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Monthly Leaf Pile – August 2020

Monthly Leaf Pile – August 2020

The waning days of summer are finally upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere and one I am sure many of us don't care to repeat again. Michigan weather has a way of reminding us not to start counting those changing leaves just yet. Cherish those occasional cool,...

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Return to Swan Island

Return to Swan Island

Photographs aren't going to be made while you're sleeping. A truism that continues to pop in my head just like the one of "being there." This past Memorial Day, I returned to a lake that has this little island with a willow tree on it. It's about an hour drive for me...

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Turtle Hatchlings

Turtle Hatchlings

I am still digitizing some old 35mm slide photographs via my D800, and this series I came upon is from 2002.   We had a few yards of dirt delivered to our backyard, and covered it with a tarp to keep it from blowing around too much.   That tarp sat undisturbed for...

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Life Support – Taken for granted

Life Support – Taken for granted

School of Horse-eyed jacks, Little Cayman, Caribbean Sea #FI-9587 In my last post, I mentioned a little bit about the difficulties in keeping track of all the things you need to be aware of when photographing underwater.   There is a lot to keep track of, but it...

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Red-backed Salamander photo

Red-backed Salamander photo

Sometimes the smallest wildlife encounters can give the biggest joys, and this was the case this past weekend.   For the very first time, I stumbled upon my first salamander in the woods.   Red-backed salamanders (plethadon cinereus) as I understand are one of the...

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Bear and salmon stream

Bear and salmon stream

Bear and river, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska Hard to believe months have already gone by and I am still digging out favorites from my trip to Katmai National Park in Alaska.   Bears are such amazing animals, I still feel quite privileged to have had the...

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