Máistir Nádúraí: Yoshiharu Ishimaru's Digiscoping

8.12.2005

Yoshiharu Ishimaru's Digiscoping

From the Digiscoping Desk...

Thumbing through the September/October issue of WildBird Magazine, I came across a Nikon ad featuring Yoshiharu Ishimaru's digiscoping website DIGISCO.COM. If you've not yet seen his work you owe it to yourself to see not only what is possible with digiscoping, but how far the bar has been raised. Also, check out this informative graph from his website demonstrating focal-length power of digiscoping.

In the same WildBird Magazine issue there is an article about digiscoping called "Digi-what?" featuring tips and advice from 8 digiscopers - Jeff Bouton, Steven Ingraham, Bill Schmoker, Clay Taylor, Andrew Farnsworth, Gary Rosenberg, Jason Starfire and me!

Bio:

Mike McDowell has been documenting southern Wisconsin’s flora and fauna since 1987 and began leading field trips in 2002. Prolific at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, other highlighted natural areas include Pope Farm Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve, and the Baraboo Hills. His nature photography has appeared in various publications, newspapers, magazines and was even featured on a Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate, a Capital Brewery beer label, and a National Geographic publication. He began journaling nature observations on this blog in 2005. He's the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their local communities or state to promote the field of ornithology. He was a finalist in Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year photography contest several times. His other interests include insect macro-photography (especially tiger beetles, treehoppers, and robber flies), fossil collecting, amateur astronomy, botany, natural history, and marksmanship with long-range firearms. Once a gigging musician, collecting Fender Stratocasters is a recently revived interest—most prized being a 1957 Vintage Custom 'Mary Kaye' White Blonde. A former IT Professional, he's spent the last 24 years employed in the sport optics industry and has more binoculars than you.