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Saturday, 27 September 2008 00:00 |
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The Belted Kingfishers seems to love their home near the Boise River. I have been chasing these little fellows around for some months now, I must say they are hard to photograph. They perch in the trees just after dawn, their favorite spot is on a powerline right near the dam. I was able to capture this shot in the winter months.
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Owyhee River Canyon |
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 00:00 |
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The Owyhee River Canyon is one of our favorite spots on Earth, reasons are many, not the least of which it is one of the most productive Brown Trout streams in the West. When you visit this river it is easy to understand the food relationship of trout and insect. Insects range from Chironomids, Baetis, Callibaetis, Pale Morning Duns, Tricos, etc.......... The rivers fertile waters promote vast insect populations, a wonderful food source for the "ginormous" fish population.
Captured by Nikon D3, 24-70mm
Camping always brings with it a chance to capture the stars and work with available light at night. The Nikon D3 is amazing as it relates to night photography, this shot was captured when the moon was just coming over a hill and beginning to shed some light in the canyon. If you look closely you can see a shooting star over the trees on the right. Once again nature did not disappoint us.
Captured by Nikon D3, 80-400mm |
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Gunfighter Skies Airshow |
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 00:00 |
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The Gunfighter Skies Airshow at Mountain Home Airbase gave us an opportunity to capture some of the power and grace of aircraft of today as well as aircraft from years ago. WOW these guys are absolutely amazing.
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The Air Force brought in their paratrooper team from the Air Force Academy, a precision skydiving team. They really put on a show and gave the crowd a real treat.
The Stars of the show were the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, it is easy to see why they get top billing when you see them perform.
The Thunderbirds precision flight team has perfected every move and scene, from the redied aircraft to the ir march to the planes before flight.
You feel the power permeat through your entire body as they fly through the scene. Soooooo cool....................
I spent four years in the Air Force and had forgotten how much fun these guys can be. Can't wait till next year.
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Kauai, The Garden Isle |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 00:00 |
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TRADE WINDS
The early morning found us off to destinations yet to be determined. We stopped at this tree, the wind blown shape draws you in because it is so unusual. The limbs all face one direction because of the stress that you can see it endures. The trade winds in this part of the world blow out of the Northeast. They are called Trade Winds because the sailing ships would get into streams of wind power and travel to places that became stops on what became known as trade routes.
Hanalei
Traveling on to the north end of the island we passed through the Hanalei Valley, there are no words to describe these shear cliffs rising up from the earth, up to 4500 feet in some places. Formed by volcanoes they serve as a highland basin to collect the hundreds of inches of rainfall, if you look closely you can see no less than a dozen waterfalls.
Kiluea Lighthouse
Traveling further north we came upon the Kiluea Lighthouse, although we expected this to be open I am not sure we would have had a better time of shooting it. The view from the overlook is spectacular, this is also a bird santuary and the birds are roosted everywhere you look. There were Red Footed Boobies, Shearwater, Great Frigates as well as Albatross. A great spot to practice your bird photography.
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Wiamea Canyon |
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Saturday, 23 August 2008 00:00 |
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We thank our lucky stars every day, for our good fortune, we woke up this morning on the "Garden Island" of Kauai, Hawaii. After getting our bearings, we set off for a road warrior trip up through Wiamea Canyon. Once again Mother Nature did not dissapoint us, she rained and misted on us off and on all day, but gifted us with some awesome images that will certainly become fond memories of this landscape.
As you travel up the canyon rim the trip takes you from 85 degrees at sea level up to 62 degrees at 4200 feet above sea level, where I think it never stops raining or misting. This is the wettest spot on earth with an average rainfall of 450 inches a year and everywhere you look the landscape reflects the nourishment water gives the land.
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