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    Home»Arts & Entertainment»Today’s Photo from Ted Grussing Photography: … raptors on the go
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    Today’s Photo from Ted Grussing Photography: … raptors on the go

    By Ted Grussing
    November 20, 2024No Comments
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    … I spent some time on raptor shots today … the old and new. The Peregrine Falcon above is a relatively new shot from Lake Pleasant during the time we had a Peregrine making regular appearances down there. He had just taken off from Peregrine Island ( a very temporary island)and swung back at us just a few feet above the water and at a distance of less than twenty feet. Awesome to think that they are the fastest living creatures on our little planet … clocked at 240 mph in a stoop (dive).

    Below is a Coopers Hawk that I shot back in 2006 with an Olympus E-1 camera … it was only a 5 MP camera, but a very sweet shooting camera and many of my best shots were taken with one of them. The Peregrine above I shot with a Canon R5 45 MP camera. Thanks to the amazing processing programs we have today I can go very large with the older files.

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    A relaxing week so far and allowing at least an hour after the morning exercises to enjoy my home roasted coffee/espresso before thinking about the tasks I have laid out for the day … something special about those early rays of light now and taking the time to enjoy earth coming to life … then my birds/squirrels/deer get fed and the day is underway. I’ve been roasting my own coffee for about twenty years now and that’s how long I have been doing business with Burman Coffee Traders. The coffee is beyond anything you will find in a store and since you are roasting relatively small batches, the coffee is always fresh. You can also mix different roasts of the same bean and get every possible flavor nuance from the bean; usually I do a blend of a medium and dark roast.

    Have a beautiful day … smile, keep breathing and be kind!

    Cheers,

    Ted

    For a few hours here in the still morning I wash myself
    clean of civilization, and purge myself of things and
    the accumulated rubbish of time.

    I push back history, dismiss interpreters, and stand
    erect before the dawn, looking the universe in the face,
    and asking my own questions.

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    To-morrow I shall return to the human wheels; but
    now I defy the world of customs and laws, of sophistry
    and serfdom; and I yield myself childlike to the light
    and the air and the sweet scented dew.

    A bird flies through the sky, and I fly with it. I am in
    each pearl of moisture sparkling in the sun. I lie lazy
    on the clouds. And I acknowledge my kinship with
    each winged thing.

    I see all as one, and nothing repels me, as this new
    day climbs noiselessly out of the valley of night.

    Peace lies over the world and over the world of my soul.

    excerpt from On a May Morning by Max Ehrmann

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    photo tedgrussingThe easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com

    In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.

    Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses.  By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.

    More about Ted Grussing …

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