Best Viewed in Landscape Orientation In the morning, there was frost and ice on our sleeping bags and on the inside of the tent This photo was taken on the second longest hike of my life. Matt and I did the triple Mount Bond summit hike. This involves going up Bondcliff, Mount Bond, and West […]
Bald Cypress in Diascund Reservoir
Bald Cypress – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern This uncanny tree also gets the nickname “eternal wood” I am not always one to take landscape photography; however, there are a few scenarios that I am almost guaranteed to snap a landscape shot: on top of a mountain and when watching the sun on the horizon. […]
Ocotillo in Croton Spring
Ocotillo – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern The foreground has spherical rocks and ocotillo. I waited as long as I could, but I knew that I would want to share a photo from my trip with Matt, Nick, and Kenny to Big Bend National Park as soon as possible. I took this landscape photo on […]
Del Mar City Beach Sunset
WHIMBREL – No Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN These rocks had been smoothed out by years and years of being battered by the Pacific Ocean Del Mar sunsets are some of the prettiest in the country. With the seemingly never-ending Pacific Ocean as the backdrop for the setting sun, the world becomes blanketed in an array […]
Green Mountain Park Sunset
WHITE-TAILED DEER – No Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN There are extensive grasses in the park, but in the winter, they are golden in color. I took this photo of a sunset at Green Mountain Park while out for a hike with Landon, my dog, one Wednesday afternoon in January. Green Mountain Park is found in […]
West Coast Wildfire Sunset
Moon – No Conservation Status In 2020 more than 10.1 million acres of land were burned in California At first, I had no idea that I was looking at a wildfire sunset when the sun caught my eye the night that I took this photo. It was the middle of September in Indiana, and it […]
Sunset over the Salt Marsh
SALT HAY – IUCN Conservation Status: INSUFFICIENT DATA Smooth cordgrass and a grass called “salt hay” make up most of the salt marsh grasses you see in New Hampshire It’s hard to pass up a summer sunset over the salt marsh. In this photo, the type of plant shown is called smooth cordgrass. Smooth cordgrass […]
Storm over Salt Marsh
ATLANTIC CORDGRASS – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERNED At high tide you would not be able to see the cordgrass in this photo This month our theme is “backyard nature”. One of my favorite things about shooting photos in your backyard is that you have lots of opportunists to capture weather. I live in Hampton […]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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 […]
Featured Photographer: Jay DeGregorio
We’re excited to feature Jay DeGregorio this month as a featured photographer. Jay has a Masters of Science in Environmental Studies with a focus on Environmental Education, from Antioch University New England. He currently works at The Nature Museum in Grafton, Vermont. The Nature Museum provides experiences that engage and enlighten audiences of all ages, while […]