Capturing the year one day at a time.
Today has been a busy day packing up the condo but I wanted to start the morning right. Setting the alarm before dawn I got up and grabbing my camera excitedly took the short walkway to the beach. Only to be rudely surprised by a chain on the […]
Arriving at the beach at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge this Ruddy Turnstone was running in and out of the surf. A curious lad he was and came rather close to me. He then stopped and posed so that I could capture this shot. This little one winters […]
It’s great to be a Florida Gator! One of many gators I found this morning on the La Cahua trail onto Paynes Prairie. At first I was excited to see my first gator. Then two more dozing on the bank. Then oh crap 7 more in the water. […]
Two beautiful black swans in love. The Duckpond – Gainesville, Florida. Taken with Canon 7D, 100-400mm L, f/5.6, ISO 1000, 1/200 sec. Daylight WB handheld. Imported onto iPad 2 with CF card reader attached through Dlink USB powered hub. Edited in Camera awesome.
After a week chasing birds, I finally had the chance to get back to the barn to ride Remy Martin. She was so happy to see me and we had a wonderful trail ride in the woods. Somehow I think she knew that I had caught the birding […]
One room red schoolhouse in Talbot County, Eastern Shore, Maryland. Shot with iPhone 4S and edited in camera awesome app.
Feeling a little under the weather today, I decided to stay indoors from the bitter cold. Usually I drain our water fountain each winter so it won’t freeze. However the wildlife have been enjoying having an easy water source that I didn’t want to take it away […]
Today was a full day playing with my new Canon 500mm L lens and shooting birds. Even though the horses called me, the lure of the fancy lens hypnotized me. It was a fantastic birding day, with more than six new birds that I’ve never seen before. With […]
Two Hooded Mergansers posing like duck decoys. I had heard these ducks were hiding in a small pond in a local park. After my first visit with a friend, I returned on a better day only to find that they were gone. I gave up all hope of […]
With great thanks to the best photo coach ever, Lynford Morton of PhototourDC who has motivated me to attempt a Project 365 for the New Year. In his words “Many photographers use photo projects as a tool to motivate us to shoot more frequently. This is a community […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 