While sorting some image files on my laptop, I found this one of two Semipalmated Plovers, Charadrius semipalmatus, that I digiscoped during a visit to the barrier islands off Chatham, Massachusetts using the first Swarovski spotting scope (a borrowed one) that I ever carried out into the field. Recalling that, I suddenly realized that I […]
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Opportunities Are Indeed Welcome
I don’t think I need to tell anyone that times are tough right now. What with unemployment high and consumer confidence low, the general outlook for anyone trying to earn an honest living these days, a group in which I include myself, is somewhere between dim and downright scary. Because of this, I’m publishing this […]
Photo Interlude: Sometimes…
…it all just comes together. The bird, its posture, the light, the background – all the good karma you’ve accrued over many years of diligent study and work is cashed in all at once as the price of admission to witness the perfect photographic moment. My souvenir of that moment? This image of a Caspian […]
Photo Interlude: Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States (620 feet from its source on Larch Mountain to its basin beside the Columbia River). Its extraordinary accessibility from I-84 just east of Portland, Oregon makes it a very popular subject for both amateur and […]