Day 33: Stark Crow A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing. Muhammad Ali Day 34: Love your eyes that can see. Your mind that can hear the music. The thunder […]
Today was a mini-field trip day as luck would have it, yesterday my back went out when I was throwing salt on the driveway to prevent ice. One of these days I’ll be back to normal. But in the meantime, I’m not complaining too much as it gives […]
The sunny and cool days are bringing out the hawks from their hiding places. Heading over for a short hike in the woods, I passed six different hawks including a pair of Red Tail Hawks. Luckily I had the 100-400mm L lens in the car along with the […]
A light dusting of white and fluffy snow arrived in the early evening. With hopes of beautiful winter scenes along the Chesapeake Bay the alarm was set for pre-dawn. Arriving to the destination of Possum Point with a view over the bay towards the Bay Bridge I wait […]
After spending over five hours in the 20 degree F temperatures today and nearly getting creamed by the “White Witch” I was ready for a climate change. Thankfully, this little bird gave me a bright spot of color when stopping by the pet store to buy some […]
During my short working trip to Florida, I was able to make a stop by Gatorland in Orlando before getting to the airport for my return flight. I had heard that there was a marsh area that was teeming with wildlife along the gator park. The Gatorland Bird […]
It’s a long travel day for me on my return to Maryland. I did get a chance to stop by Gatorland on my way into Orlando but the images are still on my CF card. So borrowing an image from earlier in the week here is my photo […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 