Although there have been a few posts here about this amazing place, I thought I would add my observations and photographs to the blog. It’s such an incredible location, and the opportunities for shots of these incredible birds rivals just about anyplace else in the country. Inspired by others who visited there in the past, [...]
Located in Toms River, NJ 530 acre Cattus Island is a part of the Ocean County Park system. In the heart of the “Jersey Shore” Cattus Island offers a variety of ecosystems including maritime upland pine/oak forest, salt marsh, and freshwater wetlands. Cattus Island Park plays home to a multitude of plant and wildlife and [...]
I live in an area surrounded by farm fields and woods. My yard seems to attract Cardinals along with other song birds. I provide water and food plus I have several trees and bushes which the birds use to build their nests in or hide from Hawks. A couple of years ago a pair of [...]
Want to photograph the Atlantic Puffin? The best place in United States is Machias Seal Island, off the coast of Maine. My son, Ray Hennessy and I made the trip there recently. We left southern New Jersey early on a Sunday morning getting to Jonesboro, Maine that evening. We stayed at the Blueberry Patch Motel [...]
That’s what it takes. To get the great shots. To see the amazing moments. I thought at this time I’d talk about it and give some examples of just what you can do when you incorporate these three critical pieces of nature photography. It has been especially evident of late, as I make my regular [...]
I have been trying to think of some new post ideas and for quite some time I’ve wanted to talk about what a whole day of bird photography is like for me, from start to finish. I finally got a chance to have a good day of bird photography not too long ago so I’m [...]
My family spends the winter months (January to April) in Florida to escape the cold in New Jersey. This past winter Florida had below normal temps but it was still better than the cold and snow in New Jersey. The cold Florida winter took it’s toll on the fish, there was a large fish kill [...]
I know personally I sometimes overlook the average song-bird, thinking they are all too common and generic looking. I figured it was time to highlight a few of them on the blog because when I’ve taken a little time to actually watch and photograph them they can be just a impressive as any other bird. [...]
The “space” I’m speaking of here is dealing with the composition of a photograph. Using the lead in photo above as an example I’m referring to the large amount of extra space to the top and left of the flower blossom floating in water. I chose to compose the image that way to exaggerate the [...]
Silhouettes are sort of the reverse of most other techniques used to make your subject singled out in that usually your subject becomes the darkest part of the photograph. I feel this method explores more of the shape of the main subject than anything else. A silhouette proudly shows the outline of the main subject [...]
I’ve previously written an entire series about color in nature photography but this time I’m going to concentrate on using color to make your subject stand out. For the most part color in nature isn’t something we can control. As a photographer all you can do is observe it and capture it, which can make [...]
Most of my photography is done with available light. I have experimented with flash photography resulting in some astonishing pictures but it seems to take away from the natural look. When I first started shooting nature I was just glad to get an animal in the frame and for it to be fairly sharp. As [...]
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