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Orangutan Portrait
April 18, 2017 - Last month, I visited the Tropic World exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo to capture some pictures of the orangutans.
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More in Focus
December 26, 2016 - A few years ago I visited a national cemetery. In an effort to compress the many tombstones, I attached a telephoto lens...
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Blending for a Tack Sharp Image
October 05, 2016 - During my last road trip, I captured thousands of images. The majority of those pictures involved taking more than one e...
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Focus Stacking - Lions!
February 27, 2016 - Focus stacking is a technique that is sometimes used to extend the depth of field of focus within a frame. By combining...
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Striding Out of Focus
March 17, 2015 - Last week, I photographed a baseball game between the Southern Illinois Salukis and the Fighting Illini at Illinois Fiel...
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Croppability
September 06, 2014 - I doubt if "croppability" is a word--but for photography it should be!
One of the things I like most about my Nikon D80...
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Take Care of the Focus in Advance
June 16, 2014 - While visiting the Arlington Racetrack, one of my goals was to capture the horses as they approached the finish line. Cl...
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From Eyes to Nose
May 19, 2014 - When capturing portraits of animals, I focus on the eyes. Viewers tend to lock in on the eyes first, so it's important t...
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Isolating a Subject
October 09, 2013 - When taking pictures of animals in captivity, I tend to select a very wide aperture. Wide apertures, or lower f/stop num...
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f/8 and Be There
May 12, 2012 - When photographing certain subjects, a narrow depth of field of focus is preferable. For example, if I wish to isolate t...
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