View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Ruffed Grouse drumming. Photo © Allen Shank. — Allen’s Story — Thump- thump- thump b-b -d-d-d-d-D-D-D-D-d-d-d-d-d. I sat upright in my chair. There on the...
The Photo Focus
Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, May 2024
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Favorite Focus and Focus Illustrated, April 2024
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Favorite Focus, March 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Yesterday afternoon at The Wilds was cold…bitterly cold. Although the thermometer showed several degrees warmer than yesterday, the stout wind made this...
To Photograph An Eclipse
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Solar eclipse. Photo © Choosakdi Kabyubon|Dreamstime.com. I visualize several groups of solar eclipse observers. One group makes no effort to photograph...
The Three Pieces of Perfect Exposure: F/stops, Speed, ISO
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive F/stops sound high tech, and might even sound like something that will take all the fun out of photography. Stick with me, though, and you will learn they...
Focus Illustrated, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive I was intrigued by this Northern Pygmy Owl photo as soon as I saw it. What a splendid photo opportunity Josiah had. My fingers itched, though, to do a few...
Favorite Focus, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Horsehead Nebula. Photo © Kevin & Adrian Shank. While the Orion Nebula is by far the most fascinating target in Orion, when it comes to photography,...
Favorite Focus, January 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Nebraska sunset. Photo © David Miller. Last quarter moon. Photo © Britney Martin. Black-capped Chickadee. Photo © John Leck. Horned Lark. Photo © Weston...
Photographing Snowflakes—Computer Time
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Editor's note: For background to this lesson, you may recall that last month I mentioned how my interest in learning snowflake photography led me to the...
Photographing Snowflakes—Field Time
When I first opened my copy of Sky Crystals, by Don Komarechka, I was struck by the beauty of the snowflakes, and Mr. Komarechka’s ability to capture that beauty photographically. Furthermore, I was...
Favorite Focus, December 2023
Ruffed Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter. Bald Eagle. Photo © Brandon Hollinger. Black-capped Chickadee. Photo © John Leck. Blanca Lake. Photo © Nathan Leinbach. Frost patterns on soap bubble. Photo ©...
Composition Considerations
Now that you have a subject in your viewfinder, what makes a pleasing composition?The answers will vary, and usually there is not a right/wrong way. First of all, what is being photographed? If it...
Favorite Focus, November 2023
Pine Warbler. Photo © Weston Martin, Greencastle, PA. Photo © Peter Shirk, New Columbia, PA. Eastern lubber grasshopper. Photo © Abigail Russell, Austin, TX. Green darner dragonfly. Photo © Colette...
Bald Eagle Boost
As I was preparing this issue of Nature Friend, I received a photo from Kevin Burkholder of a Bald Eagle he had photographed that morning. He wrote:“I was delighted to see a Bald Eagle in a tree...