Category: Nature Photography
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Images
Several of you have asked about the possibility of buying some of the images you see in this blog. So, I looked around and found a site that offers quality images in a variety of sizes and formats at a reasonable cost. That site is Fine Art America. I really like the fact that they Read more…
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HUNTINGton Lives Up to Its Name
My first stop on my trip south was to one of my favorite photography destinations, Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina. There always seems to be something to photograph there, especially along the causeway that separates the salt marsh from the freshwater pond. Two great habitats adjacent to one another provide plenty of opportunities Read more…
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In a Fog
In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties! ~Mehmet Murat ildan I just got back from a whirlwind trip south to the so-called Space Coast area of Florida. I have always wanted to visit Florida in winter to see the bird life and now finally Read more…
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Trip Report, Part 1: Pocosin Lakes-Mattamuskeet
I am in the middle of leading two trips to my favorite places in NC – Pocosin Lakes and Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuges. This is a brief visual report on the first. Last week, I had four great folks from the Raleigh area join me for a wildlife viewing trip. We started at Pocosin Lakes Read more…
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More than Just Blue
When Nature made the bluebird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast…He is the peace-harbinger; in him the celestial and terrestrial strike hands and are fast friends. ~John Burroughs, The Bluebird, Read more…
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White Sands
The silence of nature is very real. It surrounds you, you can feel it. -Ted Trueblood A couple of hours east of Bosque is another naturalist and photographer destination – White Sands National Monument. The original plan was to drive down one afternoon, hike the dunes at sunset, spend the night in the nearby town Read more…
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Bosque
Wherever there are birds, there is hope. ~Mehmet Murat ildan Bosque – say that to any birder or wildlife photographer, and they immediately know of what you speak. There is only one place that comes to mind – Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. It has been on my bucket list since Read more…
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The Shadow
I rejoice that there are owls… ~Henry David Thoreau I just returned from a very special place – Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. I came away with several thousand images, mostly of Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes, the “stars” of Bosque. But in the predawn light and in the twilight after Read more…
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The First 100
…The “need to hold still” is a skill that both scientists and non-scientists need to cultivate, a vital way to pay attention to the world. Through observation, it is possible to develop a richness of texture and nuance, substance and form, in our understanding of the animate and inanimate residents of this world – and Read more…
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A Good Way to End a Day
I like to remember that it is wild country that gives rise to wild animals; and that the marvelous specificity of wild animals reminds us to wake up, to let our senses be inflamed by every scent and sound and sight and taste and touch of the world. I like to remember that we are Read more…
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