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Fun Friday: Hitching a Ride
This Fun Friday post comes from my last trip to the Venice Rookery. While photographing the large variety of birds arriving at, departing from, and nesting at the rookery, I captured this Laughing Gull flying over with a hitchhiker, a frog:
Posted in 2017, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Reptiles and Amphibians, Travel Photography
Tags: 2017, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, frog, gull, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Ribbbbit!
Yesterday morning, I did something I haven’t been able to do in a long time … a very long time. I loaded up my gear and headed out with the kayak (“Rubber Duckie”) for a wonderful morning of nature photography. I was able to get out a couple of times last summer, but the […]
Posted in 2015, Blog, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Reptiles and Amphibians
Tags: 2015, Blog, Cass County, frog, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, summer
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Unexpected Surprise
Yesterday was a very successful day in the field. While conducting another woodland wildflower, in-the-field workshop, I found a “life” wildflower … a few Jack-in-the-Pulpits, which I’ll share in an upcoming post. After the workshop ended, I decided to check out the nearby natural prairie for progress with wildflowers there. On my trek through the […]
Testing the Limits
While editing some older images, I found a couple of images captured from the kayak, of a small frog “hiding” in a lily pad. Reviewing the image data, I realized these images were made by hand-holding the camera/macro lens combo. I used a very small aperture to throw the background out-of-focus. This also caused a […]
Posted in 2009, 2015, Blog, focus stacking, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Photography Tips, Reptiles and Amphibians
Tags: 2009, 2015, Blog, Cass County, cute, focus stacking, frog, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, spring
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Fun Friday: Ribbitt
On warmer days, I’m beginning to hear a chorus of frogs from our pond behind the house. Reminds me of the time I kayaked up to a large lily pad with a frog hidden inside: Patiently awaiting when I can once again kayak among the lily pads and experience some more wonderful surprises! By the […]
Fun Friday: Froggie Travels by Air
During my last day at the Venice Rookery (I spent 3 mornings photographing the roosting/nesting birds of the rookery), I decided it was time to capture some birds as they flew back to the rookery, carrying stick and branches in their beaks, for nestbuilding. I had been shooting great egrets and great blue herons as […]
Posted in 2014, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Reptiles and Amphibians, Travel Photography
Tags: 2014, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, frog, gull, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Breakfast hors d’oeuvres (Re-post)
(Originally published July 2010) On my last kayak outing, I was hoping to see Momma Raccoon (Procyon lotor) with her 5 kits again. They are so much fun to watch/photograph. Mom is very patient with them; while she forages for food and tries to teach them the ropes, some of the youngsters follow her closely, […]
Posted in 2012, Blog, Mammals, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak
Tags: 2012, behavior, Blog, Cass County, frog, kayaking, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photographing from a kayak, photography, raccoon, summer
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Another Fun Friday
Time again for another “Fun Friday” post, just a simple but fun photo! Today’s photo is a rather large bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) that I found some time ago when driving around Squaw Creek NWR, located in northwest Missouri. I was on a 10-mile auto tour, gravel road and the frog was right in the middle of […]