AForns on 500px

FabsForns on 500px

Some of the beginners have a hard time offering critique or evaluating an image. Let’s do a general guideline on the aspects of a photograph that we look at when we are viewing as critics: 1- Exposure 2- Composition 3- Sharpness and detail 4- Subject Now, elaborating on each of them: 1- Exposure- Formal definition:… Continue reading The Art of Critique

This time we had Axel Hildebrandt visit us from Mass, and we took the opportunity to make our last visit to the lake this season. Most of the chicks have fledged, although the late ones are still nest-bound. The lake continues to be a little piece of Heaven, and although there has not been as… Continue reading Osprey once again!

Today we took a drive to Dinner Island with our friend Harold Davis. Our plan was to get the Barred Owls that live in the reserve, located deep in Big Cypress National Preserve. The Owls, however, did not feel like posing today, but it was a very nice day anyway, lots of Eastern Meadowlarks, Red… Continue reading Dinner Island

The 2011 Awards event was a great success. We will soon be posting images on our blog. The winners of the 2010 Awards are posted on our website, but we have just uploaded an HD video that displays some of our Highly Honored photographers and our new celebrity icon, the GEICO gecko!

We went to one of the local strawberry fields, on a stormy day, and they also have u-pick-flowers, which was very convenient to do bunches of flowers with sky background. Lying on the ground, my intention was to do HDRs, but it was too windy, even for straigt photos, which ended up being fine, giving… Continue reading Let’s go Flowers!

Last week I had the opportunity to go to Wako, our familiar term for Wakodahatchee Wetlands, in Palm Beach, taking my Miami-Dade Birds class. There was a lot of activity, Great Blue Heron chicks are grown and demanding, flapping wings and driving Mom crazy, while some of the adults are “sky pointing” getting ready for… Continue reading Wakodahatchee is Rocking!

The story with our pictures made it to The Sun and The Independent and the on-line Daily News: The Daily Mail UK

Here’s some samples of what is possible to get at the Lake. Make sure to check out our workshop “Osprey Galore” in April.