All posts tagged: Maryland

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 […]

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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 […]

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Golden Finches

Sunflower seeds are maturing that attract lots of birds especially golden finches.  Taking advantage of cool and pleasant morning yesterday, I went back to McKee Beshers sunflower field to photograph some of these beautiful golden finches. Instead of using tripod last time, I decided to […]

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May is for Roses

We were like in the monsoon season last week – it rained everyday as if it would never end. It finally cleared up yesterday and I couldn’t wait to get to Brookside Gardens to shoot a few images of beautiful roses. I tried with my […]

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Daffodils at Brookside Gardens

It was the first day temperature reaches 80 degrees (27 C.) this spring, so I took the advantage to go to Brookside Gardens for shooting some flowers, especially the weeping cherry and daffodils. I was surprised to see even some tulips are blooming.

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Assateague’s Wild Horses

Assateague’s wild horses are well known – they are owned and managed by National Park Service. They are free roaming wildlife and could be found anywhere in the park, in the woods, on the roadways, at the marshland and even at the beaches. Below is […]

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Time for Sunflowers

Located on River Road in Poolesville, Maryland, McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a 2,000-acre tract in a mixture of woodlands, fields, wooded bottomland and managed wetland impoundments. The State of Maryland plants sunflowers in several fields with a total area of approximately 30 acres […]

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