Duck Blinds at 28°
A morning in a duck blind? A friend called me late yesterday and wanted to know I wanted to join him searching for wood ducks at Stillwater Marsh. He has a permit so we can walk through the area and…
Waiting for the Sunrise
Every night before I turn off the light, I check three apps on my Kindle for the tomorrow’s weather. All three, for once, were consistent in predicting clouds before and during sunrise (clearing later). Thus, I gave up on shooting…
Photographing the elusive wood duck
Wood Ducks? On the spur of the moment Tuesday, I decided to once again search for wood ducks to photograph. I started at Stillwater marsh where I found some American Coots feeding close to a viewing stand. A few minutes…
Two Great Days to Photograph Natural Indiana
Day 1: Searching for the elusive wood duck, sometimes Last week, the weather cooperated and I had two great days to photograph new places. Easily distracted On Thursday, I was searching for wood ducks with a fellow photographer. However, on…
Whooping Cranes!
I went to Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife area today hoping to find some snow geese, white pelicans, sand hill cranes and if I was lucky, some whooping cranes. I was afraid, however, that the migratory birds had headed north…
Traveling the backroads with no road signs
Yesterday, I spent the day driving 150+ miles in search of eagles to photograph. Near the end of the day, my travels took me to the backroads of east of Bedford where I grew up and places my dad had…
Photographing the Sand Hill Cranes in Southern Indiana
As I was planning my retirement bucket list over a year ago, one of the items was to photograph the Sand Hill Cranes. Having met my wife, Linda, in Nebraska, I knew there was a huge gathering of Sand Hill…
Fall Colors at Last!
It seems like it has taken forever for the fall colors to reach their peak, and it will be short lived. The trees here appeared to peak on Sunday, so I was shooting in Brown County State Park at sunrise on…