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by Mark Bohrer | Dec 21, 2018 | Birds, New Mexico, Wildlife |
I don’t hate my smartphone’s “AoooOOgah” alarm too much when there’s a good reason for it. This time, it’s an O-dark thirty wakeup call just a few miles from Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Bosque is where many snow...
by activelight | Jan 18, 2018 | Landscape photography, New Mexico, Travel, Wildlife |
Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, right? Conventional wisdom says use a long lens for wildlife – at least 400mm, and longer is better for birds. And leave the short lenses at home? Evening landscape, Bosque del Apache NWR Not really. I always carry a...
by activelight | Jan 11, 2018 | Birds, How to shoot, New Mexico, Wildlife, Winter Photography |
Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight. This advice from the old West is still good, especially when you’re photographing wildlife. Sandhill cranes For birds, you’ll want at least a 400mm lens, and preferably something longer. A 18-55mm kit lens...
by activelight | Nov 23, 2017 | Birds, Wildlife |
(Updated from last year’s Turkey-post.) It can be harder than deciding who to vote for. Should I put it in… or should I pull it out? Or the third-party choice – should I let someone else do it? Those are the options with the Thanksgiving turkey. You...
by activelight | Nov 16, 2017 | How to shoot, Wildlife |
Desert. To most of you that word calls up images of sandy desolation, no water, and no life. If you’re a meteorologist, it means less than 10 inches of annual rainfall. But to a wildlife photographer, it means charismatic critters you won’t see anywhere...
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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...
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