Sandhill Cranes in Wisconsin

Sandhill Crane migration on Wisconsin River, between Sauk and Spring Green.

And a nice vantage point over the fall colors below.

Here Comes the Moon

The moon rising over Lake Monona in Madison WI with beautiful, moody colors in the sky.

I love the tools available in Adobe Lightroom. I usually steer clear of Lightroom's "recovery" slider because it can make an image look flat, though it does have the ability to recover some details within 1-2 stops on the far edges of the histogram, in the highlights and shadows.

In this case sliding the Recovery slider all the way to 100 (in Lightroom 4 this should go to 101) brought back some detail in the face of the moon, as I had exposed the image for the sky, and therefore the moon was still blown out. It's so nice to be able to do things like this.

In this case, nothing else in the image was affected because there's no detail elsewhere, so there was no downside.

Here Comes the Sun

The morning sun over Lake Mendota in Madison WI with the State Capitol and UW Madison on the horizon.

Autumn Leaves in Madison

I've been briefly studying the leaves and colors of autumn with my camera. These are from Eagle Heights, in Madison Wisconsin.

For me, the narrow depth of field and blur suggest how fleeting this season's colors are, gone before we know it.

Gallery Night Show: "hovering : waters"

We really enjoyed our Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night show on October 1, 2010 - good crowd of good people (old and new friends) and good conversations about art and life.

This was my second group show at Lucent Room Studio with Betsy Delzer and Cameron Anderson. This time, we chose a theme in advance and worked on this show for several weeks. It was wonderful to curate the show together last week as we saw each others' creations.

The theme was h o v e r i n g : w a t e r s

I received very encouraging feedback on my photographic images on canvas, and about the overall show - the way our pieces and styles fit together into a cohesive show. Betsy and Cam created some really wonderful pieces for this: if you haven't yet, you NEED to see them!

Below are my images from the hovering : waters show.

If you're in Madison WI and wish to see these, please contact me for a showing.

morning

evening

formless

gathered

water over

water under

rule the sky

rule the night

living and moving

World Dairy Expo People

I love photographing the World Dairy Expo, there's so much texture and color to the people and their animals, their pride and livelihood and expertise. Character in their eyes. Today was the last day of Expo, and besides the usual requirements, I went around making several portraits. It's fascinating to speak with these people about their lives. Good, friendly people.