Morning Walk

In snow country, that first morning walk can be a real eye opener. Especially when mother nature calls. Thank goodness we don’t have to depend on outdoor pluming

This snap was made on the walk to breakfast this AM. This is a closed campground outside West Yellowstone with the sun threatening to come out and play. Though I live in snow country and see it every day for months on end, something about the way mother nature sculptures it still facinates me. At the same time, I’ve still not captured the snow landscape photograph so I’m constantly working at it. Life is good when you have such simple pursuits pulling you forward.

Photo captured by D3, 24-70AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film

Just Like Home

We left Mammoth yesterday and arrived in West Yellowstone this evening and the entire 1100 mile drive we were in snow. That’s a first and it was gorgeous! All across the NV desert and UT salt flats, snow. What you see here is not our 1st class lodging for DLWS but the old railroad station across the street. Walking to dinner after sunset in the blustery snow, the sliver of the windows in the snow bank caught my attention. The D3 always goes with me and easily handled the exposure and captured all the detail in the old wood sides. Using the 12WX and my secret filter in Color Efex 3.0, I quickly processed the image without even to have to take my feet down from the fire.

Tomorrow it’s off to the geyers, more fun to blog all this next week.

Photo captured by D3, 24-70AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film

Wacom's 12WX – Work in Comfort!

 

With the hwy open again, Mr FedEx & UPS were able to make deliveries and one of them was the new Wacom 12WX. Dang sweet! It’s a real pretty image this baby puts forth. No matter where I travel to now, I can lounge and be a couch potato and work on my images in total comfort and, AND in complete control of my images. We can work in Capture NX or Photoshop and almost without ever having to touch a keyboard key, finish an image. I highly recommend you spend the day capturing some great images than put your feet up with your computer and 12WX and enjoy some of the finer things of life. I’m way too comfortable in my favorite chair, so here’s some of the spes to chew on.

Overall Dimensions: 16″ W x 10.5″ H x .67″ D
Display Area: 10.3″ W x 6.4″ H
Screen Size: 12.1″ diagonal
Native Resolution WXGA (1280 x 800)
Weight: 4.4 lbs with video control unit
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pressure Levels: 1,024 on pen tip and eraser
Stand Adjustability: Flat on desktop, 25° to 60°
Rotation: 360° flat position on pivot
Warranty: 2 years

You might want to head here and read how much Terry loves his 12WX as well!

Wacom’s 12WX – Work in Comfort!

 

With the hwy open again, Mr FedEx & UPS were able to make deliveries and one of them was the new Wacom 12WX. Dang sweet! It’s a real pretty image this baby puts forth. No matter where I travel to now, I can lounge and be a couch potato and work on my images in total comfort and, AND in complete control of my images. We can work in Capture NX or Photoshop and almost without ever having to touch a keyboard key, finish an image. I highly recommend you spend the day capturing some great images than put your feet up with your computer and 12WX and enjoy some of the finer things of life. I’m way too comfortable in my favorite chair, so here’s some of the spes to chew on.

Overall Dimensions: 16″ W x 10.5″ H x .67″ D
Display Area: 10.3″ W x 6.4″ H
Screen Size: 12.1″ diagonal
Native Resolution WXGA (1280 x 800)
Weight: 4.4 lbs with video control unit
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pressure Levels: 1,024 on pen tip and eraser
Stand Adjustability: Flat on desktop, 25° to 60°
Rotation: 360° flat position on pivot
Warranty: 2 years

You might want to head here and read how much Terry loves his 12WX as well!

We're still here!

We’ve received a whole lot of emails this past weekend wondering how we’re doing with the recent CA storms (thanks!). While it was predicted we’d have blizzard like conditions, all we had here in Mammoth was killer snow! We badly, badly needed it and while not the real wet stuff (which makes shoveling a whole lot easier) it’s still white and makes great water this come spring.

What does it look like, all this white stuff? Well, in the top photo you can see the day before the storm and the day it ended. We received here at the house about eight+ feet. What do you do when it’s snowing that much? You enjoy the fire, fine music, good bottle of Merlot cured up with a good book. And when it comes time to taking the dogs out, we play. Our oldest dog Benson who is now eight takes his snow and snowball catching very seriously. It just amazes me how much air he gets off powder snow to catch them flying white balls. I had to shoot from the 2nd story office deck, snow to high to shoot from ground level.

Photos captured by D3, 14-24AFS / 200f2VR on Lexar UDMA digital film (D3 trivia, all photos taken in Dynamic 51-3D)

We’re still here!

We’ve received a whole lot of emails this past weekend wondering how we’re doing with the recent CA storms (thanks!). While it was predicted we’d have blizzard like conditions, all we had here in Mammoth was killer snow! We badly, badly needed it and while not the real wet stuff (which makes shoveling a whole lot easier) it’s still white and makes great water this come spring.

What does it look like, all this white stuff? Well, in the top photo you can see the day before the storm and the day it ended. We received here at the house about eight+ feet. What do you do when it’s snowing that much? You enjoy the fire, fine music, good bottle of Merlot cured up with a good book. And when it comes time to taking the dogs out, we play. Our oldest dog Benson who is now eight takes his snow and snowball catching very seriously. It just amazes me how much air he gets off powder snow to catch them flying white balls. I had to shoot from the 2nd story office deck, snow to high to shoot from ground level.

Photos captured by D3, 14-24AFS / 200f2VR on Lexar UDMA digital film (D3 trivia, all photos taken in Dynamic 51-3D)

FL Base Camp Opening

Our FL Wildlife Photographer’s Base Camp is just around the corner and we have a cancelation. These aren’t for the weak of heart, we’re talking 15hr days packed with not just wildlife photography (FL’s great spring birds), but biology, photoshop, business, camera gear, techniques and a whole lot more! I can guarantee you that not ONE question goes on answered. This will be the first with the D3 in folk’s hands, so that will make it very interesting.

There are two requirements for joining us, a passion for wildlife photography and a 400mm lens. If you’ve got those and want to take your wildlife photography to more than just a new level, but infuse your life to the grandest pursuit in photography, this is the place! (Sorry, the Nikon scholarship for this event has already been awarded.)

Photo captured by D2H, 200-400VR on Lexar digital film

Lexar's UDMA USB Reader

Lexar’s new Professional UDMA Dual-Slot USB Reader is out. It’s a dual slot reader, well, a slot for SD and a slot for CF cards. This is great for Canon shooters, not so hot for D3 shooters. The new reader supports UDMA speed, too bad USB2 doesn’t carry it through. Us Win folks now have a UDMA reader (fatest available) but it’s nowhere the speed of Firewire800, not even in the same neighborhood. Unless you install a Firewire800 card in your computer can you take advantage of UDMA blistering speed. (Update: I’ve just been told I might have a bad prototype reader, so the numbers posted were wrong. New reader coming, will post times when I have it in hand.) Add to this needing to load multiple CF cards, you’re back in the dark age I feel. So here’s the deal.

You’ll find below a simple Email Petition. I’m calling on YOU to email Lexar (where this petition goes directly) to petition for a single multi slot CF card reader be designed with blistering UDMA speed. Lexar does have the Pro CompactFlash Readers, but they are anything but compact especially when you have to add the Hub to make it all work. But this is still what I prefer because with 1 click I can upload up to 4 CF cards. With the D3 having dual slots, it only makes sense we have 1 CF card reader with multi slots. So here’s your opportunity to ASK Lexar to make your life a little easier by requesting a single, multi-slot CF reader!

Lexar’s UDMA USB Reader

Lexar’s new Professional UDMA Dual-Slot USB Reader is out. It’s a dual slot reader, well, a slot for SD and a slot for CF cards. This is great for Canon shooters, not so hot for D3 shooters. The new reader supports UDMA speed, too bad USB2 doesn’t carry it through. Us Win folks now have a UDMA reader (fatest available) but it’s nowhere the speed of Firewire800, not even in the same neighborhood. Unless you install a Firewire800 card in your computer can you take advantage of UDMA blistering speed. (Update: I’ve just been told I might have a bad prototype reader, so the numbers posted were wrong. New reader coming, will post times when I have it in hand.) Add to this needing to load multiple CF cards, you’re back in the dark age I feel. So here’s the deal.

You’ll find below a simple Email Petition. I’m calling on YOU to email Lexar (where this petition goes directly) to petition for a single multi slot CF card reader be designed with blistering UDMA speed. Lexar does have the Pro CompactFlash Readers, but they are anything but compact especially when you have to add the Hub to make it all work. But this is still what I prefer because with 1 click I can upload up to 4 CF cards. With the D3 having dual slots, it only makes sense we have 1 CF card reader with multi slots. So here’s your opportunity to ASK Lexar to make your life a little easier by requesting a single, multi-slot CF reader!

Great Start to the New Year

This just arrived in the mailbox, what a marvelous start to the New Year! It goes to show the power of YOUR photography to change the world!

Hi MP and company,
I’m a subscriber to your journal and thought you may like to see the press release for a project I’m working on in Florida. The impetus came from your 1993 publication of
“California, Vanishing Habitats and Wildlife”. I know you Just get a lot of this from other photographers but I’ll say it anyway-its been an inspiration for me to see your work
and know that I’m not alone in this pursuit towards public awareness of our need to preserve and protect the land and wildlife we so frequently take for granted. My hats off to you!!

My exhibit has gotten a lot of media attention and for this I’m grateful; but development is moving at an astounding rate, often ignoring the plight of the wildlife here in N. Central Florida. I plan to keep working on their behalf and its nice to know there are others who share my concern…

If you’re in the area, please head to Ken’s exhibit. You’ll find it at the Florida Museum of Natl History.

Congrats Ken…job very well done!

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