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Vinny the alpaca and his friends gather for a photo at the Grazing Hills Alpaca Ranch in Viola. The photo was taken by a 9-year-old library patron named Ainsley and was the winner of a weekly Picture Your Pet or Wildlife Photo Contest award at the Whitman County Library. The photo contest lasts all summer. Submit a photo of your own here: bit.ly/wclphoto contest.
More than 400 entries came from around the world for Audubon Community Nature Center’s 2020 Nature Photography Contest. Twelve countries plus 41 U.S.
Editorâs Note: The News-Herald will be publishing ongoing events as well as events happening on specific dates. Before attending an event, contact the organizers to find out if it has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost and contact information. Submit announcements at least two weeks prior to the event. For a complete listing, visit www.TheNewsHerald.com/DownriverLife.
Events added this week
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Winter Bird Walk: From 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Airport Wildlife Refuge. Enter at 28820 East River Rd, Grosse Ile. Enjoy an educational winter bird walk through the natural area. Discover the birds that stay during the winter season and learn about how they handle this harsh time of the year. All experience levels are welcome. Bring binoculars if you have them. GINLC.ed
Editorâs Note: The News-Herald will be publishing ongoing events as well as events happening on specific dates. Before attending an event, contact the organizers to find out if it has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost and contact information. Submit announcements at least two weeks prior to the event. For a complete listing, visit www.TheNewsHerald.com/DownriverLife.
Events added this week
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Winter Ways of the Bay: From 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Airport Wildlife Refuge. Enter at 28820 East River Rd, Grosse Ile. Join the Grosse Ile Nature Land Conservancy for a walk through the Gibraltar Bay area with our naturalist to look for signs of our winter wildlife. We’ll be discussing how winter affects our plants and animals, and some of the strategies they u
Wildlife Photography with Fujifilm Gear
December 18, 2020
Some time ago, I read with interest the article in which photographers discussed what gear they miss for photographing wildlife in existing Fujifilm offer. They mostly mentioned various lenses of different focal lengths and apertures, which could give some people the impression that it is almost not possible to photograph wildlife with the Fujifilm X system. Therefore, I decided to summarize my almost five years of experience in this field. I hope to inspire and encourage some photographers who consider getting into wildlife photography with Fujifilm gear.
Svalbard is one of my favorite locations. I used to come here for the first time to try to photograph arctic foxes, but I was not lucky. It took me a few more visits before I could get to these animals as close as I wished. Temperatures falling to minus thirty degrees Celsius helped in such cold, the animals are less active, saving energy and heat. Thanks to this, the