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Adventures in the World of Photography
Adventures, Travel, Tips & Tricks, Gear Reviews, Hiking, Backpacking and Exploring all through the lens of a camera. Looking for Tips & Tricks or the best locations for Landscape, or Wildlife photography. Look no further, sometimes getting those great shots may require some hiking or back country backpacking to get them. Our goal at Shutter Bison is to provide you with as much information or details to improve your photography skills or to just have more fun in the great outdoors.
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Pasadena Audubon Society (PAS)
The Pasadena Audubon Society (PAS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1904 with the aim of promoting the conservation of birds
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Don't be a Trail Idiot: You Get to Decide
It's hard to decide who truly is the Trail Idiot here. The people who break the rules or the ones who should be enforcing the rules.
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Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
A sanctuary dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, education, research, and quality animal care
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The Marvelous Ocelli: Insects Third Eye
In the vast and diverse realm of insects, there exists a remarkable feature that often goes unnoticed by casual observers - the ocelli.
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Insects are Amazing: The Monarch Butterfly
Monarch butterflies are one of the most beautiful and fascinating insects in the world.
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Butterfly Migration: How do they do it
Butterflies are some of the most beautiful and intriguing creatures in the world. They are also known for their amazing migration patterns.
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Insects are Amazing: Jumping Spiders
Jumping spiders are small but fascinating creatures that belong to the family Salticidae
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Insects are Amazing: The Desert Tarantula
The desert tarantula is a fascinating species of tarantula found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
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Nature's Mesmerizing Symphony: 6 Ways Flowers Attract Birds and Insects
Flowers have always captivated our imagination with their vibrant colors, alluring fragrances, and delicate petals.
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Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens
The Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens is a high-quality lens designed specifically for Sony's full-frame mirrorless cameras.
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Insects are Amazing: The Ironclad Beetle
The amazing Ironclad beetle could be the toughest insect on the planet. Its outer exoskeleton has been studied for years by scientists
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Insects through the Macro Lens
Insects make up over 80% of all wildlife and exist in every environment on every continent, even Antarctica.
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Insects are Amazing: Tarantula Hawk
The Tarantula Hawk stinger can be 1/3 of an inch long and is said to be one of the most painful stings in the world.
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Insects of North America: A Collection of Stunning Photos
There are over 91,000 different species of insects and other arthropods known to occur in North America
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Tracking Animals for Photography: Final Results - Reptiles
As summer came many lizards sunned themselves in the early morning including newly born Horned Lizards
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Tracking Animals for Photography: Final Results - Insects
Out of all the wildlife, insects are my favorite to take pictures of, for a few reasons. 1. you are more likely to come across a bug rather
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Colorado Grasslands
When you think of Colorado for most people endless mountain ranges come to mind. But a quarter of Colorado is actually grasslands.
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Tracking Animals for Photography: Monitor
The best time to explore for animals and signs of animals is after a good rain. The soft soil and mud make for great tracks.
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The Beauty of Butterflies: A Collection of Stunning Photos
Butterflies are some of the most beautiful creatures on Earth.
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Intelligent Insects that Love the Camera
Do you love nature? Do you love photography? If so, then you're going to love this blog post about insects.
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Costa Rica Adventure
Are you looking for an Adventure that takes you from Cloud forests high in the mountains to a Coastal Beach
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Taking Macro Photos of Insects
Macro photography is the art of capturing small subjects in larger than life-size.
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I HATE spiders, but they are cool to shoot
Photographing spiders can be a fascinating and challenging experience. Spiders are intriguing creatures
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Check your Shoes!
There’s a lot of creepy crawly’s out there that love a dark warm place to hide out and your shoes
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Useful and cheap equipment for Macro Photos
A Plain flat white paper plate. Yes, a paper plate. If you're out and about looking to take photos of insects, flowers
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