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 [...]
The Mid-Atlantic region’s mild winters – temperatures rarely dip below 20˚ F – and plentiful sunshine make it hard to stay indoors for long. Many woodland birds and mammals have fewer hiding places, and the need to conserve energy means they’re often more interested in feeding than in running away from photographers. But the winter [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Beautiful, unique, colorful, multi-purpose WINGS. It’s what allows birds to fly and to grab our attention. There are almost as many wing types and colorations as there are species of birds and today I figured I’d show some examples of the variety that exists. Some types of wings are designed for soaring, some for speed, [...]
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 [...]
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