The lazy days of summer are here and the morning at Huntley Meadows seemed almost desolate. There were very few signs of activity in the park but there was a nice reflection of color in the water from the late summer trees. The most visible wildlife at the park were the numerous painted turtles catching...
The weather forecast calls for a great weekend, so I got an early start this morning in order to arrive at Great Falls park before sunrise. This allowed even lighting before the sun rose above the tree line. Once the sunlight hits the water, it becomes very contrasty and harder to achieve the ‘cotton candy’...
This evening I drove up to Shenandoah National Park to shoot some evening light photos. Along Skyline Drive there are thousands of wild sunflowers and other plants in bloom now. Even though the normal summer haze was covering the mountains and valley, the light from the lowering sun brought out the definition of the trees...
This morning’s weather was very nice at Huntley Meadows park, but it seemed a lot of the bird population was on summer vacation. However, the park wasn’t completely empty. There were a number of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets doing some feather preening and the Gray Catbird above dropped by just close enough for...
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA features ornamental and native plant gardens. Even though the spring flowers are long gone, there is still lots of color to be seen here. There are also large gardens that attract many different types of butterflies, such as the Tiger Swallowtail below. The park also features plants found in...
Today was a good opportunity to concentrate on small sections of Great Falls Park, on the Virginia side, and single out the pieces that best describe this park… the trees, the rocks and the ever changing flow of water. The layering of trees in the scene above caught my eye as the morning sun was...
The brutal heat we’ve had in this area relented a little and I spent some time concentrating on getting bird images today. I watched this young male Wood Duck swim over and hop up on the log to take a close look at the Painted Turtle that was resting in the sun. The Great Egret...
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