Warbler Time, Again!

By Jim | Published May 9, 2018




Yesterday was a great “working” day. I conducted a full-day, private workshop to work with a photographer on gaining proper exposures when photographing birds. Since the client was also a kayaker, we kayaked for half of the day and then broke for lunch, following that with downloading and critiquing his images. We had a great […]

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Time to Unwind

By Jim | Published May 7, 2018




During last week’s hike through the woodlands at Clifty Creek CA (south-central Missouri), numerous ferns were actively growing and beginning to unfurl. As the geometry of unfurling ferns has always captured my attention, I took a few breaks from hiking, to capture these beautiful plants: More Clifty Creek images and some new Florida trip images […]

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Fun Friday: Mystery Object

By Jim | Published May 4, 2018




Today’s post features an interesting macro image I captured a couple of days ago along a woodland hiking trail at Clifty Creek Conservation Area, in mid-central Missouri. Do you know what it is? (Answer is shown below the photo) This macro image shows moss actively growing on a large rock, along the woodland hiking trail […]

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Jack’s Back!

By Jim | Published May 2, 2018




Today’s post features one of my favorite spring, woodland wildflowers, the Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Every spring, when I begin making my almost-daily woodland hikes in search of finding wildflowers to photograph, I always spend some time checking out the hilly slopes, in hopes of finding the Jack-in-the-Pulpit. This unusual wildflower can be quite difficult to spot. In […]

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Variegated False Solomon’s Seal

By Jim | Published April 30, 2018




Meanwhile, back at the ranch … After taking a little time off from the blog, I feel recharged and ready to go! After returning from my Oklahoma art festival, I felt the need to just “kick back” and enjoy life a little bit. In my absence, I have weeded and pruned back my butterfly garden, […]

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Spring Color Arrives

By Jim | Published April 16, 2018




Whew, been quite busy getting new prints ready for my upcoming first-of-year art show. I’ll be in Stillwater, Oklahoma soon for the Stillwater Arts Festival (if you live nearby, hope to see you there!). And I’ve been busy teaching a 6-week class in digital SLR photography; I have a wonderful group of photographers that are […]

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Another Owl Prowl, Part 2

By Jim | Published February 5, 2018




Today’s post features a few more short-eared owl images I captured last week. Here are a few of my favorites: In an upcoming post, I’ll feature some images of these owls actively hunting, as they intently stare and dive into the tall grasses for their prey. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark 2 body Canon […]

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Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse

By Jim | Published February 2, 2018




Wednesday morning saw a rare event … a “Super Blue Blood Moon (Lunar Eclipse)”. The last time we had one of these was approximately 150 years ago! To capture this event, I was really challenged. First, the eclipse would be occurring in the morning hours as sunrise was beginning. It also was in the very […]

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Another Owl Prowl, Part 1

By Jim | Published January 31, 2018




Last week, I published a couple of posts of a very successful outing in southwest Missouri, to photograph the wonderful little Short-eared Owls (if you missed these posts, you can find them by clicking on these links: “Owl Prowl, Part 1” , “Owl Prowl, Part 2”). As usual, whenever an outing goes very well, it’s […]

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Owl Prowl, Part 2

By Jim | Published January 24, 2018




In the first of this owl prowl series, I posted a few images of the short-eared owls as they began to take flight during their ritualistic, late afternoon hunt over the prairies (if you missed it, you can click on this link to see it: “Owl Prowl, Part 1”). In Part 2, I’m featuring some […]

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