I must admit that my new Canon 500mm L lens is causing me to take a Staycation this week. Enjoying the lull of business due to the holidays, I’ve been playing hooky all week traveling around the area looking for birds to capture. I started by stalking Hooded […]
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 […]
Strolling down the Champs D’Elysee, along with tourists and elegant Parisians enjoying a warm spring day. Passing by the Perfumeries and designer stores we go. Stopping at a street side cafe for a lovely little cafe au lait and croissant. Only to be handed a check for ten […]
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 […]
It is truly amazing just how quickly time flies. Before I knew it, a new year has begun and there are some awards that I have yet to acknowledge that were extended to me (eeh gads..) last year. These award nominations are truly meaningful as they don’t come […]
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 […]
Grab your hiking shoes and trekking poles and come climb Old Rag Mountain with me. A granite faced mountain found in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Well-known for its boulder scramble that is traversed to reach the summit Old Rag Mountain beckons hikers from near and far. Not for the faint hearted, hiking the […]
It is one of those things that are so infrequently thought of, but yet are vital arteries throughout the landscape. Running on rails like veins in a cobweb, trains transport goods and people from one place to another. The Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad is one of the […]
This is really cool ! Bet you’ll love looking at your WordPress Year in Review too! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 47,000 views […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 