Up North Maine Fly Castings Givin Out The Love

Late at night I can either be found behind the camera, working on photos, or lurking on the various blogs to see what everyone is up to. I happened to check in over at Ben’s site www.maineflycastings.com and caught the shout out to “Mr. Morr”. http://maineflycastings.com/2009/11/14/more-from-morr/

Thanks for the kind words Ben. I will take you up on the opportunity when I get out to Maine one of these days and get some photographs with you! That would be a great time!

Be sure to check out www.maineflycastings.com

Fly Patterns - Macro

Had a great time tonight shooting with my new setup. I recently purchased Nikon Camera Pro 2 and have my camera tethered. Tonight I pulled everything in through Lightroom and the setup worked perfect. Having the macro photography automatically display on the “28” is pretty damn cool! I experimented with White Balance tonight to get some warmer tones out of my photographs. Let me know what you think. Also I have uploaded a few shots from my iPhone so you can see my basic setup. Some of you emailed me directly regarding specifics. I hope the photos help.

Random iPhone pics from tonight.

Fly Photography – Ties By Gretchen Beatty

Al & Gretchen Beatty have been friends and mentors to me over the past few years.  A couple years ago I asked Al if he would contribute to my fly collection.  I have patterns from many of the tyers I have looked up to over the years.  With some down time in the “Lab” I thought I would shoot a few of Al & Gretchen’s patterns that were sent to me.  I also included the B & W versions as well.  Enjoy~

 

 

  

 

“All Things Small”

R E P R E S E N T

Nikon Fly Fishing. 

~Peace~

Waterfowl Photography Continued

The weekend has been filled with excellent opportunities to add more waterfowl to the portfolio. Colvin and I were pretty excited about the luck we have had over the past couple of weeks. Things really panned out. With waterfowl on the agenda, I took a moment to capture an American Tree Sparrow that was hopping around in some underbrush. I love the DoF on these shots.

It has been a great experience shooting this past month. I feel like I hone in on various skills each time I am out. I have appreciated the comments on my recent work. The feedback has been awesome. It is very difficult to capture these birds in flight and being able to share them with you is fun! Be sure to check out the other half at www.flytowater.com

Duck, Duck, GOOSE!

Hit the inlets with Colvin and scored a Canuck hat trick!  A break in the clouds gave us enough light to watch a few birds bomb in on our photo set.  It was great to have the opportunity of getting more flight shots.  Patience and persistence right?  Colvin is always able to throw down a great laugh and story!  Be sure to check out his epic tale of this mornings bird shoot www.flytowater.com .

 

 

 

Wood Ducks & Mallards

Brett Colvin and I started shooting waterfowl together last year.  Since shooting with Brett he has taught me lots about shooting birds on the camera.  This morning we took off on a “recon” trip in hopes of scouting out some water and finding some of the elusive Wood Ducks Brett has seen.  The scouting trip paid off and both of us were able to add a few images to the “folio”.  I have been trying to get some clean Mallard shots and Brett was excited about seeing a few of the Wood Duck Drakes!  The highlight of the day for me was knowing that I had a shot or two at getting some of the Drake Wood Ducks in flight on the D700.  After review they did not turn out as well as I had hoped, but Brett informed me of the difficulty level of getting this one and nailing it.  The Wood Ducks are very rare to find in the rockies and photographing one in flight…

Today was a great day!  Be sure to check out Brett’s fantastic images and the Drake he captured on the camera this morning.  The detail is incredible.  So is the Nikon f/2.8 300mm Prime.  www.flytowater.com I am sure he will be posting the pics soon!  Thanks again Brett!  Here is to many more days of shooting ~Cheers!

 

 

 

 

The one I was most excited about today...