by activelight | Aug 17, 2017 | How to shoot, Idaho, Travel |
“No plan survives contact with the enemy.” – Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke These words are still very true today, over 150 years after Field Marshall von Moltke wrote them. A Canine Tumor Changes Everything When our Bernese Mountain Dog Daisy...
by activelight | Aug 10, 2017 | Canon, Equipment, How to shoot, Leica, Sports, Travel, Wildlife |
I can shoot that picture in one lens, Tom Before usable zooms, a common question was how many lenses you needed to shoot most pictures. If you were using a rangefinder camera in the early 1960s, you might be carrying a 35mm and a 90mm. You got a mild wide angle and...
by activelight | Aug 3, 2017 | Landscape photography, New Mexico, RV, Travel |
In last week’s post, you discovered an almost accidental lava field, a 100-year-old railroad trestle, and intensely storm-shrouded skies making great mountain landscapes near Cloudcroft, New Mexico. But I left you waiting for dinner. Sorry about that… Lush...
by activelight | Jul 27, 2017 | Landscape photography, New Mexico, Travel, Wildlife |
“Hmm… 60-100% chance of rain in Cloudcroft this weekend.” We’d been planning a getaway in the mountains around Cloudcroft, New Mexico that would be easy on my knee and our Berner Daisy. When the rain percentage started looking that high, I was...
by activelight | Jul 6, 2017 | Travel, Wildlife |
Wildlife don’t understand human civilization, especially in southern Missouri. They’re just trying to find food, shelter and a mate at certain seasons. Roads are annoyances mostly, obstructing movement to somewhere else. They just get in the way, especially if...
by activelight | Jun 29, 2017 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, New Mexico, Travel |
When we moved to Albuquerque in 2013, I thought, “Great, we’re at 5900 feet elevation, so summers shouldn’t be too hot.” My impression didn’t last beyond that first summer. It’s not Phoenix, but June in Albuquerque is warm enough that I’ve looked for cooler...
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