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Taking Great Canoe and Sunset Pictures

Canoe and Sunset

A canoe, glass-calm water, and a sunset goes together like bananas, ice cream, and whipped cream. But unlike the quickly fading delight of savoring a banana split, capturing a sunset in a picture allows for sharing and enjoyment for years. Sunset pictures are tricky. Typically, like in the pictures below, you can capture either the [...]

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How to Photograph Northern Lights

Northern lights in the Boundary Waters (BWCA)

It’s two in the morning, the northern lights are dancing across the sky and having to remember how to set a camera to record the blazing greens and reds is made easier with a simple cheat sheet. Clip this article, laminate it and stick it in your camera bag, so it’ll be handy next time [...]

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The Lomo and Canoes

One hand holding the 4 pounds of my fully auto focus frame advancing Nikon SLR camera with attached 35-70 mm lens and the other using a paddle thrust into the mud of the rivers bottom to hold the canoe steady, I eased myself into position to shoot a bow in the center of the frame [...]

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A Thousand Words For One Image

Say What? This picture was shot with a Nikon D70 and a 105-macro lens. When shooting wildlife, try to get their picture when they are making a human like expression. Doesn't this turtle looks like he's giving you a cocky stare?

“Lastingly successful art triggers audience responses that are ready to happen in the culture as a whole. Regardless of how perfectly a photographer’s work rends a subject, it is bound to fail unless it strikes that chord that elicits a common emotional and visual response.” From Galen Rowell’s Inner Game of Outdoor Photography, Galen Rowell, [...]

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Lake Superior Waves

Waves are soothing for a wary soul. It’s much better to go lightweight and simple, than it is to become wary.

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