Photo Story: Black and Yellow Garden Spider in a Colorful World
In the summer, I like to walk through fields just after sunrise and look for backlit leaves and flowers to photograph. On this particular Ohio morning, I was walking through the fields at Allardale Park and noticed this beautiful Black…
7 Reasons Why You Need to Get Out Early for Nature Photography
Nature photography is one of my favorite types of photography. There is something about being out alone in nature photographing its beauty that I really enjoy. Dragonfly in the Morning Dew Nature photography can include birds, wildlife, wildflowers, landscapes, insects…
Photo Story: White Pelican in the Warm Morning Light
I arrived at Fisherman’s Corner South just before sunrise to photograph White Pelicans flying over the Mississippi. It was a clear sunny morning and the light was warm and saturated. White Pelican in Flight Photograph I was lucky enough to…
American White Pelicans Fish Stealing Behavior
While photographing American White Pelicans on the Mississippi River in Illinois, I noticed interesting behavior occurring between the pelicans. American White Pelicans are quite good at stealing food from each other. This blog contains photos as well as descriptions of this intriguing…
Photo Story: Sunrise on the Mississippi River
I had just arrived at Fisherman’s Landing South on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River to photograph the White Pelicans. I had my Canon 5d Mark iii and 500mm lens mounted on tripod to photograph the Pelicans in flight. Luckily,…
Photographing Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park
The terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs is a must stop location for photographers visiting Yellowstone National Park. The terraces are a fast changing hydrothermal area that is still growing. Mammoth Hot Springs has some of the few active travertine terraces…
Photo Story: Yellowstone – Just One Tree
This photo was taken in Yellowstone National Park just west of the Lamar Valley. It was a cloudy and stormy afternoon in Yellowstone. I really like the composition of this photo with the single tree on a barren hillside with…
The Waterfalls of Yellowstone National Park
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River (Above Photo) Yellowstone National Park has an abundance of waterfalls. There are hundreds of named and unnamed waterfalls in Yellowstone and new waterfalls are still being discovered in remote areas of the park. There…
Photo Story: Yellowstone Grizzly Mating Chase
I had just finished photographing the sunrise at Duck Lake in Yellowstone National Park and I decided to drive the East Entrance Road looking for Grizzlies. As I got past Yellowstone Lake, I noticed some commotion in the woods. Grizzly…
Testing out the Olympus 40-150mm f4.0 – 5.6 Lens at the Zoo
Lioness – ISO 100, f5.6, 140mm, 1/640 of a Second The Olympus 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 is the micro four thirds version of the popular 70-300 lens for DSLRs. The effective full frame equivalent of the Olympus 40-150mm is 80-300mm. I decided to purchase…
