I launched my kayak last Saturday afternoon with the goal of paddling into a blackwater swamp and sitting for a while in hopes of getting a shot of a Prothonotory Warbler. It was suppose to […]
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More Wild Horses
Here are a couple more shots from yesterday morning. If I’m not careful I forget to shoot any vertical photos of the wild horses. While the landscape format can be excellent for showing off these […]
Killdeer: A Shorebird That’s Not Always a Shorebird
To be honest I’m more used to seeing Killdeer in fields and meadows miles away from the beach than strolling along the shore with sand between their toes. They were a fairly common sight when […]
Little Blue Heron Juvenile
A lot of folks would mistake this lovely white bird for a Snowy Egret. They’d all be wrong! This is an immature Little Blue Heron. As he matures he will don blue-grey feathers on his […]
Forster’s Terns (I Think)
If I’m not mistaken these are Forster’s Terns in winter plumage. I found these little guys while kayaking at low-tide near Beaufort, NC. Low-tide is a busy time in estuaries as a lot of the […]
Dunlins
Dunlins are one of the most common sandpiper like birds found in the Carolina estuaries. These small birds with longish, drooping bills scurry about on mud flats and through oyster beds looking for a quick […]
Great Egrets
It’s not at all an unusual sight around the coast of North Carolina. You gaze out over a salt marsh, paddle a slow moving black water stream, or see them along the roadside near a […]
Gulls: Easily Overlooked by Photographers
When you first visit or move to a coastal location you’re fascinated by these ever present birds. You see them everywhere and you’re awed by their grace in flight and willingness to beg for left-overs. […]
Tiny Tree Frogs
I was visiting the hiking trails in the Emerald Woods park of Coast Guard Road in Emerald Isle the other morning When I disovered serveral tiny Green Tree Frogs. I have to admit the litte […]
Negative Space as a Compositional Tool in Wild Horse Photography
As nature photographers we’re usually scrambling to fill the frame with as much of the animal we’re shooting as possible. But Negative space… leaving the animal somewhat small in the frame… can be a powerful […]