Month: October 2015

Bald Eagle and Nest Building
I’ve taken photo of bald eagle catching fish from the river below Conowingo Dam previously but to capture an eagle picking up a big tree branch and fly over to the electrical transmission tower for nest building was new to me to photograph this morning.

Autumn Morning at the Great Falls
This is the best time of the year to photograph the Great Falls of Potomac River for a couple of good reasons, the fall colors in the backdrop and the morning mist in a cold morning. The nature provided that photo opportunity last Sunday, so […]

When the Sun Peeks through the Clouds and Shines on the Autumn Leaves
On the day we were driving along the road along the Blackwater Canyon in Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia last week, the sun peeked through the clouds periodically and shined on the canyon side full of beautiful autumn color trees and the resulted […]

Milky Way as viewed from Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
We just got back from a 5-day fall foliage photo tour to Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia. The Milky Way image was a unexpected shot taken before 9:00 pm on October 15. The sky condition was superb – very dark with little light pollution.

A Juvenile Red-Shouldered Hawk in My Backyard
A couple of red-shouldered hawks have visited my backyard woods periodically. But I’ve spotted, I believe, a juvenile one recently. This morning a familiar loud call got my attention again and sure enough there were two hawks circling up in the sky and one finally […]

Fall Foliage in Japan
I visited Japan many times and always in the fall for the beautiful foliage colors. These pictures were taken in Hokkaido, Towadako, Hirazumi, Shirakawa Village, etc. in the past.