January 31st, 2013 by Ethan



I captured these images of a Brown Thrasher last June on a gloomy evening about dusk. It had a baby just out of the nest and was very displeased with me. Evening is a great time to observe birds, but unfortunately the light is often poor for photos. Getting the “stare down” from mama thrasher definitely worked in my favor for these shots.
ISO 6400
1/160
F 5.6
560 mm
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January 15th, 2013 by Ethan

1/13 second exposure of fog in the beam of my Jetbeam flashlight, with a creative white balance adjustment.
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January 13th, 2013 by Ethan

Fog droplets in the beam of my flashlight. A 1/6 second exposure.
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January 12th, 2013 by Ethan



Tiny water droplets illuminated in the beam of my Jetbeam BA-20 flashlight on a foggy and breezy night.
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January 10th, 2013 by Ethan

The old St. Joseph’s Hospital in Ottumwa, Iowa.
I used the Wheeler Lightroom preset, BLACK, as a starting point for this B&W conversion.
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January 8th, 2013 by Ethan

Sparks from a campfire. I shot this one last summer.
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January 7th, 2013 by Ethan

A full-frame photo of a daddy longlegs shot with my 1D3.
Sigma 150mm 2.8 EX Macro + Sigma 2x TC + 68mm Kenko extension tubes and Sigma EM-140 DG ring flash.
Handheld. It’s not possible to focus and breathe at the same time with this setup.
I don’t think I ever saw the eyes of a daddy longlegs before I shot this. Notice the leg stubble.
ISO 800
F/32
1/300
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January 6th, 2013 by Ethan


I used Lightroom’s Split Toning feature to add some much needed color to this photo.
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January 3rd, 2013 by Ethan
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