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    An Hour With A Flower
    Alyce Bender
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 6 min

    An Hour With A Flower

    This has long been a method I have used when I have time to burn in the field. It's a way to slow down your shooting and really take in
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    Macro-mania Home Edition
    Alyce Bender
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 6 min

    Macro-mania Home Edition

    There is so much you can do at home with macro. All you need is a macro lens, like the Tamron 90mm Macro f/2.8 Di (which is the lens I used
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    Trip Report: North Central Florida
    Alyce Bender
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Trip Report: North Central Florida

    The majority of my shooting came from my childhood town of Gainesville, Florida. Home to the University of Florida, I grew up roaming the pi
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    The Wild Side of Monterey, CA
    Alyce Bender
    • Sep 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Wild Side of Monterey, CA

    Due to the giant submarine canyon and the various marine environments found around Monterey Bay, this area is a hotbed for marine and coasta
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    Monthly Review: March 2019
    Alyce Bender
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 5 min

    Monthly Review: March 2019

    Hometown adventures were the name of the game since I spent the entire month in Las Vegas, dealing with business administration type duties,
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    Monthly Review: February 2019
    Alyce Bender
    • Mar 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    Monthly Review: February 2019

    Wow! What a short month February turned out to be! So much went on that it seemed before I could blink or catch my breath, March was already
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    Monthly Review: October 2018
    Alyce Bender
    • Nov 2, 2018
    • 3 min

    Monthly Review: October 2018

    What a month! It started out with me traveling through Nevada in the RV with my pups, transitioned into an adventure in the Scottish Highlan
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    Discovering the Faroe Islands
    Alyce Bender
    • Oct 31, 2018
    • 10 min

    Discovering the Faroe Islands

    As a whole, the Faroe Islands are stark and harsh environment for shooting and exploring. However, with a bit of prep work, the proper gear,
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    Iceland: A Traveler's Paradox
    Alyce Bender
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 8 min

    Iceland: A Traveler's Paradox

    Iceland, so many photographers and travelers have already been but yet there is so much to see that it keeps them coming back. That being said, this was my first visit to the island country and my initial impressions were mixed. Now, I was in country for ten days and while that may seem a good bit of time, Iceland, for the photographer, is a very large area to cover. Yes, theoretically you can complete the entire Ring Road (Iceland's main highway that circles the island) in t
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    A Farewell to Japan
    Alyce Bender
    • Jul 17, 2018
    • 9 min

    A Farewell to Japan

    I would like to introduce my readers to the Japanese traditional calendar which breaks the year into 24 seasonal divisions and 72 micro-seas
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    Winter Wildlife in Japan - Part 3
    Alyce Bender
    • Jun 8, 2018
    • 9 min

    Winter Wildlife in Japan - Part 3

    Up to this point I have shared where to go for the endangered Red Crowned Crane and what to expect when photographing the vulnerable Steller
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    Winter Wildlife in Japan - Part 2
    Alyce Bender
    • May 8, 2018
    • 5 min

    Winter Wildlife in Japan - Part 2

    I left off the last post getting ready to head away from the endangered Red Crowned Cranes and Kushiro for the northeastern coast of Hokkaid
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    Best of 2017
    Alyce Bender
    • Dec 16, 2017
    • 7 min

    Best of 2017

    As it is almost the end of another year, I thought it appropriate to review my work, choosing some of the best images from 2018. Many you ma
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    Snow Monkeys in Jigokudani Valley
    Alyce Bender
    • Oct 16, 2017
    • 6 min

    Snow Monkeys in Jigokudani Valley

    So when I found out that my husband and I were moving to Japan, my excitement was off the charts. It was at that moment I made myself a prom
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    Wandering Wonderful Washington Pt. 1
    Alyce Bender
    • Oct 1, 2017
    • 6 min

    Wandering Wonderful Washington Pt. 1

    For four days he lead a small group of other photographers, including myself, around this area of Washington, giving us views of back roads,
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    Columbia River Gorge: An Introduction
    Alyce Bender
    • Sep 15, 2017
    • 6 min

    Columbia River Gorge: An Introduction

    Shared between Oregon and Washington, the Columbia River Gorge is one of the premier landscape photography meccas of the United States. Beau
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    Autumn in the Great Smoky Mountains
    Alyce Bender
    • Sep 1, 2017
    • 5 min

    Autumn in the Great Smoky Mountains

    The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited National Park in the park system with over 11 million visitors a year! That is a
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    Hakkoda Mountains in Autumn
    Alyce Bender
    • Aug 15, 2017
    • 5 min

    Hakkoda Mountains in Autumn

    With over a week of overcast skies and a chill in the air, I thought it would be suitable to write about fall foliage in the Hakkoda Mountai
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    Bali: Cultural and Scenic Escape
    Alyce Bender
    • Aug 1, 2017
    • 8 min

    Bali: Cultural and Scenic Escape

    Bali. That far off, tropical island, so many people hear about visiting. Lush jungles filled with monkeys and volcanoes in the distance. Bea
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    Four Seasons in Oirase Gorge
    Alyce Bender
    • Jul 14, 2017
    • 6 min

    Four Seasons in Oirase Gorge

    Oirase Gorge, located at the base of the Hakkoda Mountains in Japan and within the boundaries of the Towada-Hachimantai National Park, has t
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