A SHOOTER’S MANIFESTO - WELCOME TO THE BLOG
Yep, that's me, photobombed by a horse. Her name is Melody and she's a registered Percheron mare who weighs about 2,000 pounds. A mare who insists she's a lap dog...
I'm glad you stopped by. Grab a cup of coffee and browse my varied topics; this is content I'm continually updating and that which reflects my travels and my life. I hope you find something that brightens your soul. All the Best ~ Judy Ann
The Science of Light: Wavelength and Particle Size
I love producing breathtaking photos, but I’m also captivated by the science that underwrites such beauty. The colors of vivid sunsets result from the scattering phenomenon which means that molecules and small atmospheric particles change the direction of light rays, causing them to scatter. That influence affects the color of the sky’s light, but...
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Ancestral Howl: The Wolves of Yellowstone
Have you ever smiled at the antics of apes because you recognized their capers as remarkably similar to our own? The same is true with wolves and domestic dogs. A chance meeting with grey wolves, precipitated by a snowstorm which stranded me in Yellowstone Park, opened a splendid window for observation and education about our domestic dogs' wild co...
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My Favorite Omnivore
A few years ago I was fortuitously stranded in Yellowstone with what has become my favorite North American omnivore. My nightmarish fear of grizzly bears was wondrously transformed into one of awe and respect after spending a few days with sanctuary biologists. I got to thinking about the Thanksgiving holiday and the smells of roasting turkey. Is t...
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The Beaver Moon
The Beaver Moon. This lunar name will certainly spawn jokes and winks, but the meaning behind this November full moon tributes the semi-aquatic, dam-building North American rodent whose lifespan is about 24 years in the wild and he/she weighs in at 60 pounds.
Monday morning’s wee hours full moon is especially significant because it was also a penu...
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Let There be Light
The most important element of photography is one that has intrigued scientists for hundreds of years; that element being, of course, light. Many early philosophers pondered the subject of light, some declaring it to be a particle stream while others argued that it was composed of waves. Isaac Newton championed the corpuscular theory of light which...
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