Outdoor photography

Deep, rich colors of dawn over Mt Elden, Flagstaff Arizona Clouds are a love of mine, as you can see in this gallery of my photographs. And “Dawn and Dusk”? Some of the good folks on Fine Art America have liked my photos along that theme. More than 15 of my photos have been featured on the pages of FAA’s Dawn and Dusk group. When it was needed most because of wild fire in Arizona, the monsoon…

from jim-wilce.pixels.com It’s been over a year since I’ve mentioned my pixels.com (Fine Art America) page in over a year, but I am motivated to do that now. Before I do that, let me stress that for you even to look at my photographs is enough of a gift to make me happy! Buying prints just allows you to do that for as long as you display them. Here is my motivation in mentioning pixels.com…

Wood Duck, Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona: Prints Availble Meet the Wood Duck I photographed twice in mid-April at Frances Short Pond in Flagstaff. Amazingly beautiful, isn’t he? Where is his mate? I saw him twice—around 4/19 and 4/21, both times alone and under the same tree at Frances Short Pond. Yes, now WilcePhotos.com is back up and fully restored after a brief technical…

While waiting for repair of WilcePhotos Heard of Waiting for Godot? This is waiting for phoTO. (Never could resist word play.) WilcePhotos.com is experiencing technical difficulties. I hope it will be up and running by Monday 4/27/26. Three water-themed photos. Two of large bodies of water— waterscape photographs. One of a small pond with a beautiful duck. The photograph below comes from a…

I’m having technical difficulties with WilcePhotos.com, but presume they’ll be solved within a day or so. Meanwhile, here is a photo you might like. Wood Duck, Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona Amazingly beautiful, isn’t he? Where is his mate? I saw him twice earlier this week (around 4/19 and 4/21). When WilcePhotos is fixed this photo should be available to purchase as a download or a…

Like me, you might have been thrilled to see the total eclipse of the moon, turning it blood red. Wow! I got out of bed at 2:30 a.m. and took care of last minute things. I arrived at Lake Mary and began shooting at 4:00 I have blogged about the photographic results and my reflections on them, and my thoughts about the experience in 2026 as well as 2021 and 2022. You will find that newest post…

How I have edited one special photo to bring out its potential In my latest WilcePhotos blog post, Behind the Curtain: Editing…I truly pull back the curtain on my process. I provide a series of SEVEN versions of a single photo. I want you to see those seven for yourself. I would love for you to see the one image moving from rough to polished! Yes, please go see that series. But I offer this…

Many of my friends are posting this and I am following suit: I’m asking those who love the outdoors to post a picture. A picture that YOU took. Just a pic. No description. The goal is to regain peace and harmony without negativity. Ultimately changing the algorithms. Please copy the text, put a picture on YOUR page, and let’s look at these beautiful pictures.Here is mine. Passing it on from…

Valentine’s Collection: Birds in Pairs

and last minute Valentine’s gift suggestions If you travel over to a new section of my website you will see a few bird-couples and links to my whole birds gallery, with suggestions for last minute Valentine’s gifts—digital downloads. Two photos, two pairs of ducks, to give you an idea of what I’ve been preparing today. RIng-Necked Duck Pair Finch Pair The three images over on a new section…