Photographing Water Splashes with Minimal Equipment View the March 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Water droplets. Photo © Anna Boggs. Utterly bored, I stared out at the blinding snow until my eyes...
The Photo Focus
Favorite Focus, March 2023
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This Morning was the “Tomorrow”
View the February 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide MacGillivray's Warbler. Photo © Kevin Shank. You may remember “The Photo Focus” in January ended with the sentence, “Plus, there is tomorrow.” Well,...
Favorite Focus, February 2023
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Favorite Focus, January 2023
What We Learned Yesterday
View the January Nature Friend Study Guide This is the result from my first effort. The camera was handheld. Photo © Kevin Shank. “The bird must be here,” I stated to the family as we approached the...
Favorite Focus, December 2022
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Building a Weight-triggered Perch
View the December Nature Friend Study Guide Chipping Sparrow. Photo © Austin Vinar. When trying to photograph skittish birds at my feeder, I’ve often thought, Wouldn’t it be nice to have a trail...
Solar System Photography
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Favorite Focus, November 2022
View the November 2022 Nature Friend Study Guide Male Spruce Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter. I got my second lightning shot while we were visiting in Haiti. I was really hoping I could at least get...
Focus Illustrated, November 2022
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Thinking Outside the Box
Box? Did you say box? The large owl was sitting on a branch, silhouetted against a gorgeous sunset of orange and reds. The branch he was on, the trunk he was beside, were flawless—splendid props for...