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2010 Delmarva Herp Trip Report
This past weekend, I met up with eleven other field herpers from the North American Field Herping Association for a herping trip on the Delmarva peninsula. We spent two solid days and yesterday morning searching for reptiles and amphibians all over the peninsula and found over 400 animals representing 33 different species. Many of the [...]
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Creative Photography for Lazy People
Last week, I was working in Blairstown, NJ for a couple days, and had much of the day to kill time between my two night shifts. So I decided to take a trip up to nearby Stokes State Forest to go for a hike.
A lot of times I just enjoy being out in nature, well all [...]
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Factory Falls, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Yesterday, I spent the day touring around the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania, photographing various waterfalls while leading a private photography workshop. The Poconos and Gap have some great color right now, and despite a very clear and sunny morning, the weather turned overcast by the afternoon, allowing for some great opportunities to photograph the [...]
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Bull Elk on the Madison, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming
Yay! Lightroom 2 finally arrived, so I’ve been able to process the G10 RAW files from my bike trip. I’m actually really impressed by the quality of photos this little camera is capable of. I can easily print 20×30 inch prints of some of my favorite photos from the trip. Pretty cool!
This photo, of a [...]
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Saint Marys Falls, Virginia
Here’s another oldie, but goody, circa 2007. This is a shot of Saint Marys Falls in Saint Marys Wilderness Area off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. The hike to get to this falls is pretty tricky, as a hurricane washed out much of the trail. As a result, there are several wide stream crossings [...]
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Kayaker Going Over Waterfall, Great Falls National Park, Virginia
I promised you new photos, didn’t I?
Okay, well this photo isn’t exactly new. It’s actually from 2007. I was visiting Great Falls National Park in Virginia to meet up with several photographers from NatureScapes.Net in hopes of photographing the falls and the Great Blue Herons that fish in the rapids. The weather was rather dismal, but some [...]
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Florida Sunrise, Website Updates, and New Photos Added
I’ve updated my website with some information about my upcoming bike trip as well as nine new photographs, including seven from my Florida trip nearly a month ago. I’ve also added two new raptor species, the Bald Eagle and Crested Caracara.
This photograph, of the same sunrise as my previous post at Washington Oaks State Park in St. [...]
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Sunrise Over St. Augustine Beach, Florida
While setting up for one of Greg and Scott’s raptor workshops at Washington Oaks State Park, I took a break to head towards the beach in hopes of photographing what looked to be a promising sunrise. While the clouds didn’t quite turn the saturated colors I was hoping for, they did take on a soft glow [...]
Breeding Snowy Egret Portrait, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Florida
This is the first photograph I’ve had the chance to process from my recent visit to St. Augustine, Florida. One of the area’s main attractions for nature photographers, particularly in the spring, is the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. This time of year hundreds of waders breed and nest at the zoological park, and the Alligator Farm has one [...]
White-throated Sparrow on Snow
Here’s another new species I managed to capture this winter. This White-throated Sparrow was actually photographed in New Jersey at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge before Chris and I headed to New Hampshire. Because of all of the preparations for our New England trip, I didn’t really get a chance to look over my shots [...]
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First Shots with the Canon G10 of a Spectacular Sunset
I bought a Canon G10 about a month ago, with the intention of using it as a scouting camera and a go with me everywhere camera when I wasn’t going to carry my DSLR. I do a lot of hiking, biking, and exploring just for fun and every so often I see something cool when [...]
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Male Eastern Bluebird in Branch Tangle, Massachussetts
The Eastern Bluebird was one of five new bird species I was able to photograph while visiting New England last week. They are so pretty!
Here’s a shot of a male bluebird in a tangle of branches. The setting around the feeders where the birds would land was pretty cluttered, so it was pretty difficult to get [...]
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Snowy Owl at Sunset plus Website Updates
I think this is my favorite photograph from our entire trip. This is the snowy owl that Chris and I found in Massachusetts, just one day before returning home to New Jersey. We spent about an hour with this beautiful bird, photographing him until after the sun went down. For this photo, I got really [...]
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Winter New Hampshire Trip, Day 5
Today, Chris and I got up early and headed back to the feeder in Maine to try for the Redpolls and Grosbeaks again. It was a cold morning, with temps a good few degrees below zero and wind chills at about negative 20 degrees Farenheit, so we were glad to have the car as a [...]
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Winter New Hampshire Trip, Days 3 & 4
After a few slow days in New Hampshire, things finally picked up. Yesterday Chris and I explored Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge and then headed west to Vermont in hopes of finding some new bird species to photograph. We spotted a couple of Black-backed Woodpeckers way way off in the distance at Pondicherry and found a [...]
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New Virginia Photos Plus Snow on the Way!
I’m back in New Jersey now, counting down the days till Chris and I leave for New Hampshire (just 4 days to go). Tonight, we’re supposed to get quite a bit of snow (4-8 inches), so chances are Chris and I will head out to shoot some wintery scenes tomorrow, as long as the roads [...]
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Ice Sculpture Abstract, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
While shooting at Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, WV this past weekend, I tried not only to get classic landscape and waterfall shots, but also some creative, unique takes on the area. The cold temperatures had caused ice to form on the boulder in front of Blackwater Falls, turning it into a frozen sculpture [...]
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White Winter Frost, West Virginia
One of the prettiest things to me about winter is when all of the trees in an area become covered with either ice or hoar frost, turning their branches silvery white. It’s an absolutely beautiful sight, and if you have ever driven along a highway after an ice storm and seen trees glimmering silver in [...]
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Blackwater Falls, West Virginia
Earlier this week, Chris and I made a trip to Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, West Virginia. Davis is located in the mountains of West Virginia, so it has a unique climate and usually plenty of snow in the winter. We planned our trip for Sunday and Monday, to coincide with 2-4 inches of [...]
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Ice Abstract, Manassas Battlefield
Chris and I just got back from a two day trip to Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, West Virginia. We had some beautiful, though difficult to shoot in conditions, but I think we both got some awesome shots. I’ve just uploaded the shots to my computer and I’ll need tonight and the next few [...]
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