Ferns – IUCN Conservation Status: 64 Endangered Species The right angle took these unassuming ferns into a beautiful photo This month’s gallery is meant to highlight the photos that you can take in your own backyard. Surprisingly, all of my photos were taken within five feet of each other! Just off my deck is a […]
I’m honored to be considered for this month’s feature – especially under the black and white theme. I remember working late with my instructor in the darkroom, remarking that I believe black and white photography to be a particularly valid artistic medium. It’s a limited palette with the necessary bones for complete expression. When chasing […]
Cades Cove is an expanse of cascading mountains, lush fields, and dense forests. I was awestruck upon seeing this view of McCampbell Knob from Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Jill and I had just completed our hike to Abrams Falls via the comically named Wet Bottom Trail. As we stepped out […]
Kampinos National Park is a sister park to Indiana Dunes National Park I took this photo while on a work trip to Warsaw, Poland. I had been cooped up in a hotel in downtown Warsaw, and I decided that I wanted to go explore nature in this new country. I took a 45 minute Uber […]
Goliath groupers are my favorite to shoot in black and white With the incredible photography equipment available these days, it’s becoming less common to see black and white underwater photography. I’m a big fan of black and white photography, on land and underwater. Large subjects, like goliath groupers, are my favorite to shoot in black […]
Slippery stairs, ladders, and slopes stood between us and the base of Mooney Falls It was a harrowing descent down the slippery stairs, ladders, and slopes to get to the base of Mooney Falls. There were backlogs going up and going down on the mostly one person wide trail that took you from the top […]
The minnows always seem to return to the same areas every year Come mid-summer every year in the Florida Keys, a unique but temporary frenzy of life occurs out on the reefs. Silverside minnows school by the thousands at various sites, shallow to deep, reefs as well as shipwrecks. Their presence draws in the whole […]
Each print on the back and wings of a spotted eagle ray is unique! Many divers would agree that spotted eagle rays are some of the most graceful and photogenic creatures in the sea. Each with a unique print on its back and wings, similar to a fingerprint. Reaching widths approaching 11 feet, these giant […]
I…tried to smash up the freshly formed ice Eagle Creek Park has always had a special place in my heart. I grew up exploring the woods there with my brother, Nick. We would spend hours upon hours hiking through the trails. In the winter we would go to the park to go sledding and also […]
There were 8 or 9 goats running about on the edge of the trail I was on my way up to the summit of Mount Evans in the summer of 2014 when I came across a herd of mountain goats. The weather was absolutely perfect for a day in the mountains, and the goats were […]