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Dreaming of Spring
Today in the Midwest, it will be spring … on January 28 … if only for a day! Our forecast in west-central Missouri is for the temperatures to soar to above 70F! But then winter sets back in as we make a large temperature drop tomorrow. But while it’s springy … actually, even summer-like, I’m […]
Posted in Bird Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, meadow, nature, nature photography, Oklahoma, spring, travel, turkey, Wichita Mountains, wildflower
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Doggin’ It In the Wichita Mountains
Today’s post features more images of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma: Spring in the Wichita Mountains is a wonderful place for the photographer! So many things to photograph and comfortable temperatures. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 1D Mark 2 body Canon EF 100mm-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens, with Canon 1.4x TC, shot from […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: behavior, Blog, cute, mammals, nature, nature photography, Oklahoma, prairie, prairie dog, sneezeweed, spring, travel, Wichita Mountains, wildflower
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Nothing to Sneeze At!
Today I’m featuring some Black-tailed Prairie Dogs that I captured in a meadow of Sneezeweed wildflowers, captured in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma: I’m hoping to get back down to the Wichita Mountains in 2015. If I make it, these guys will be one of the target species I’ll photograph! Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 1D […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: behavior, Blog, cute, mammals, nature, nature photography, Oklahoma, prairie, prairie dog, spring, travel, Wichita Mountains
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Spiderwort, a Focused Look
While photographing in Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains, I did a lot of shooting for focus-stacking, a technique I’ve been playing around with lately. Focus-stacking is the process of making many images of the subject, using a very shallow depth of field (DOF), and varying the focusing point. Once a set of images has been captured, they […]
Beautiful Bird in a Beautiful Setting
Another favorite photographic subject that I look for in the Wichita Mountains (Oklahoma) is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus). Until the last few years, there were none where I live. Now, I occasionally will see one sitting on an overhead wire, with the obvious clue being the extremely long tail. In the Wichita Mountains, they […]
Posted in Bird Photography, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, flycatcher, landscape, meadow, nature, nature photography, Oklahoma, spring, travel, Wichita Mountains, wildflower
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Elk Enjoying the Wildflowers
Over the past week, I’ve highlighted a few of the many wildflowers growing in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma. But there’s a few more to share. In one area, I found meadows of gold … I’m not sure, but looked like a species of Coreopsis. They resembled the Lanceleaf Coreopsis, except a lot of burgundy […]