Author Archives: paul

Dry Tortugas National Park

By paul | Published January 30, 2012

Dry Tortugas National Park is composed of 7 islands approximately 70 miles west of Key West. It also contains and protects about 101 square miles of marine habitat. The most notable landmark of Dry Tortugas, however, is Fort Jefferson. It was thought a good idea to have the fort to help protect the straits connecting [...]

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Iceland

By paul | Published November 22, 2011

At the end of September I was extremely fortunate to go to Iceland. I was extremely excited for the possibility of seeing Aurora Borealis, something that had been on my bucket list. It was a relatively quick flight for somewhere that seemed so exotic and detached. Just 5.5hrs from JFK airport. We landed at sunrise [...]

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September Desktop Calendar

By paul | Published September 1, 2011

Here is an image of a foggy morning in the Everglades that you can download as a desktop background. Please respect my copyright and restrict this to personal use and sharing with friends. Just click on the link below the thumbnail for a 1600×1200 pixel version.Enjoy!    

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Long Lens Landscapes

By paul | Published June 16, 2011

Seems a bit of a contradiction but a telephoto can be a very effective lens for compelling landscape images. I started out shooting landscapes with the ultra-wide angle, which can be utilized to create depth in an image through an in-your-face foreground pulling the viewer in. Long lenses of maybe 200mm plus can be great [...]

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Olympic National Park, Washington

By paul | Published June 6, 2011

I can’t believe it has already been 2 weeks since my spontaneous trip to the Pacific Northwest. I saw that it had been a really wet Spring and I had been longing to revisit after an ecology trip in 06 during a drought. I was actually planning to spend most of my time in Oregon’s [...]

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