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Agate Abstract
It seems as if the weather just does not want to cooperate with me! I am back in New Jersey now, and I had hoped to make a trip down to Barnegat Lighthouse State Park while home to photograph Harlequin Ducks and whatever other seabirds I could find near the jetty. But Tuesday (my first day [...]
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Lone Tree in Winter Snow Storm
Yayyy!!! It’s snowing!
I’m at home in New Jersey with plans to head back down to Virginia sometime this weekend. However, that might be difficult… because of all the snow! The weather stations have called for 3-6 inches of snow to hit the area today, with an additional inch or so tonight. Of course, its difficult [...]
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Canvasback Wingflap and New Photos
Last night I uploaded 15 new photos to my website, including a bunch from Cambridge last weekend. This photo, my favorite action shot of the day, is one of them. In this picture, a male Canvasback in full breeding plumage is tucking his wings back into his body just after performing a wingflap. As much [...]
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Adult Male Lesser Scaup in Full Breeding Plumage
The Lesser Scaup is one of three new species of ducks I photographed last weekend on the Choptank River. Like the Canvasback and Redhead, the Lesser Scaup is also a diving duck and usually feeds on mollusks and small crustaceans that live on the bottom of lakes and rivers. It is a handsome duck, and the [...]
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Canvasbacks in Cambridge
Good news! After coming back home, uninstalling Adobe Design Premium CS3, running the Adobe Clean Script, and reinstalling CS3, everything works! That means I can finally process my photographs from Saturday’s trip to Cambridge and share them with you.
I decided to start by working on my Canvasbacks. I have the most shots of them, since [...]
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Chincoteague Pony in Habitat, Chincoteague NWR
Here’s another photograph from my Chincoteague trip a couple of weeks ago. This will probably be my last blog post on the trip, because I’m hoping to get out and shoot around Virginia in the next couple of days.
My absolute favorite subjects to photograph at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge are the wild ponies. Ever since [...]
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Mourning Dove Portrait, Chincoteague NWR
This past week has been somewhat of a transitional period for me, so I apologize for the long delay between posts. Friday was my last day of work at Project USE for the fall season, and I have spent the past couple days packing up my belongings and spending some quality time with my co-workers before [...]
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Great Black-backed Gull in Flight, Chincoteague NWR
When all else fails on a trip to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, I usually head to the beach. There, you can nearly always find gulls resting on the beach sand, flying overhead, or perched on one of the fences in the parking area. So, when the weather on our recent trip to Chincoteague turned sour [...]
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Mallard Drake in Full Breeding Plumage
I have today off from work so this morning I visited my favorite local duck pond again with the goal of photographing Mallards, Canada Geese, and Ring-billed Gulls, regulars that can be expected there every day this time of year. When I arrived, all of the Mallards were resting near shore and there were only three [...]
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Mallard Hen Portrait
Here’s another shot I like from my trip to the duck pond. This one is a portrait of a much darker female Mallard, against the pretty green water. I should be able to make a trip back to the pond in the next coming days, when I visit a nearby town for a work assignment. [...]
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Dabbling Female Mallard
I made a trip to my favorite local park yesterday hoping to get some better shots of Mallard ducks. I went to a location where the ducks were close to the water’s edge, and set up so that the reflections of the nearby green, yellow, and orange trees provided some sweet water as a background. [...]
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The Last of Fall Color in Northern New Jersey
Here is another photograph of local color taken during my one hour shooting session on the 13th. Just two days after this image was taken, I noticed that the area is past peak for color this autumn, so unless I get the chance to make a trip down south this season, this may be the [...]
Transition of Color, Autumn in New Jersey
Here’s another shot from my mini outing a couple of days ago. In this one, I focused on a section of trees that showed the varied hues of fall color as a gradient. I hope you like it!
Techs: Canon 1D Mark II N, 70-200mm f/4L IS, ISO 200. To order this print, purchase stock rights, [...]
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Fall Color in New Jersey
The colors of the autumn trees have just been popping up here recently and I finally grabbed an hour after work today to photograph some of it. This year is the best for color that I can remember. Tomorrow, I have a day off so I’m hoping to spend the day shooting and getting some [...]
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Double-crested Cormorant Portrait
Here’s another photograph of the Double-crested Cormorant I found hanging out at the duck pond in Glen Rock. After fishing, cormorants dry their wings by holding them outstretched for the sun and air to dry. I managed to get a portrait of this one while showing that behavior.
Techs: Canon 1D Mark II N, 300mm f/2.8 [...]
Ying and Yang, Sycamore Tree Bark Abstract
One of my favorite subjects to photograph (particularly when I can’t find anything to photograph) is tree bark. I think trees have a lot of character that we otherwise overlook, and photographing tree bark is an awesome way to capture the individuality of a particular tree, as well as develop your eye looking for interesting [...]
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Double-crested Cormorant Swimming
Here’s another photo from the Glen Rock Duck Pond. I found this Double-crested Cormorant each time I visited, so its been hanging out at the duck pond regularly. I have a few shots of cormorants, but I’m always looking for better ones so I tried for some photos of it. This shot, of one swimming, [...]
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Leucistic Female Mallard
Here’s another “special subject” I was able to find at the Glen Rock Duck Pond. This female mallard has been present at the park for several months now, and yesterday, when I didn’t find the wigeon, I set out to finally get some shots of her.
What makes this mallard so unique is her blond coloring. [...]
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American Wigeon
One of my favorite local spots is a small duck pond in Glen Rock, New Jersey that is part of the Saddle River County Park system. Usually the pond is full of Mallards and Canada Geese, with occassional Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night Herons, Ring-billed Gulls, and Double-crested Cormorants. If you visit regularly [...]
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Yellowlegs
The month of September is generally a good time to visit Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, where I captured this shot of a yellowlegs last year. This is when many shorebirds migrate through the area in search of a warmer place to spend winter. I’m not sure if this is a Greater or Lesser Yellowlegs, [...]
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