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2018 Highlights – May
As I continue through my 2018 journey highlights, May’s dominant theme was wildflowers and warblers, both becoming quite common in this late spring month. My adventures included visiting three new prairies and one new Missouri Conservation Area, and of course, my “regular” nearby kayak locations: Prairie Larkspur: Indian Paintbrush: Ox-Eye Daisies: Common Yellowthroat Warbler: Woodland […]
Posted in Bird Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, nature, nature photography, prairie, spring, travel, wildflower
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Wood Duck Drakes from the Kayak
While looking for a specific image in my large collection of nature images, I ran across a few from a few years ago, that I never published. The Wood Duck drake (male) is such a colorful duck and always fun to photograph. Although they are typically quite skittish, wearing camo clothing in a kayak often […]
Fun Friday: Playing in the Snow
Today’s post comes from Mother Nature. Receiving our first snowfall of 2018 yesterday and overnight, I got up this morning and launched my drone for some aerial photography over my rural Missouri home. Hope you’re enjoying this beautiful snow, too! In this next image, you can’t see my home but it’s behind the large clump […]
Posted in Drone Photography, Fun Friday Post, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography
Tags: Blog, Cass County, drone, fall, landscape, Missouri, nature, nature photography, snow
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Have a Spooktacular Day!
This Halloween post features an image I captured in Ha Ha Tonka State Park a week ago. While hiking one of the trails, we came across the Natural Bridge, a rock bridge that you pass through, on the trail (I’ll post more on the Natural Bridge, later). While checking out the amazing rock formations, this […]
Fun Friday: Fall’s Peak Colors
Today’s post includes a couple of images I captured yesterday, after returning from a last-minute trip to Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks for some fall photography … more on that later. A few days earlier, when I left for my photo trip, the leaves around my rural Missouri home were making some big changes. But […]
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Tags: Blog, Cass County, fall, fall colors, landscape, Missouri, nature, nature photography
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Fall Colors at My Rural MO Home
I went out this morning about a half-hour before sunrise and launched my drone to grab some aerial images of my rural Missouri home as the fall colors begin to invade: I’ll try to grab more images as the color progresses! Photographic Equipment Used: DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone, with 8.8mm lens ISO 100 Aperture […]