Tag Archives: Animal Photography

I Lost My Tripod

When I showed a couple of my friends a photo I had made of my camera mounted tripod with the new camouflage fabric covering on it, one of them came back with, “what tripod?  I don’t see any tripod.”  That … Continue reading

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Elk in The Field

Though we were fortunate enough to capture some great moose images on our recent visit to Rocky Mountain National Park, I don’t want to overlook the many great elk shots garnered from that visit.  The moose is a much more … Continue reading

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It’s Not Supposed To Be a Nature Shot

A nature shot should look, well, natural.  Right?  I won’t argue against that.  Bird photography, wildlife photography flowers, anything intended to represent a “look” at nature.  Nature pictures are meant to look like nature scenes.  Most of the time, at … Continue reading

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Step Out of The Ordinary

Either you’re like me and easily bored with the same ol’ same ol’ or you have an urge to stretch your creativity beyond just the normal and commonplace static posed pictures.  This is especially the case for zoo animal shots.   … Continue reading

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Snow Tiger Sketch

Snow Tiger Sketch, originally uploaded by Dan Dooley. Actually a White Bengal Tiger. Ft. Worth Zoo, Ft. Worth, TX. Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM at 400mm. 1/250 sec. f/5.6. ISO 500. After converting the RAW image to TIFF (minor … Continue reading

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Village Creek Drying Beds

Village Creek Drying Beds, originally uploaded by Dan Dooley. Arlington, Texas. Inactive solid waste treatment drying beds. Remaining ponds, surrounding trees, fields offer excellent birding and wildlife photography. Not only birds but an abundance of dragonflies in the warmer months, … Continue reading

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Balance In Composition

One thing the new photographer hardly thinks about and even advanced photographers often miss, is the sense of balance in a photograph.  I probably don’t need to define “balance” for the term is (or should be) easily understood by the … Continue reading

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Male Northern Shoveler

Male Northern Shoveler, originally uploaded by Dan Dooley. I try as much as possible to avoid posting static, posed shots (ok, this gentleman is not posing for me actually) but sometimes the specimen is good looking enough to justify it. … Continue reading

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