photoartflightBlack Skimmer Skimming Along
Posted on October 13, 2016
This shot is a good example showing how Skimmers feed. Gliding along the surface of the water. When they get something their head & beak tilt down. It is fun to watch a few working an area. Going back and forth, giving you lots of photo opportunities.
Osprey FlyBy
Posted on July 22, 2016
On our last visit to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Brigantine Division in Oceanville NJ, there were a lot of Ospreys.They were on Osprey Platforms, on posts, on trees, on the ground and busy fishing so it gave quite a few opportunities for photography. This male Osprey flew close by when I was photographing another one on the ground in the grasses.
Black Skimmer Skimming Along
Posted on July 21, 2016
We went to the Brigantine Division of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ. We were hoping to see the usual Herons & Egrets, Ospreys, Hopefully Bald Eagles, Harriers,Oyster Catchers, etc. There are also Black Skimmers but usually they seem to be quite far out when they are skimming along feeding. I was photographing some Great Egrets when 2 Black Skimmers flew by feeding close to shore. They went back and forth a couple of times before moving on. Here are 2 from the series.
Black-crowned Night-heron Looking For Lunch
Posted on July 16, 2016
When we were leaving the Brigantine Division of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville NJ, we found this Black-crowned Night-heron feeding along the Wildlife Drive. It kept trying but seemed to always get some stringy vegetation instead of what it was looking for. This Black-Crown was also showing the breeding plumage, long white plumes on it’s head. Black-crowned Night-herons don’t get adult plumage until they are about three years old. We watched this Night-heron for about 15 minutes and it did not come up with a meal. We left him trying and headed home.
Two-Shot Vertical Panorama Assembled in Photoshop
Another Great Egret Panorama
Posted on July 8, 2016
This Great Egret was stalking the shoreline looking for a meal. I wanted to include the Egret’s reflection since it added to the overall look I wanted, so I shot 2 shots quickly to minimize the Egret’s movement. Aligned, blended and composed in Photoshop.
Osprey Nests on Osprey Platforms
Posted on June 28, 2016
Along the Wildlife Drive are many Osprey Platforms. Most of them have active nests on them. There seems to be more platforms this year than last year. If you are patient you can usually get some interesting images of the birds interacting with the chicks or flight shots as they fly around the nest and eventually fly into the nest.
Another Osprey nest
Osprey Lookout
Posted on June 27, 2016
Usually around the Osprey Platforms is a post for the Ospreys to roost and keep an eye on their nests on the platforms. Many times you will see them eating a fish there or just hanging out keeping an eye on what is going on.
Brigantine Early Morning Panorama
Posted on March 9, 2016
This is a three shot panorama @ 24mm, photographed in the early morning at the Brigantine Division of the Edwin B. Forsythe NWR in Oceanville, NJ. Panorama assembled in Photoshop, detail enhanced with Nik Color Effect Pro in separate layer and layer opacity reduced to lessen effect to where I liked it. Noise reduced with Nik Define 2.
Two images below, single shots @ 24mm. Early morning Landscapes.
Snow Geese Taking Flight
Posted on November 28, 2015
We found a large flock of snow Geese at the Brigantine division of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. From our first vantage point they were far away, but the sun was behind us. So we moved down the wildlife drive to get closer to the other end of the flock. There were probably thousands of Snow Geese in the water. When we got closer to the far end of the flock we were shooting into the lowering sun so we were getting an interesting warm color to our shots. All of a sudden the hundreds on the end by us took off across the lowering sun.
Black-crowned Night-Heron Foraging for a Meal
Posted on August 30, 2015
It is fun to watch a Black-crowned Night-heron foraging for a meal along the shoreline. After coming out of cover from the thick grasses it was stalking the shoreline. Then stopped when it thought it found something. Then little by little they inch forward and freeze waiting for the moment to strike. In this sequence it was frozen for quite a few minutes and seemed like a statue before realizing, I guess, there was nothing there and then returned to its cover in the grasses. I was shooting all along this hoping to get an action shot of it getting its meal, but all I have is pretty much the same shot through the sequence before it returned to where it came out.
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