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15 Jun

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Snow Leopard

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I have never been fortunate to see a snow leopard in the wild, and probably never will. I wish that weren’t the case. Knowing people will try and keep them from going extinct, and getting to see one up close, is a good consolation prize.

Here are a few snow leopard images from the Wildlife Model Workshop...

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13 Jun

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Combining images for streaking cloud effect

...Later in the day I took a hike to a point I had never been to before. When I left the car there were no clouds, so I left my filter behind and just took a camera and tripod.

After spending some time at the point clouds formed and I wished I had carried my filter. I thought about it for a while and decided to take 40 images at 8 sec intervals, with the thought of combining them later. Here is the result...

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12 Jun

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Babies Galore!

The best part about going to Triple D Game Farm in June is the baby animals...This year my group photographed baby fox, coyotes, lynx, and wolves as a group and several members did optional sessions with baby porcupine, and river otters.

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11 Jun

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Coyotes and my equipment

...Photographing wildlife at the game farm allows you to fine tune some of your photographic skills. I was concentrating on using fill flash to add a catch light in the animal’s eyes and to bring out a few more details in their fur.  I have found from past experience that when using fill flash on animals the flash needs to be extended at least a foot above the camera to prevent the equivalent of red eye in the animals. In order to do this my camera/flash setup was rather interesting...

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LEWIS KEMPER is widely recognized as a photographer, writer, and instructor, lecturing throughout the United States. To learn more, click here.

 

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