Do dragons really fly? Yes, and that is what makes them so hard to photograph. In fact, that is the number one challenge with nature photography. The natural enmity between natural creatures and people makes the task of successful nature photography that much more challenging. The general solution is a longer lens. The effective focal [...]
Entries from June 2008
Dragons Do Fly
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June 28, 2008 at 4:57pm
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White Swan
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June 26, 2008 at 1:52pm
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I could not wish for a more cooperative subject. The sun was setting, it would soon be the end of the photos for the day. I had the right lens, the right subject and the swan almost knowingly turned just enough as though it was posing. Next to horses I think that swans are probably [...]
Yellow Flowers
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June 23, 2008 at 1:33pm
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There are some things that I like to photograph a lot, because they are always beautiful. Take these fall flowers for instance. They grow spontaneously along the nature trail near our home. The only thing that bothers me is that the crew that keeps the trail edges “tidy” always cut them down. Apex, NC. Sept [...]
An Eye in the Woods
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June 23, 2008 at 1:27pm
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A tree with an eye in the woods. Chapel Hill, NC. Oct. 2007
On Golden Pond
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June 21, 2008 at 8:35am
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A mallard duck swims across a lake that has been turned gold by reflections from fall leaves.
Whitetail Deer
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June 18, 2008 at 6:20pm
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A young whitetail deer watches carefully from a secluded spot along a trail in Apex, NC. June 2008.
Mimosa Flower
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June 17, 2008 at 2:12pm
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Welcome to the new Nature Blog. I call it Natural Selections because they are nature photos and it was only natural to select them from the thousands of photographs I have taken in nature.
The Mimosa is actually a tree that spreads out and makes lots of nice shade. In the summer it produces these beautiful [...]