Light at its best

I can’t really tell how the quality of light was during the day because I spent most of it behind my desk, trying to finish a work project. However, early in the morning and early evening we had some awesome light for wildlife photography today. The first two images were made at our “woodpecker tree #2”. It gets the early morning sun at this time of the year because the trees have still no leaves. The critters must like it too because it was still quite cold this morning and they all posed well for my pictures. The two other photos were made this evening down at the Mississippi. Again, great quality of light for this Northern Flicker and the Blue-winged Teals. I hope you enjoy.

We wish all of you a wonderful Easter weekend!

Blue hour on Lopez Island

9s, f14, -1EV, ISO100, Nikon D200, Sigma 10-20mm/f4-5.6 @ 10mm,

It was my first time on the San Juan Islands in Washington State and I fell in love with this landscape immediately. I like how laid back and friendly most people are that live on the islands and how calm they deal with the inevitable rain, fog, and unpredictable ferry connections.

After spending a rainy day in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island we returned to our campsite on Lopez Island. The clouds finally opened up. I saw my chance for some good light and headed down to the beach at Spencer Spit.

Fog started moving in and there was almost no wind. The boats anchoring near the shore line did not move much. This allowed for longer exposure times without having them totally blurred. I kept shooting until it was totally dark and the digital noise took over…