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Peak of Action

A sharp subject, the #1 ingredient in a successful photograph. There are a whole lot of techniques that when used in concert can help you achieve this goal. Peak of Action is just one of them. It was THE technique back in the day of manual focus but with AF, many don't know about this simple tool in capturing a sharp image. [swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_bmp2278.swf, 585, 444 [/swf] The stills in this video weren't taken during the video filming, the D3s just can't do that. You can stop video capture for still capture and that works great but the video won't start again until ...

Magical Surprise – FL Sandhill Cranes

I had up until yesterday morning photographed all but one of the Sandhill Cranes species and subspecies in North America. I started with the intention of photographing White Pelicans but as the day's posting unfolds, you'll see that's the one bird species I didn't shoot. RC has this really neat group of photographic friends that have been kind enough to include me in their merry band of adventures and the treat this morning was just killer because I was able to photograph the FL Sandhill Crane. [swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/_BMP9603.swf, 585, 444 [/swf] This is a Federally listed Threatened species but you wouldn't know it ...

Yellowstone Bighorn Sheep fun

The Rocky Mtn Bighorn Sheep of Yellowstone were very, very good to me this year, any we're only one month into the year! They really aren't that difficult to find, they are right on the road beyond the north entrance of Yellowstone. That's when they are down because much of the time they are just high enough to easily hide in the crevasses of the cliffs. This means you've got to be lucky or put in your time; we were lucky and put in our time. As I mentioned before, I have a particular image I want so worked toward ...

Wildlife Photography – Your Cup of Tea?

I hope you had a great weekend, I sure did. I'm down in FL putting the finishing touches to the book layout. Of course I brought the camera and with my good friend RC now feeling like a wildlife photographer, we had to head out and shoot. Gathering up a couple of friends, Mike, Jim & Tony, the five of us headed out to a Bald Eagle nest Mike had found. While we started nice and early, the storms hadn't completely blown out leaving behind their dark gray skies so like any good band of wildlife photographers under such conditions, ...

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Yellowstone Adv – Wolves!

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I Love Limpkins!

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Magical Surprise – FL Sandhill Cranes

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Peak of Action

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