Three Forks, Montana

Vignettes are a Nice Technique in Flower Photography. Here's and example

August 30, 2020 - A great use for a vignette is with flower photography. It is a very effective way to focus attention on the flower(s) an...
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I'm Using a Vignette more and more when Processing Images

August 27, 2020 - What I have below is a cell phone photo I took the other day at a local farm stand, springdellfarm.com. I was picking up...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography #14: The Edge of the Storm

August 26, 2020 - Afternoon thunderstorms have been a bit frightening (i.e. noisy) the last few days. We dodged a bullet yesterday as I w...
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Stay-at-Home Photography: 13: Garden Geranium

August 24, 2020 - Our little geranium plants have been blooming all summer. I wish we had more of them. The two blossoms in this photo ar...
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Stay-at-Home Photography: 12: Spirea

August 22, 2020 - On the line between our property and our neighbor is a beautiful Spirea bush. I'd say it's 10 feet in diameter and 8 fee...
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Stay-at-Home Photography: 11: Perfect Dandelion

August 20, 2020 - Many of us are constantly battling with dandelions, trying to keep them out of our lawns. They are weeds and we don't li...
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Stay-at-Home Photography: 10: Mini Oak Leaf

August 18, 2020 - I plucked this off a tiny oak sapling. It couldn't have measured longer than one inch. Held up to the light (with the gr...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: 9: Orange and Green

August 16, 2020 - Even before I saw a few of these downed leaves in the yard yesterday, I was saying it felt like fall. High temperatures...
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Stay-at-Home Photography: 8: Blueberry Blossoms with Stacking

August 13, 2020 - It's hard to believe that I stacking 23 images to create this one image. All images were stacked automatically in Photos...
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Stay-at-Home Photography: 7: Our Fawn is getting Big

August 11, 2020 - A little background. My wife and I enjoy our first cup of coffee each morning while sitting outside, usually starting at...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: 6: "Maple Tree 'Helicopters'"

August 09, 2020 - Photographed in May, my notes tell me that this set of helicopters was lying on our driveway after a windy night, with t...
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"The Morning After"

August 07, 2020 - Two days ago Hurricane Isaias came through New England (by then a "mere" tropical storm). Where we live it was pretty mu...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: 5: Backlit Maple Leaf

August 06, 2020 - This photo of a backlit maple leaf was taken as the sun was getting low, about 5:30pm in May. I find orange against gree...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: 4: Baby Maples Leaves

August 04, 2020 - One of the nice things about plants, flowers, and trees in the spring is the new growth. Walking around the backyard in...
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