Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) vs.
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
This poor Cooper’s Hawk really didn’t make the proper entrance to Forsythe NWR. Every time we’ve seen him, it’s only a minute or two before one or more Norther Harriers swoop in to give him the ‘what for’. Continue reading
This phenomena is known as a sun pillar, and it’s created by the presence of ice crystals in the atmosphere between the sun and the photographer. This is known as a lower pillar because the beam is coming from below the sun (normal pillars rise up from the sun when it has just dropped below the horizon). Continue reading
It’s been a long couple of months, so yesterday the wife and I decided to go out in the freezing cold and … bird (we’re crazy that way). Well, yesterday at Forsythe NWR* it was raptor central. Continue reading
I just wanted to put up something that I started working on a week ago. I thought it might be interesting to see how the creative process worked for me doing some of the gummi shots I did at Halloween.
The seance shot that I did was one of the last concepts that I drew up … almost a parting shot, but it ended up being one of my favorite shots.
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The gummis are back. Every once in a while I decide to get creative, and I came up with some good Halloween Gummi ideas last year on about Nov. 3rd. So, this year I prepped early and did some playful scenes. Stay tuned for a few more to come. Continue reading
Well, it’s official – my wife is a professional photographer. Continue reading
This past Saturday, I finally had a few hours in the morning to get out and do some birding. Almost all of fall migration has gone by and I had yet to see any warblers. Time has been a precious commodity, and so I got up at the crack of dawn Continue reading
Catalpa Sphinx Moth (parasitized)
Ceratomia catalpae
When I was hiking around Palmyra Cove last Sunday, I came across several Catalpa trees that were rife with large caterpillars. And most of those caterpillars were rife with something else – little eggs all over their bodies. Continue reading
Not a whole lot of time to write now, so I figured that I would just throw up some pictures from Longwood Gardens from last weekend. I’ll be back soon. Continue reading
