Great Smoky Mountains National Park There are many different species of moss in the Smokies This photo was taken in Great Smoky Mountains National Park of a moss and fern covered forest floor. There are many different species of moss in the Smokies. Pictured here might be prairie peatmoss, stairstep moss, five-ranked bogmoss, Hartford fern, […]
Shenandoah National Park The shape of this park is unique. It is narrow and long Shenandoah National Park is located in north-central Virginia. The park was created in 1926 and is known for amazing views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The park was formed from a conglomerate of private land, farms, and orchards. This was a unique way to […]
Redwood National Park Coast redwoods are known to live more than 600 years Looking up the trunk of this tree, I could tell just how massively tall it was. I was in Redwood National Park in California just starting the Tall Tree Trail. All around me were tree trunks that were wider than cars and […]
Inland Wood Oats – IUCN Conservation Status: Insufficient Data Inland wood oats are also known as river oats Hiking along a trail on the Green Belt in Austin, Texas; I saw these whimsical oats dancing about in the sunlight along the trail. I was quite surprised to see these, as I had never seen any […]
Acadia National Park From the summit of Beech Mountain, you can see Echo Lake Located along Maine’s picturesque coastline, Mount Desert Island is the home of Acadia National Park. There are many trails to explore in this 49,075-acre park. There are also summits providing beautiful landscape views. The tallest mountain along the Atlantic Coast of the United States […]
The golden sheen of its abdomen caught my attention This year I spent my birthday hiking in the woods at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is a park that we’ve visited many times on the Wild Boyz Photography site. Whether it was the photo of ice pressed against the shore in the July […]
This Virginia spiderwort had intricately detailed stamen I took this photo while out for a hike on my birthday at Eagle Creek Park this year. Matt taught me a technique a few years back for taking macro photography that I was playing around with all day. The idea is to first find a subject like […]
These black gum trees are more than 400 years old! I took this photo in J. Maynard Miller Town Forest, located in southern Vermont. On this day I was searching for black gum trees. These trees are common south of the Mason Dixon line, but not common all the way up in Vermont. Some of […]