As I often do when I have some time I spent yesterday evening with the local wild horses. The high tide had most of the herd fairly compacted into the same area. Here are a […]
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Back Lit and Side Lit Wild Horses in Black & White
I paid a visit to the wild horses Sunday evening. At one point I turned around and noticed some really lovely, intense golden light on the horses as the sun was setting. While I shot […]
American Oyster Catchers, One Banded
The other morning I had the pleasure of photographing a couple American Oyster Catchers. One of them was banded and I was able to read the markings in the photo. I then reported the sighting […]
Black Bellied Plover – Winter Plumage
While on my paddle the other morning I spied a plover searching the mouth of Deep Creek for a morning snack. I made a slow, drifting approach to see if I could get a few […]
Snowy Egret at Low Tide
I decided to go for a paddle yesterday morning. As always, I had my camera along with the hope of getting a few images. I was fortunate to come across a couple of very cooperative […]
Sometimes the “Wrong” Lens is Just Right!
Usually when I want to take close-up photos of plants and flowers I reach from my trusty 100mm macro lens. But recently I decided to play around with doing some close-up work with a wide […]
Wild Horses (In Color!)
Okay. A break from the black & white horse photos. Here are a few color shots from last week. These were all shot using a 500mm lens, as were the previous sets from last week. […]
Favorite for the Week
I thought I’d do a post of my favorite images for the week. You’ll notice that’s the plural of favorite… there are two that I really like. For the most part they are polar opposites. […]
More Wild Horses in Black & White
Yesterday morning the rain kept me inside but the inclement weather passed in plenty of time to allow me to make a trip across Taylor’s Creek to visit the wild horses. I felt like the […]
Scenes of the Croatan Forest
Recently I made a couple of short ventures into the Croatan Forest with a desire to shoot something of the landscape nature. Now landscapes in a forest can be a little tricky but it was […]