The sap was the manifestation of the heat in the air. I took this photo while on a summer hike with my fiancée. It was a blistering hot day, about 93 degrees with a real feel just shy of or over 100 degrees. We were hiking on the Youngs Creek Trail in the Hoosier National […]
Delicate white lines traced on the leaf This photo was from a day of hiking that Jill and I did out at Brown County State Park. The delicate white lines that were traced on this plant as well as a few nearby caught my eye, and I leaned in for a close up. I had […]
I took this photo at Spring Mill State Park in Indiana. This bee took the time to hang out with me for a photo shoot in early July. I believe it is a Common Eastern Bumble Bee which is the most commonly seen bumble bee in North America. This bee species is an excellent pollinator […]
During our hike, we ended up at this remote pond This photo was taken at October Mountain State Forest, located in the westernmost part of Massachusetts, in an area they call the Berkshires. A couple years ago, Ben and I teamed up for a weekend camp and hike here. During our hike, we ended up […]
The beetles were taking full advantage of [the prickly pear flowers] This photo was taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. These beetles are feeding on a prickly pear flower. The prickly pear were in full bloom, and the beetles were taking full advantage of one of their main food sources […]
Supai is surely one of the most remote cities in the United States My brother Nick and I, along with my good friend Andrew found ourselves refreshing our computers on February 1st over and over again waiting for the permit process for Havasupai Falls to open up. An hour in, we had secured camping/hiking permits […]
I was out for a hike…looking for bees Getting close up with butterflies was not what I was expecting at the start of the day when this photo was taken. I was out for a hike with my brother, Nick, looking for bees. He’s studying bee diseases (that’s my simple description of it) as part […]
The Cuban Tree Frog will eat anything they can fit in their mouths This is a photo of a Cuban Tree Frog taken at Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Florida, the largest state park in Florida. While these frogs are by no means rare, this is a unique photo. I took this while out […]
I’ll start by saying this is just a fun photo. What you are looking at is a ~1/4” juvenile spiny lobster riding on top of a ~1” planktonic tunicate. This was taken on a blackwater dive roughly 5 miles offshore of West Palm Beach, Florida. These increasingly popular dives involve going out at night a […]
Slender filefish can be a tricky find underwater This is a photo of a slender filefish taken on a night dive in Key Largo, Florida. These 2”-3” fish are great at camouflage. They are often wary towards divers and tend to retreat when approached. Slender filefish are often found around sea whips, sea rods, sea […]