Behind the Lens: Snow in the Mirror

by Mark Bowie | Feb 3, 2020 | Photography

Title: Snow in the Mirror Exposure Data: Two exposures: each 1/3 second, F/16, ISO 100 Nikon D610 Camera, Nikkor 24-70mm lens at 55mm On an early February night in 2015, during my annual winter photography workshop, about two feet of fresh snow fell across the central...

Behind the Lens: Ring in the New Year

by Mark Bowie | Jan 6, 2020 | Photography

Title: Ring in the New Year Exposure Data: Two exposures: each 1/30 second, F/16, ISO 100 Nikon D610 Camera, Nikkor 14-24mm lens at 17mm On a frigid afternoon during my 2018 winter photography workshop, we visited a series of ponds in the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest....

Behind the Lens: White on White

by Mark Bowie | Dec 2, 2019 | Photography

Title: White On White Exposure Data: 1/800 second, F/5, ISO 200 Nikon D300 Camera, Nikkor 18-70mm lens at 70mm One of most beautiful winter scenes I’ve seen (but unfortunately didn’t shoot), was layers of receding mountains in the Wilcox Lakes Wild Forest from a...

Behind the Lens: Autumn Color in Black and White?

by Mark Bowie | Oct 7, 2019 | Photography

Title: Autumn Color in Black and White? Exposure Data: 1/15 second, F/16, ISO 400 Nikon D610 Camera, Nikkor 24-70mm lens at 24mm With a wide variety of trees, the Adirondack autumn features some of the most colorful foliage in the country. Sprinkled amongst the...

Behind the Lens: Ethereal Flight

by Mark Bowie | Aug 5, 2019 | Photography

Title: Ethereal Flight, Harrietstown Exposure Data: 1/500 second, F/13, ISO 100 Nikon D7000 Camera, Nikkor 80-200mm lens at 200mm (300mm full frame equivalent) Long lenses offer unique benefits for landscape photography. We can use them to optically extract specific...

Behind the Lens: Night Rain & Moonbow

by Mark Bowie | Jul 1, 2019 | Photography

Title: Night Rain & Moonbow, Follensby Clear Pond Exposure Data: 8 seconds, F/2.8, ISO 3200 Nikon D600 Camera, Nikkor 24-700mm lens at 24mm Many night photographers target the Milky Way to the neglect of other subjects. Our home galaxy is indeed grand and...

Behind the Lens: Storm Light Reflections

by Mark Bowie | Jun 3, 2019 | Photography

Title: Storm Light Reflections, Rollins Pond Exposure Data: 3 exposures: 1/5, 1/10, & 0.4 seconds, f/22, ISO 200 Nikon D300 Camera, Nikkor 12-24mm lens at 18mm As June springs forth, my thoughts turn to my favorite photographic subject—water, in particular, lakes...

Behind the Lens: Blue Ridge Falls

by Mark Bowie | May 1, 2019 | Photography

Title: Tumbling over Terraces, Blue Ridge Falls Exposure Data: 3 seconds, f/36, ISO 100 Nikon D610 Camera, Nikkor 80-400mm lens at 280mm ‘Tis the season for gushing water. Combine that with colorful Adirondack geology and, photographically, you’re onto...

Behind the Lens: Foggy Reflections

by Mark Bowie | Apr 3, 2019 | Photography

Title: Foggy Reflections, Stewart’s Bridge Reservoir   Exposure Data: 3 exposures: 1/400 sec, 1/100 sec, and 1/25 sec, f/16, ISO 100 Nikon D610 Camera, Nikkor 24-70mm lens at 70mm On a whisper-quiet spring morning, fog hung over Stewart’s Bridge Reservoir, a...

Behind the Lens: Young Whitetail in the Pines

by Mark Bowie | Mar 6, 2019 | Photography

Title: Young Whitetail in the Pines, near Indian Lake Exposure Data: 1/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 Nikon D600 Camera, Nikkor 80-200mm lens at 200mm A faulty radiator stranded me in Indian Lake for a couple days while a local mechanic awaited parts. So long as I didn’t...