When I toured Devil’s Tower (865 feet – 265 meters tall) last week, it made me think about two towering rocks I toured previously, the first one is Shiprock near Farmington, New Mexico that we visited in October 2016 – it stands1583 feet (482.5 meters) […]
Pronghorns
We came across many pronghorns or sometimes referred as pronghorn antelopes while touring Custer State Park of South Dakoda last week. We saw these beautiful animals in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks a few years ago. Pronghorn is considered as the second fastest land […]
Close Encounter with Bison
There are lots of bison in Custer State Park in the Black Hill Region of South Dakoda. While we were driving through the Wildlife Loop one afternoon last week , we encountered these animals crossing the road thus creating quite a traffic jam but providing […]
Prairie Dogs
While in Badlands National Park last week we saw the prairie dogs in the natural environment for the first time (vs.in the zoo). They are such a cute creature! As it turned out we came across prairie dog towns not only in Badlands NP but […]
Morning Light at Badlands National Park, SD
We began our 9-day photo adventure trip yesterday by flying from Washington, DC to Rapid City, SD. Despite our late check in to our hotel at Wall last night, we got up early at 5:30 am this morning and drove 30 minutes to Big Badland […]
Morning Fog in Frederick
It was a foggy morning yesterday so I took a 10-minute quick drive to Worthington Farm, part of National Monocacy (Civil War) Battlefield in Frederick shortly after I got up and before sunrise. Unfortunately, the place was still closed (too early) but the foggy scenes […]
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Landscape
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge near Cambridge, Maryland, about a two hour drive from my home in Frederick, MD is one of my favorite places to visit. The landscape is beautiful at sunrise and sunset time and there are always plenty of birds, such as bald […]
Ospreys at Blackwater NWR, Cambridge, MD
On the way home from Smith Island last week, we stopped by Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge near Cambridge, Maryland. Here are some of the shots of osprey taken with my Nikon D600 camera with Tamron 150-600 mm lens.
Morning Sun at Smith Island, Maryland
Featured photo shows the morning sky just before sunrise, taken at Ewell Dock, Smith Island. As the sun rose I was more attracted to the scenes in my back that showed the soft sun light reflecting on the pier and the houses.
Sunset at Smith Island, Maryland
Smith Island is a tiny island in Chesapeake Bay with population about 300. Smith Island has no airport and no bridges to the mainland; it can be accessed only by boat. Passenger-only ferries connect Smith Island at Ewell to Point Lookout, Maryland, and Reedville, Virginia, on […]
Sunrise at Solomons, Maryland
We took an overnight trip to Solomons or referred as Solomons Island, about a two-hour drive south of Washington, DC last week. We stayed at Quality Inn of Beacon Marina on Back River as seen on the feature photo. The surrounding was so beautiful that […]
More Hummingbirds
It’s a challenge to capture nice fast-moving hummingbird images. Of course, sharpness is the utmost essential criteria but the gesture of the bird and the simplicity of the background are important as well. I decided to take up the challenge again this morning and ended […]
