Touching Light Photography

What can I say, but WOW! This really pops! What a wonderful photo, Patty!

Excellent!

Does anything he does, work?

The Three Gossips? Nice light and photo.

Thank you, Gary!

600 f/4 + 2x extender to get that focal length. Many of my shots are more easily handheld with a 400 f/4 with or without a 1.4x or 2x extender. Tough to handhold the 600 for any length of time anymore!

Thank you Gary!

This must have been an incredible sight to see, after having seen it dry so many times! Beautifully photographed.

The light was not pretty today in the Skagit flats of WA state, but I was out for a while. Here are two photos of Red-Tailed Hawks. In the left photo, there is a mouse in the hawk's left talon. On the right, the hawk was standing on one leg on a post a long way out (1200mm focal length).

Thank you, Dan!

And from the linked article:

"But government agencies won’t act on this unless they hear from you.

You can help. Send a letter to Fisheries and Oceans Canada by October 31 urging them to establish a whale-safe window for both endangered Chinook and endangered killer whales."

Thanks for posting.

And from the article:
But government agencies won’t act on this unless they hear from you.

You can help. Send a letter to Fisheries and Oceans Canada by October 31 urging them to establish a whale-safe window for both endangered Chinook and endangered killer whales.

Moody!

An old barn in the Skagit flatlands of Washington state.

After the print is laminated to the acrylic, a black backer is laminated to the back of the print. After mounting, I polish the edges to 7000 grit, then a wood frame is mounted to the back, and the framing wire added for hanging. Takes a lot of time! The results are worth it though!

These large format acrylic prints are a lot of work. This print is 22" x 40" and is mounted on 1/4" acrylic. The print is first made on a metallic paper substrate, then an optically clear adhesive is bonded to the face of the print, then the print is bonded to the acrylic 1/2

I will be at a local protest rally this morning/afternoon...

I traveled up to the Skagit flats in WA this afternoon. Too early for the snow geese and the swans, and fall colors haven't really kicked in yet, but it was a beautiful day! (Mt. Baker is the snow covered peak in the photo on the right.

I will have to check that out! We get a lot of eagles congregating to feed on salmon in the Skagit River in the winter months.

With "hands" like that?! No holding hands with those talons!!!

Is the Big Bear eagles near in Big Bear California? Or elsewhere? We get a lot of eagles here in the PNW.

YouTube video by Reid Gower THE SAGAN SERIES - The Frontier Is Everywhere

Carl Sagan envisioned an optimistic future in which humans - would find their way - to populate other globes throughout the nearby universe.

Today, perhaps more than ever, we must wonder whether we will, indeed, ever find our way.

youtu.be/oY59wZdCDo0?...

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your feedback!

Carl Sagan - and David Attenborough!

Thank you so much, Anne!

I do wish you were still our president. Loved everything you and Michelle stood for. Would have given almost anything to have met you and shared a meal with both of you! I revere you folks, and your supporters!

An old photo that I took way back in 2010, of an American Pika near Mt. Shuksan, WA state.