I love how my birding outings bring me to places that I never expect. The Three Grain Silos in a Row were found at Kinderfarm Park which has a working farm for visitors. Lightroom adjustments include B&W Preset Look 5, with clarity, black, medium contrast and exposure. On […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our footsteps were last traveling along the paved walkway at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area in northern Palm Beach County, Florida. Just a hop-skip and a jump across the road, standing tall for all the world to see is the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum. Built […]
Fog BY CARL SANDBURG THE fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. A full day of fog sits over the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Mysterious, but yet enveloping, the fog remains through the evening. It […]
Tucked in a little corner in Montmarte, overlooking Paris is a a small building that has been home to many famous singers, writers and artists for over 150 years. Au Lapin Agile, or the Agile Rabbit offers an authentic French experience like none other. For 24 Euros, an evening of […]
Foxglove by Mary Webb The foxglove bells, with lolling tongue, Will not reveal what peals were rung In Faery, in Faery, A thousand ages gone. All the golden clappers hang As if but now the changes rang; Only from the mottled throat Never any echoes float. Quite forgotten, […]
The Bald Eagles at Conowingo Dam are world famous. When the days get cooler and shorter, the population begins to rapidly grow and one can frequently see up to 100 eagles in a day. WHEN TO GO Beginning at the end of October through the beginning of January, […]
On a morning photography technical walk-about in Meridian Hill Park in Washington D.C., with Lynford Morton of Phototour DC, it was wonderful to reaffirm what I’ve learned the past two years about photography. It was also exciting that even though you think you know something, there is always […]
With all the sights and sounds of Paris, one can easily overlook a noble creature that is deeply entrenched in French culture. For centuries, the horse has been a vital part of the French history, used for transportation, farm work, and war. The French Baroque Horse that consists […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 