Category Archives: Nature Photography

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Easy Glider

By Jim | Published February 8, 2022

Today’s post comes from one of my two trips to Baja, Mexico and the amazing Sea of Cortez, a few years ago. While cruising the Sea of Cortez and watching for whales and other marine life, we ran into a group of Manta Rays a couple of times. These magnificent creatures would glide by our […]

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Chilling Duet

By Jim | Published February 3, 2022

With today’s continuing snow and frigid temperatures here in the Missouri Ozarks, I thought this winter scene from a few years ago in Yellowstone NP was very appropriate to feature! While driving the snow-covered roads in the Lamar Valley, we came upon a pair of coyotes who began serenading us with a chilling duet: Our […]

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Food Fight at the Dam

By Jim | Published February 1, 2022

Today’s post features some fresh images of wintering Bald Eagles that I captured last Friday, here at the Lake of the Ozarks. During the winter months, bald eagles from Canada and the northern United States often winter in our area, particularly around Bagnell Dam at the Lake. Last Friday the weather was frigid cold (single […]

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3-Minute Differential

By Jim | Published January 27, 2022

Today’s post features a couple of early morning sunrise images I captured on my way up the Mount Evans Highway, in Colorado. With such spectacular colors, I ended up staying in this one location for quite a while, capturing the transformation from night to day. Being a Sci-Fi enthusiast, the sky/sun reminds me of some […]

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Web of Intrigue

By Jim | Published January 25, 2022

Today’s post comes from a trip a few years ago to Orgeon’s Columbia River Gorge area. While hiking around the Rowena Plateau area, this interesting wildflower was observed. When setting up for a close, macro image, the natural beauty was quite eloquent to me:   Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Tamron 17-35mm, […]

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“Low Altitude Flight”

By Jim | Published January 20, 2022

Today’s post features a few more previously unpublished images of wintering Bald Eagles along the Mississippi River, near Davenport, Iowa. While photographing the eagles fishing in the river, the eagles sometimes fly low over the banks of the river, offering the great joy of capturing images of them low and close to where I was […]

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What Does Your Calendar Say?

By Jim | Published January 18, 2022

… Mine says it is the month of the Eagles! Well, hopefully I’m back on the computer for a while! Last week was a week I’d like to forget … lost my internet and tv for several days … my, how we forget how it is without our modern conveniences! Today’s post features one of […]

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Weather, or Not

By Jim | Published January 10, 2022

Today’s post features  3 images I captured one day at Amarugia Highlands CA (west-central Missouri). Amarugia has always been a place where I enjoyed photographing wildlife. However, in today’s post a storm was brewing and clouds began forming and rolling around the sky … and there I was, with only a couple of wildlife telephoto […]

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Forecast: Bitter Cold!

By Jim | Published January 5, 2022

Today’s post features a previously unpublished image captured a few years ago along the Mississippi River near Iowa’s Quad Cities. With bitterly cold temperatures forecast, the early morning saw a lot of steam rising off the river … with an occasional Bald Eagle looking for a fish breakfast:   Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark […]

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King of the Mountain

By Jim | Published December 29, 2021

Today’s post features one of the most common residents of the Rocky Mountain’s at higher altitudes, the Yellow-bellied Marmot. Here are a few favorite images I captured during one of my trips there: It’s always fun to be around these guys, particularly when you can be with young marmots playing.   Photographic Equipment Used: Canon […]

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