Fun Friday:Portable Pin Cushion

By Jim | Published October 13, 2017




Today’s post features some images I captured as I was leaving the Badlands NP during my recent visit there. It was a short time before sunrise and as I drove towards the park entrance, I observed something moving along the ditch on the side of the road. Finding a pullout, I grabbed my camera and […]

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Badlands Sunrise

By Jim | Published October 5, 2017




(Note: I will once again have a booth in the Summit Arts Festival in Lee’s Summit, MO, this weekend. I have been assigned booth #71 (on Main Street, in front of the Bank of Lee’s Summit). Show hours are 4:00pm to 8:00pm Friday, 10:00am to 8:00pm Saturday, and noon to 4:00pm on Sunday. If you […]

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Low Sun Angle Landscapes

By Jim | Published October 2, 2017




I’m now back home, after a couple of weeks on the road. The main goal of the trip was to get some training and practice on a new (to me) technology that I’m looking forward to employing in my nature photography. More on that later, but on the way home I stopped and camped for […]

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Prairie Pronghorn

By Jim | Published August 22, 2016




Another mammal photographed in the Badlands NP a week ago was the Pronghorn Antelope. Pronghorn can be found in the Badlands NP, but usually very small numbers and far away. This guy was busy foraging on the prairie grasses and was well within shooting distance:   Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark 2 body Canon […]

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Fun Friday: Got Milk?

By Jim | Published August 19, 2016




When visiting the Badlands NP in summer, I always enjoy finding the Bighorn Sheep, particularly the young lambs. At this time of the year, the ewes are trying to wean the lambs from nursing … but the youngs ones find it is easier to nurse than graze! When the ewes won’t allow nursing, the lambs […]

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A Big, Gold Star in My Book!

By Jim | Published August 18, 2016




During my short stay in the Badlands NP last week, I once again found some very interesting wildflowers growing. On our previous trip to the park, my wife and I had seen these wildflowers, but hadn’t determined what they were. During last week’s trip, I had some free time (since the evening sky was totally […]

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My, What Big Ears You Have!

By Jim | Published August 17, 2016




One of the traits of the Mule Deer … very large ears! While waiting for the evening sky to darken and the stars to become visible, a pair of Mule Deer approached my location in the Badlands. Here are a couple of images I captured of the grazing deer: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark […]

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Therapy in The Badlands

By Jim | Published August 16, 2016




The last few days were busy traveling to/from, and photographing in the Badlands NP in South Dakota. Shortly after my wife, Karen’s recent death, I had a lot of decisions to make. One of them was whether to continue traveling and photographing nature. It didn’t take long for me to realize that Karen, who supported […]

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Badland Bighorn Sheep, Part 2

By Jim | Published August 20, 2015




This Part 2 of the Badland Bighorn Sheep post includes some images captured in the Badlands NP, on my way home. Here are a few of my favorite images of these wonderful mammals that roam the rocky slopes and jagged peaks of the Badlands: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Canon EF 100-400mm, […]

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Badland Bighorn Sheep

By Jim | Published August 19, 2015




Ok, vacation time is over … well, not exactly a vacation … more on that later. During a recent road trip to South Dakota and Wyoming, I captured some images of Bighorn sheep ewes and lambs (a few young rams were seen among the groups) in the Badlands NP of South Dakota. I stopped for […]

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