closer. As I entered…
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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”)…