Shade Tree - Badlands
Throughout the Badlands of South Dakota, you would have a hard time finding shade. When you do, it is often in the form of a single tree standing tall in the middle of a wind swept field.
Marmot on Rocks
A marmot siting on the rocks at Sylvan Lake located in Custer State Park, in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Flower Girls
Sunflowers always make for a perfect scene for a summer photo shoot.
Soar
This Herring Gull image was captured on Bar Island, Maine.
Walk on the beach
This image of the gull was taken at Bar Island Maine. While the tide is out, we were able to walk across the land bridge to the island. The gulls were also taking advantage of the low tide to hund for food.
Solitude
While exploring Bar Island in Acadia National Park, I noticed this solo house standing out in the distance. I decided to use my Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm to isolate the house.
Gull on a rock
A Herring Gull resting on a rock near Bar Island in the Mt. Dessert Narrows.
Egg Rock Lighthouse
Built in 1875 on Frenchman Bay, Maine, the Egg Rock Lighthouse is a magnificent site from the sky and the water.
Together
Two sisters sitting together and enjoying the sights and sounds of the stream.
Whiskers
A creative approach to photographing a tiger at the Peoria Zoo. I love the colors of the tigers, but I wanted to show more than orange, white and black strips. I felt that showing the tigers face in black & white would allow the viewers to see the emotions of the tiger.
A lions view
A pair of lions at enjoying the warm early spring sun at the Peoria Zoo.
Bison bad hair day
This bison was definitely having a bad hair day on the day this image was taken. This image was capture at Wildlife Prairie Park near Hanna City Illinois
Winter White Tail
A white tail deer in winter
Coyote in snow
This coyote image was taken at Wildlife Prairie Park near Hanna City, Illinois.
Winter Coyote
This image was taken at WIldlife Prairie Park near Peoria, IL
Silver Fox in the snow
This image was taken at WIldlife Prairie Park near Peoria, IL
Evening Fog
During a trip to Chapman State Park in Clarendon, PA I found myself walking near the lake during sunset. As the fog started to roll in, I found myself standing there with my camera, and what I thought was the wrong lens. I had my Tamron 150-600mm lens which I typically reserve for wildlife photography on my Canon 5D Mark IV. I ended up using that lens with a very high ISO to capture this mysterious and dramatic image.
Forest Fog
This image was captured at Chapman State Park in Pennsylvania. The sun was quickly setting and I was running out of light. I only had my Tamron Sp 150-600MM f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens attached to my Canon 5D Mk IV. This is absolutely not a landscape lens. I managed to get this shot as the sun completely dissapeared behind the mountains. This image won 1st place in the 2018 Forest Park Nature Center photo contest for the landscape category.
1955 Ford - Morning Fog
This is not my usual photography subject, but I saw this truck while at Kinzua State Park in Pennsylvania and immediately had this image in mind. The morning was foggy and the blue of the truck was the standing out against the orange glow of the fog. The image was edited in Photoshop to remove the other colors from the scene.
Stand Out
While hiking at Marilla Reservoir in Bradford, PA during a foggy morning sunrise I noticed this solo tree across the lake. The golden leaves were such a strong contrast against the dark green evergreens.