Starting before sunrise
Up Very Early Before Sunrise Last Thursday, I started off with two other photographers to capture a sunrise. I had scouted this location mid-morning a few weeks ago and had an idea where the sun would rise. Skyline Drive is…
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…
Photography Tools for the Car
The Right Tools Having the right tools are essential for any job. As a landscape and nature photographer, I am always looking for tools to make life easier. Recently, I found two great tools for the SUV. The Organizer Tool…
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…
Rural Mail Carriers and Sand Hill Cranes
Yesterday, I was off again to photograph Sand Hill Cranes. A friend told me on Sunday that they were in the same spot we photographed last Thursday. However, when I arrived there were no cranes to be seen on the…
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…
Sand Hill Cranes, again!
Yesterday, we had a chance to return Ewing Bottoms to photograph the Sand Hill Cranes. When we arrived at the locations we shot last week, there were no cranes to be found. I had seen a posting in the last…