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 [...]
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 [...]
Photography lends well to those who think, “what else do you do when you look for things to grace that new roll of film or the mega pixels processed by the sensors on a digital camera?” Then there are the times when the weather sucks like it did in the North East this year. So [...]
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 [...]
This is the 3rd article in the series on Waterfowl that I’ve been posting, and this time the focus is on those amazing birds that surf and feed and live in the ocean near the coast of New Jersey. (Use the link below to see all articles in the Waterfowl series.) View the entire series [...]
This article will cover many of the ducks you can observe in New Jersey. With the exception of the oceanic ducks and the Teal, Grebes, Coots and a few others, which I will highlight in future pieces. New Jersey is home to a staggering number of ducks and other waterfowl. Especially in the Winter. It’s [...]
Sometimes you are lucky to get really close enough to a bird to take a photo of just it’s head or upper body, like the Pileated Woodpecker shown above. Depending on the lens you are using, this can be one foot away or 30 feet away. I have taken songbird photos with a 50mm lens [...]
The cone flower is a summer treat in my gardens. The tiny seed heads remind me of little candles. This flower is a bird magnet to my yard. I love the color and texture of this flower and I hope you enjoy it as well.
This is the first article of series of 4 or so I will be doing on Waterfowl that you can find in New Jersey. That takes in a lot of territory. Raptors and beautiful songbirds and herons and egrets and ibises are exciting and wonderful subjects in their own right, but waterfowl are equally fascinating. [...]
I spend a lot of time outdoors chasing nature with a SLR camera, big lens, and various equipment hoping, to get the job done. I probably spend as much time talking to people about photography because big lens draw people who think you have all the answers. Well no one does. That prompted me to [...]
Taking great photographs of wild birds perched on a tree branch or standing on the ground is a challenge but even more challenging is to capture a bird in action. Slight actions from birds singing, spreading their wings to land or take off, to actions like birds battling to defend their territory, swooping down to [...]
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