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High ISO Elk from Vermejo Park Ranch

by Sean Fitzgerald | Oct 29, 2016 | Photo of the Day, Photo Tips, Projects, Vermejo Park Ranch, Workshops/Tours | 0 |

Yesterday I talked a bit about today’s high ISO sensors. Here is another set of examples...

It’s All in the Eyes (soft focus)

by Sean Fitzgerald | Sep 24, 2015 | Photo of the Day, Photo Tips | 0 |

One of my favorite things to do is to shoot portraits of living creatures (be it a coyote, snake,...

Young Raccoons

by Sean Fitzgerald | Sep 13, 2015 | Photo of the Day | 0 |

Here is an old image I shot years ago. Hard to beat baby raccoons for cute, especially three of...

Prairie Rattlesnake

by Sean Fitzgerald | Aug 24, 2015 | Photo of the Day, Photo Tips, Projects, Vermejo Park Ranch | 0 |

I came across a prairie rattlesnake sunning itself on the road at Vermejo Park Ranch and got some...

Copperhead Portrait

by Sean Fitzgerald | May 19, 2015 | Great Trinity Forest, Photo of the Day, Photo Tips, Projects | 0 |

There are lots of copperhead snakes in the Great Trinity Forest, but you don’t see them that...

Chickadee

by Sean Fitzgerald | Feb 5, 2015 | Photo of the Day, Photo Tips | 0 |

You can never go wrong taking portraits on a soft, simple background. All you need is a subject...

Vulture

by Sean Fitzgerald | Dec 9, 2014 | Photo of the Day | 0 |

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I think the much disrespected black vulture is quite beautiful. Your mileage may differ, of course. You at least have to give them props for character, don’t you think?

Owl and iPhone

by Sean Fitzgerald | Nov 23, 2014 | Photo of the Day, Photo Tips | 0 |

While shooting for Texas Audubon, I came across this lady photographing a little great horned owl on her iPhone and got out my longest lens. When you shoot with a lens longer than 50mm in effective focal length, it compresses all the subjects together, making them look like they are very close to one another. At 560mm, I got the desired effect.