another reason I like Eastern South Dakota: Meadowlarks

"You talkin' to me?"

  

  

  

  

"You want a weather report?"

  

  

  

  

"Sunny -- no rain -- lotsa wind."

  

  

  

  

"Anything else I can do for you?"

the meaning of photographs

The Surrealists approached photography ... with a voracious appetite for the usual and unusual ... (They) recognized in plain photographic fact an essential quality that had been excluded from prior theories of photographic realism. They saw that ordinary photographs, especially when uprooted from their practical functions, contain a wealth of unintended, unpredictable meanings.

-- Peter Galassi

Bald Eagle nest

   

   

   

   

about 7 mi. SW of Wheaton, MN, near Mud Lake

one reason I like Eastern South Dakota

    

   

   

   

the decisive moment

There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment. Photography is not like painting. There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. "Oop! The Moment!" Once you miss it, it is gone forever.
-- Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Looking for your first Digital SLR?

THIS will help.

wordless Wednesday from Wheaton, MN

eastern South Dakota

   

   

The Photographic Life

Interesting chart. Click on it to enlarge. All too true!

hawks playing

   

   

  

  

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Moment in Time

Did you submit a photo to the NY Times for their "Moment in Time" project? Find it and peruse others here. Mine is here.

Do you want to be a better photographer?

Some good ideas by Chase Jarvis in this video.

Jarvis is greatly responsible for the recognition of the iPhone camera as a serious instrument for creativity. See his "Best Camera" concept. Click here to see some of my efforts with the iPhone.

Wordless Wednesday from Blue Cloud Abbey

Tree Swallows of Eastern South Dakota

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

top 7 nature photography hotspots

here

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Unshackle yourself from the tyranny of the brief exposure time and its adherence to sharpness.

-- Tom Ang

more from Western MN near Wheaton

As of three weeks ago, much of the land north of Browns Valley near the river was still under water.

   

   

   

   

Yellow-headed Blackbirds didn't care.

   

   

   

   

The turtle enjoyed the sunshine.

   

   

   

   

The dove just watched.

more from Eastern South Dakota

American Coot

  

  

   

American White Pelicans - II

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

American White Pelicans - I

    

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

more from Eastern South Dakota & Western Minnesota

   

   

   

   

Tree Swallow

   

   

   

   

    

   

   

   

    

   

   

   

Northern Shoveler

Did you send in your photo to NY Times?

For the background on this, take a look at my post from yesterday. This morning at 10a I stepped out into my yard and took three photos that I felt were worthy of submission. The number 2 & 3 picks are below.

   

   

   

   

  

   

Below is my first choice that has been downloaded to the NY Times.

Do you agree, disagree, or think I should have skipped the download all together?