Canada Goose and Gosling

I recently photograhed this pair and lots of other geese on a recent photo trip to Arkansas Post. Went in search of alligators and found lots of geese and goslings. I wonder how many of these goslings become alligator food???

Workshop update

The workshop Ernie and I hosted today at Pinnacle Mountain State Park went very well. Thanks to all of our participants. We look forward to having another very soon. Check the site out in the coming days for more details.

National Wildlife 39th Annual Photo Competition

I received the information below in an email earlier this week from John Nuhn, the editor of National Wildlife magazine. He asked me to pass this along to my readers, so I'm doing so. I encourage all of you to participate in this wonderful contest.

INFO:

It’s time again for National Wildlife’s Photo Contest. The magazine invites you to enter your favorite images in its 39th annual competition.

This is its biggest contest ever: Cash prizes totaling $25,000 plus other gifts will be awarded to winners in Professional, Amateur and Youth divisions, including $5,000 each for two grand prize winners, one professional and one amateur. You can submit as many as 20 images in any combination of the following seven categories:

Birds: portraits and behavior
Mammals: portraits and behavior
Other Wildlife: portraits and behavior (includes underwater life, reptiles, amphibians, insects and more)
Backyard Habitats: wild creatures, native plants and natural settings in your yard
Landscapes and Plant Life: scenic views and native plants in wild settings
Connecting People and Nature: people enjoying the outdoors
Global Warming and Wildlife: portraits and behavior of specific species affected by global warming (complete list of species at http://www.nwf.org/photozone/categories.cfm).

● $25,000 in Cash Prizes
● Two $5,000 Grand Prizes
● Pro, Amateur and Youth Divisions
● Submit up to 20 Photos
● 7 Categories
● Free One-Year NWF Membership and
Subscription to National Wildlife

The deadline for all submissions is July 20, 2009. For more details about the categories, the rules, how to submit your photos and other information, go to http://www.nwf.org/photozone/enterphotocontest.cfm.

Richland Creek Pics

I recently went on a photo trip to Richland Creek Wilderness Area. It's a beautiful place with lots to photograph. I've been there a few times before but I hit just right this time...a cloudy day with heavy rains the night before. Here are some of my favorites from the day.

40 Great Online Magazines

Here's a link to 40 great online magazines...check it out...I'm sure there is one on the list that you'll really like.

Pileated Woodpecker

Took a quick trip down to AR Post this afternoon and was rewarded with this Pileated Woodpecker shot...man these are big birds!

Flatside Pinnacle Time Lapse Part 2

I shot this time lapse just before I started the time lapse of the sunset below. I made a decision to cut this one off at 1250 photos and point the camera toward the sun for the final 20 minutes of daylight for the time lapse below. The total time for this was 43 minutes.

Flatsite Pinnacle Sunset Time Lapse

I shot this still time lapse earlier today. This movie contains a total of 585 individual pictures taken over a 20 minute period just before sunset. It was cold and windy but I had the pleaure of watching another beautiful sunset atop Flatside Pinnacle Mountain.

AR Post 2.0

I went to AR Post again today in order to photograph owls but none were out. It was way to windy for these guys today but I did have fun shooting alligators, armadillos and red-winged blackbirds. Here are a few of my favorite pics.

Barred owl at sunset

I had a great day of shooting. I started at Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs and ended the day with this owl new Arkansas Post. I saw this same owl last week in exactly the same spot. My main reason for going to the Post today was to shoot this owl. I ended up shooting more alligators and armadillos. I almost missed this shot and I did get to the spot a few minutes too late to capture the setting sun completely shining on the owl but if you look close, you can see the sunset in the owl's eyes.

5D Mark II Video

Check the links below to see how one photographer is using the 5D Mark II to shoot a Rascall Flats TV Special. He shows his setup in the first two links and the third link is the acutal video. Very cool...

http://dpense.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/rascal-flatts-tv-special-using-canon-5d-mkii/

http://dpense.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/canon-5d2mkii-resultsso-far/

http://www.vimeo.com/3934752

Twitter

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Facebook

Well I just entered the Facebook arena....lots of friends have asked me to do this for a while so I finally caved in and set everything up today...If you want to join me there, look under my name...jason crader