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The Eyes Have It !!

Charles Klingsporn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:50:22 +0000

As this site is about photography and environmental awareness, the 'Home' page will feature what I hope is a compelling image to start the viewing experience. This one can also be considered a photo tip.

Pretty nearly universally, when you ask either a wildlife or portrait photographer for their most important shooting tip, you will hear, 'focus on the eyes'. This image of the eyes of a Gray Wolf, (Canis lupus) shows exactly why that universal advice is correct. This is a crop from a full body portrait of a young captive wolf that lives at the Wildlife Prairie State Park in Peoria, Illinois. He was looking right at me from a distance of about 40 yards, the catchlight in his eye comes from a fill flash; the lens is a 500 mm telephoto. The eyes have it!!

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Charles Klingsporn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:56:36 +0000

Backlit Aspen Grove - Colorado

Charles Klingsporn — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:15:31 +0000

This image is a current favorite. It again confirms for me that backlit subjects can be very compelling. These golden aspen on a ridgeline in Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray Colorado were seen in morning light and the sunlight just happened to be on the aspen while the surrounding lodgepole pine forest was in shade. This is also an example of an image that looks really great on a well calibrated monitor because the backlighted structure of a monitor works well with the backit subject.

Right place at the right time, I guess.