Gary Jean photoworks: Featured Galleries and Collections

Portrait of the Moment

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:29:58 GMT

Milwaukee WI, January 2011
Canon 5D, EF 24-105 f/4 L IS @ 99mm, 1/125 @ f/5.6, ISO 400, RAW file developed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5

Assateague Bay Paddle, 2/11

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:13:50 GMT

Kayaking Assateague Bay between Chincoteague and Assateague Islands on a warm winter day.

Thomas Jefferson

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:19:54 GMT

Tilting and Shifting

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:09:53 GMT

All images taken with Canon EOS 5D and EOS 3 with Canon EF TS-E 24mm f/3.5L

This collection explores the capabilities of one of the four Canon "tilt shift" perspective control lenses.

Dragonfly Metamorphosis

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:45:18 GMT

While paddling on the Flambeau River in northern Wisconsin, I slipped my kayak into a mass of lily pads to photograph the lotus blossoms. What caught my eye more so than the blossoms was a mass emergence of dragonflies metamorphosing from nymph to adult.

Dragonflies spend most of their lives underwater as nymphs. From the hatching of eggs, it is four years before they are ready to emerge as adults. When the time is right, the nymphs crawl to the surface onto reeds, lily pads, or blossoms, and the adult struggles to emerge.

The metamorphosis fom nymph to an adult able to fly takes many hours. After emerging from the nymph casing, the new adult must wait hours for its wings to extend and dry. During this stage, the dragonfly is defenseless to hungry birds.

The adult dragonfly lives mainly to mate. From the time it is able to fly, its lifespan is only about two months.

On the North Fork of the Flambeau River near Butternut Wisconsin, June 2010

Blue Angels 2010

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:38:15 GMT

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flying team performed at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland during "Commissioning Week."
All photos taken from my kayak while floating on the Severn River. Canon 5D & Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8 L.
Annapolis Maryland, May 2010

Snorkeling with Manatees

(Gary Jean photoworks) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:36:21 GMT

Crystal River, Florida
February 2010