Big Bend National Park – January 2014
Not much time to edit photos these days, but I did manage to edit a few from my second workshop with Kathy Adams Clark at Big Bend National Park. One of the highlights of this trip was a visit to Ernst Tinaja.
Bronze Mannikins
Bronze Mannikins at Buffalo Run Park in Missouri City On January 4th, 2014, I spent a little bit of time with a species of bird I had never seen before. They were later identified for me as Bronze Mannikins. The birds were foraging on the ground at the end of the trail across the drainage […]
Big Bend National Park – A Kathy Adams Clark Workshop – Nov 2013
Many people love Big Bend National Park for many reasons. For me, it is magical. It is a place I visit to renew my soul, to set aside the burdens of everyday life and to fulfill that wish to experience something new and spectacular. I wasn’t planning to go to Big Bend this November. Randy […]
September 5-8, 2013 Arizona Trip – Part I – The BATS!
Stop – Action Bat Photography at Elephant Head, Arizona – September, 2013 Kathy Adams Clark, professional photographer in the Houston area, led a photo tour to southern Arizona in pursuit of some very unique photographic opportunities. Kathy, two other photographers, Hope and Karen, and I spent a few days at Bill Forbes’ Elephant Head Pond […]
September 5-8, 2013 Arizona Trip – Part II – More Critters
More Arizona Critters On our Arizona adventure, in addition to the bat photography at night, we spent a good part of the day either at the blind by Bill’s pond, up in the mountains photographing birds or wandering around to get some macro shots. My favorite bird at Bill’s pond was the Gambel’s Quail. The […]
September 5-8, 2013 Arizona Trip – Part III – Saguaro Cactus
Saguaro Cactus Our most geographically significant stop on the Arizona trip was to photograph the Saguaro Cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, which only grows in the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and western Sonora, Mexico with a few plants in southeast California. The silhouette of this cactus is easily recognized and has become symbolic for deserts […]
Block Creek Natural Area
Block Creek Natural Area Rocks Jo and I took our most recent adventure to Block Creek Natural Area (BCNA), a ranch about halfway between Fredericksburg and Comfort. It is a beautiful piece of land owned by Sharron and Larry Jay, two of the finest people you can imagine on the face of this earth. They love the land and the outdoors […]
Brazos Bend State Park
I spent the morning at BBSP on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. I carried a bunch of gear and covered about four miles in the three hours I was there thanks to my trusty trike. Was excited to see that the Lotus were in bloom again and there were even more along 40-acre Lake than last […]
Mostly Flowers
A recent class at the Picture Perfect School of Photography has inspired me to photograph more flowers. The class, Fine Art Nature Photography by Kathleen Clemons, was a giant leap outside of my photography comfort zone. Kathleen defines Fine Art Nature Photography as … “A fine art photograph is a photograph created solely for the […]
Spring Migration – March, April, May, 2013
Several trips to Lafitte’s Cove, Galveston State Park, Dos Vacas Muertas Bird Sanctuary and Tiki Island proved to be very productive this year. I saw a few birds I had never seen before and got some good looks at a few old friends. Most of these were at Tiki Island in my sister Jo’s front […]