http://www.focuswildlife.com/index.htm

If you love excellent photography of beautiful and/or fascinating birds/landscapes/animals, please do yourself a favor and take a long look at this young man's work.

His name is Ilia Shalamaev, and he was born in Uzbekistan. He now lives in Israel. He writes on his website that " Since I was young, I learned to enjoy and appreciate the wonderful and diverse landscapes and wildlife my country of origin had to offer. To further my understanding of the natural world, I chose to study biology at the University... My passion for Wildlife has led me to specialize in Birds - photography."

He may specialize in birds (which he has photographed with fantastic detail and artistry), but he also does impressive captures of star-trails and nighttime landscapes, luminous images of wild ibix, portrait sittings of praying mantids, and many other joyous visions that he shares -- including a BMW for the car lovers.

Hopefully, he will inspire someone to do work of similar excellence. I'll just be happy to look and enjoy.

Let's add threads that link to people who do fine work so that we can all learn by seeing and enjoy their artistry.

http://www.cloudland.net/ This is Tim Ernst's site. One will find a wealth of information, photos, and chatty news. Tim lives very near me and is a great photographer.

http://www.glennwheeler.com/ Glenn is a good friend, one of Tim's friends, and a mentor to anyone with a need. His heart is as big as all outdoors; and his nature photography is outstanding.

CJ, I visited the link you posted. This man does amazing work. Thank you for sharing it.

Janet

One of my favorites. Excellent tutorials (select tab on top) with very good technical depth.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/home.htm