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The Northern Cardinal

The Northern Cardinal

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 [...]

Atlantic Puffins at Machias Seal Island

Atlantic Puffins at Machias Seal Island

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 [...]

Working with Available Light

Working with Available Light

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 [...]

Nature’s Colors Series: Brown

Nature’s Colors Series: Brown

Well, this color isn’t that exciting but it is incredibly common in nature, brown. A bit on the dull side, sometimes even boring. Brown doesn’t stand out too much and yet it can still make for some dramatic views or hard to find animals and birds. When the sun hits something brown just right it [...]

Nature’s Colors Series: Black

Nature’s Colors Series: Black

Black, the absence of all light reflecting from an object. Black is another sometimes very difficult color to photograph because just like white, it can be difficult to get detail in something so dark. Many birds, insects, and other things in nature are black. We usually tend to think of black things as bad or [...]

Eagles and Wildlife at Conowingo Dam and Elk Neck State Park, Maryland

Eagles and Wildlife at Conowingo Dam and Elk Neck State Park, Maryland

My father and I just finsihed up a 3 day trip to camp at Elk Neck State Park in Maryland. This is also near Conowingo Dam which spans the Susquehanna River just above where it enteres the Chesapeake Bay. This was our first time to Elk Neck park and it was a pretty nice place. [...]

Whitetail Deer

Whitetail Deer

And finally the last post for today with a couple of deer shots. These photos are not available for purchase. Ray


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