Jess Lee’s Photo Adventures

Red Fox near Churchill. CA

Now the work begins after returning from our great trip to photograph the land and residents of  Hudson Bay near Churchill.
We found this guy sleeping as we explored the area where the Churchill River enters Hudson Bay.
Red Fox are very common this year but this guy gave us our best shots.

This photo shows what can happen when we get to fixed on the action. While it is a good photo the foreground is cut off too close to the bears. This is usually caused by making your composition centered on the central focusing sensor of your camera.
Yes it is hard to keep this in mind [...]

For those interested in such things. I just wanted to take a moment to do a little chest pounding and let you all know about 7 of my wolf images being featured in the prestigious February Smithsonian Magazine.
Why mention these when we have so many images published each month? I guess it because wild wolf images [...]

While slaving over the computer (it is begining to feel that way) I came across a few more tools I wanted to pass along for working on your images The most impressive is Luminosity Mask by Tony Kuyper.
This is just one of several tutorials Tony gives on his site.  http://www.goodlight.us/writing/luminositymasks/luminositymasks-1.html
While you are there check out [...]

While the snow continues to drift here in Yellowstone country. The flowers are starting their bloom in the desert of the southwest.
 Soon the Mexican (or is it now Latino) Poppies and other flowers will carpet the lowlands in southern California and Arizona. “It is going to be a good year” says the visitors center at [...]