I miss my little trips to Florida, when I can escape for a couple of a hours in fun places like alligator farms in Orlando or St. Augustine. Just knowing that I’m missing breeding season of the Great Egrets in these rookeries only make me miss it more. […]
Along Kent Island is a small and safe harbor that houses a number of crab, fishing and oyster boats. A true Chesapeake Bay Watermen’s local haven, where the century long tradition of creating a livelihood from the bay is held. This winter has been an exceptionally cold winter. […]
This morning I headed out to Maryland’s Eastern Shore in search of a Red Necked Grebe at Kent Narrows. I had never known that birds could be red necks. I did find the Grebe, and a few other charming ducks along the water. It was quite chilly and […]
The past couple of days have been a bit crazy, but today certainly made up for it. Meeting with two girlfriends, we headed out to the eastern shore of Maryland, all for a Lark. The temperature gauge on the car read 3 degrees when we were nearing our […]
Youth is seen as everything. You don’t know anything when you’re young. It’s great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake up and realise that what seemed to be important last year no longer is. I’m increasingly grateful for every day. Val Kilmer
On Martin Luther King Day, I woke up at 4:00am for a drive out to the beach. Wanting to arrive for dawn, I shot the beach the lazy way. Handheld and high ISO’s. I then quickly changed my lens to the beast – the 500mm L, in hopes […]
This morning was a pre-dawn departure for a Naptown Photo meetup groupin Annapolis. The moon was full last night, and its setting was to be perfectly along the lighted Annapolis capital dome. Alas, it was fully overcast in the early morning hours, and not only was there no […]
On a warm winter day on the Chesapeake Bay. Walking on the sand, feeling it give and sway with each step. Expansive views across the vast waters. With thousands of dots, both near and far. Overwintering ducks gather in large rafts. Diving and foraging in the cool and […]
The last time I looked, I thought I was living in Maryland, a warm and friendly Mid-Atlantic State. Hit with an arctic blast today, the temperatures when I woke up was a blazing 2 degrees fahrenheit! That’s not including the wind chill factor that brought temperatures to the […]
#1 – Take the wrong lens for the job. #2 – Use too small of an aperture setting. #3 – Not paying attention to one’s shutter speeds to notice that they’re so slow to freeze motion. #4 – Not standing and holding the camera steady #5 – Not […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 