Tag Archives: NC

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Something Fun!

I don’t normally do composite images. There’s a place for that kind of art but it’s really not my thing. However, on a rainy Sunday morning it was something fun to play around with. Here’s […]

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A Nice Surprise in the Mailbox!

This morning I received an email from the folks over at Naturescapes.net, a very popular nature and wildlife photography forum. For the third time since May 15 one of my images I had posted in […]

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Dramatic Rim Lighting Image

Probably not too surprisingly this image looks quite a bit different than it did when it came out of the camera. Obviously it was a color shot when the photo was made. But there was […]

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Merlin

Merlin is a two-year old stallion living in the Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve. Is maturing into a fine looking young man. So much so I thought he deserved a featured posting. wild mustang prints

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Black & White Wild Horses

I usually do my black and white conversions manually (and likely will continue to do so in the future), but I’ve heard so much about the Silver Efex Pro 2 module in the Nik software […]

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Equine Photography: Wild Horses on the Tidal Flats

Depending on the season, time of day, weather conditions and tide there are a lot of different locations where you can find the wild horses both on Shackleford Banks and within the Rachel Carson Estuarine […]

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Mustangs in the Evening

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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