Spring Fever … Already?

Today’s post features one of my favorite warblers, the Magnolia Warbler.

Captured at Magee Marsh in northern Ohio, this beautiful male was flitting about the trees as it fed and rested, before crossing Lake Erie for his summer home in Canada:

Magnolia Warbler

Magee Marsh is a wonderful place to see and photograph migrating warblers in the spring.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 7D Mark 2 camera body
  • Canon 100mm-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens, shot at 400mm
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 500
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/800 sec.
By James Braswell | Published November 16, 2023
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Late Season Brown-eyed Susans

Today’s post features a few, end-of-season Brown-eyed Susan wildflowers. While recently hiking some woodland trails at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks), a few Brown-eyed Susan wildflowers were hanging on for dear life. As readily seen in this image, the tips of the flower petals were losing their color as they began to fade:

Brown-eyed Susan wildflower

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens, shot at 35mm
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/160 sec.
By James Braswell | Published November 10, 2023
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Tall Bellflowers

Today’s post features a woodland wildflower that I found recently at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the Tall Bellflower. I don’t ever recall seeing these wildflowers this late in the season, but they give a nice touch to the fall colors:

Tall Bellflower wildflower

Tall Bellflower wildflower

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/60 sec. and 1/1000 sec.
By James Braswell | Published October 31, 2023
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A Little Bright Spot in the Fall Landscape

Today’s post features a wildflower I found blooming last week while hiking and photographing fall colors in the woodlands at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the White Heath Aster:

White Heath Aster in fall colors

A few more fall color images will be featured in a subsequent post.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/500 sec.
By James Braswell | Published October 26, 2023
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Christmas in October

Today’s post features some very colorful, Christmassy-like berries. Although I haven’t been able to identify them, they are most likely the fruit of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, or the Green Dragon wildflowers (both are located in rich, moist woodlands throughout Missouri):

Red Berries (Jack-in-the-Pulpit?)

Coming up … more Missouri Ozark woodland fall colors.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/250 sec.
By James Braswell | Published October 24, 2023
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Transitioning Colors

Today’s post features a couple of fall colors images I have captured over the past few days. Although the peak of the Ozarks’ fall colors has not yet been reached, there are obvious signs of the transition that can be seen.

The two images featured today were captured at Fiery Fork Conservation Area, located in the Missouri Ozarks and not far from where I live. Here are a couple of images that show the impending color transition:

Virginia Creeper growing up a tree:

Virginia Creeper in fall colors

An unidentified groundcover along the woodland trail:

Groundcover in fall colors

Over the next few posts, I will feature some more color changes as they appear.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/200 sec. and 1/60 sec.
By James Braswell | Published October 19, 2023
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