Five months after I finished these tours, today, we finally see Snow Monkeys and Red-Crowned Cranes, along with a few other species.
Winter Wildlife
Japan Winter Wildlife 2019 Tour 2 Travelogue 2 (Podcast 655)
We conclude my 2019 Japan Winter Wildlife Tour travelogues with the clumsily beautiful Whooper Swans, the majestic Sea Eagles, and Northern Red Fox.
2018 Japan Winter Wildlife Photography Tour #1 Travelogue #3 (Podcast 610)
Although I've just completed my second Japan winter wildlife tour and final winter tour for this season, today we're going to pick up the trail on the first of the two wildlife tours, as we leave the cranes in the snow behind, and move on to our final day with the...
2018 Japan Winter Wildlife Photography Tour #1 Travelogue #2 (Podcast 609)
Today we continue our journey on the first of my two Japan Winter Wildlife photography tours for 2018, as we photograph the Whooper Swans, but then go back to the Red-Crowned Cranes for a chance of photographing them in the fresh and falling snow. On day six of the...
Japan Winter Wildlife 2016 Tour 2 Travelogue #2 (Podcast 516)
This week we continue to walk through a series of 40 images from my second Japan Winter Wildlife tour for 2016, when we visited the "Sound of Wings" bridge for a second time before moving on to perhaps the best two days with Whooper Swans that I've yet experienced. On...
Image Selection Workflow After Winter Wildlife Tour #2 (Podcast 514)
Having just completed my second Japan Winter Wildlife tour for 2016, and taking way too long to whittle down my final selection of images, today I'm going to talk a little about some of the techniques I use during this editing process. Despite 2016 being an el niño...
Japan Winter Wildlife 2016 Tour 1 Travelogue #4 (Podcast 513)
Today I bring you the concluding episode of a four part series to walk through the first of my two Japan winter wildlife tours for 2016, with more sea eagles, some ICM, the Oshinkoshin Falls and a seascape, then a foxy finish. We pick up the trail this week on day ten...
Japan Winter Wildlife 2016 Tour 1 Travelogue #3 (Podcast 512)
This is the third of a four part series to walk through the first of my two Japan winter wildlife tours for 2016, continuing with a visit to Sulphur Mountain, then on to the Notsuke Peninsula, and Rausu, where we photograph the majestic Steller's Sea Eagles and...
Japan Winter Wildlife 2016 Tour 1 Travelogue #2 (Podcast 511)
Today I bring you the second of a four part series to walk through the first of my two Japan winter wildlife tours for 2016, continuing with the black-eared kites, white-tailed eagles, red-crowned cranes and whooper swans. We pick up the trail this week on day 5 of...
Japan Winter Wildlife 2016 Tour 1 Travelogue #1 (Podcast 510)
I'm just back from the first of my two Japan winter wildlife tours for 2016, so today we're going to start to walk through the tour day by day, sharing some of my resulting images as we go. I was able to go through my images for each day and at least give the one's I...
Ideal Exposure in the Winter Wonderland
Here are the two images that I talk about in Chris Marquardt's Tips From the Top Floor Podcast this week. I talked about techniques I use and teach on my Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido Photography Tour and Workshop, to control exposure and ensure you capture beautiful...