Last night was the first time I attempted a long exposure capture of the bay. Although the sky was clear, the water moved beautifully. Stacking both a .6 and .3 ND filters, thanks to Mabry Campbell who has mastered the art of Long Exposure captures, here is my best […]
An early morning rise to greet the morning overlooking Northeast Harbor. Well known for the classic antique wooden boats, outlandishly fancy Hinckley boats, and lobster boats, the harbor holds many treasures. When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive […]
Rushes raising elegantly from the cool waters covered by water lilies. Reaching towards the sky in search of light. Water lilies wait for middle summer to show their hidden treasures below. With tiny tadpoles that grow into a brilliantly green Southern Leopard Frogs. Sitting on the muddy banks […]
A friend sent me a message this morning letting me know she was looking at a Summer Tanager. As I’ve been in Gettysburg the past two days, I’ve been missing the ponies and had a barn day scheduled. But that put the birding bug into me. So I […]
Well, it’s yet again another rainy day. Regardless of the rain, it didn’t stop a friend and me from getting out to the Patuxent Research Refuge to try to find some birds. Dodging rain cells, we hoped to find some bright red birds. Alas, even though we had […]
Is it that I love adventure, or I love each and every one of you readers? Whatever the motivation may be, I found myself deep in the woods today. It was hot…It was humid…It was buggy…I nearly got lost. All this in search of some cool mushrooms to […]
A friend called to see if I’d be interested in heading over to Patapsco Valley State Park to hike all the hills we could find today. How could I resist? Of course I said yes, knowing that the hike would be a long 11-miler. So off I went, […]
It’s early in the morning on a hot and humid summer day. Two opposing sides of the American Civil War have been traveling towards Gettysburg and an inevitable confrontation. The soldiers, dressed in full uniform of heavy wool suits, sweated in the July 1, 18863 heat while marching […]
One of the curses, and sometimes blessings of getting older is that a good night sleep begins to escape you. Waking up at four in the morning, and tossing and turning for an hour kicked started me on my adventure earlier than I had expected. But good fortune […]
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 