Israel the Beautiful

Insight and inspiration from beyond the lens 

A blue street lamp in the Old City of Tzfat in this Israel the Beautiful blog post
Israel The Beautiful

The Light at the End of the Day

HOW I GOT THE SHOT: It’s midnight in Paris and I’ve stepped back in time. At least a century, maybe two. I suppose if I didn’t really feel that way at times as I walk through

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Israel The Beautiful

Discover the hidden miracles of photography

Using selective focus to enhance your creativity One of the great joys of photography is creating images that cannot be seen with normal viewing. There are two ways of achieving this: by random experimentation or by

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Cranes, migration, Hula Valley, Israel, Halevi
Israel The Beautiful

Breakfast with 10,000 Cranes

Ten thousand cranes are a sight to behold. They honk. They wade. They preen. They fish. Mostly, though, they glide gracefully through the air as they shuttle from their roost to a nearby field where a

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Israel The Beautiful

Israel’s end of land gladness

Editor’s Note: Although I wrote this in 2008, it could well apply to my visit last week to Tzfat and the Galilee. Anyone who encountered me toward the end of my recent three-day foray to the

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