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Still out on my Blue Ridge trip… Yesterday was relatively uneventful, but today had some nice rainy weather in which I photographed several waterfalls, and had an absolutely fantastic sunset that I’ll share images of soon. Pictured below is one of the waterfalls that I photographed today, Looking Glass Falls. To obtain this perspective, I put my river sandals on and waded into thigh deep water, which was honestly quite pleasant. I’ll be sure to share more soon, and post a new version of this image once I return to my calibrated monitor at home!

Hey everybody,

I’m currently on a photo trip in North Carolina, shooting on and around the Blue Ridge Parkway. Having arrived to the area yesterday in the late afternoon, I figured that I’d be able to make the most out of the remainder of the day by hiking down into the Linville Gorge. Linville Falls is a beautiful 45-foot waterfall located on… you guessed it– the Linville River. There are a multitude of trails in and around the gorge, each providing different views of the waterfall, river, and surrounding mountains, I chose to hike down into the gorge and get a more up close and personal view of the falls. After spending thirty minutes running around below the falls cleaning natural debris and litter (ugh!!!) from the site, I had a little while to shoot before the sun retreated for the evening. Here’s a quickly laptop-processed shot from this past evening.

Hey everybody,

I’m out in Davis, West Virginia with Joe Rossbach assisting on his waterfalls workshop. We didn’t end up leaving Baltimore until about 10:30PM last night because Joe was doing a camera club presentation, and by the time we had camp set up it was 2:30AM. We only got about three hours of sleep, but we were rewarded with some really nice light at sunrise!

I just want to share with you all that I’ve just posted three new image galleries on my website.

Below is a photograph from July 2008 of Silvery Lupine blooming in front of an Aspen stand. It’s one of the 54 new photographs up on my site!

A new article I just wrote about photographing Great Falls National Park is now online at NatureScapes.net. Feel free to read the article here, and be sure to check out all of the other informative articles featured on the site!

Here’s yet another from the archives. Last May, I spent a few days photographing streams and waterfalls in the George Washington National Forest of Virginia. It was quite a rewarding trip, and I really enjoyed photographing Falling Spring Falls in these conditions. These falls were a favorite of Thomas Jefferson’s, and upon arriving I quickly saw why.

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This image was taken in Utah’s Manti-La Sal National Forest. You might recognize the scene from this photograph, or maybe not. Regardless, I’m thinking I might like this one more, now.

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My computer has been in the shop for quite some time, and will likely remain there for another week or two, so I haven’t been able to update this blog lately. I apologize!

Over the past month and a half, I made several trips to Southern Ontario, and Québec, primarily to photograph Snowy Owls. I’m very fortunate to have friends like Greg, Steve, and Matthew, to name a few, for without them, I would not have had anywhere near the success that I did.

Included in this post are two images of a juvenile female Snowy Owl that I photographed in Québec. I picked easy ones to process in Lightroom since I’m on a borrowed, uncalibrated laptop that doesn’t have Photoshop installed.

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This photograph was taken from an airboat, on Lake Kissimee. It was a lot of fun watching Snail Kites eating Apple Snails, small Turtles, and engaging in courting activities. I think that just like the previous post, this shot works as a 1×2 crop as well.

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Wow, what a snowstorm! 32.4″ of snow was measured at Dulles Airport, eight miles from my home. I love it! I got quite a bit of photo processing done in the past few days.

I’ve been working through my archives of unprocessed photos, and found a few that I’ll be sharing with you all. I took this photo of a Roseate Spoonbill in April of 2009 on a trip to Florida. I really enjoyed photographing these bright and vibrant birds up against dark mangrove backgrounds!

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