Pine Barren Man

The photo I forgot to include in my previous post. Well, this is interesting. I have a post that has performed really well on the site bubbles.town. It was very interesting watching more and more people visit the site throughout the day. This was the most non-bot traffic I've received since restarting this website in May. It feels exhilarating to know that real people are looking at and appreciating my photographs again. Since I left Instagram and all other social media a couple of years ago,…

Waking up well before dawn, I could see a thick blanket of fog over the lake. After a quick cup of coffee I pack my small camera bag and make the short walk down the street to the Upper dam where I am treated to a most enjoyable 30 minutes of sunrise.

My plans to visit New York City fell through, leaving me with a free morning. I spent it exploring a local wildlife management area here in Williamstown. There were a few locations that I could visit. I chose a spot that has been on my list to explore for the better part of a decade. One of those places that I always drive past, but never at the right time to visit. The Whitehall Branch runs through the northern part of the management area. It is a small tributary of the Great Egg River. I knew…

Selected scenes from a walk in Malaga Lake Park. On a balmy Sunday morning, Eleanor and I took a short walk on a nature trail through Malaga Lake Park. Ellie wanted to use a real camera, and I used the opportunity to get out of the house and make some images in the woods. I enjoyed making some detailed compositions of some smaller scenes. So much so that I made a print of the image of the fallen tree trunk.

One of the photos I entered in the competition. I recently entered a few photos into a local juried competition. It was my first time doing so. At first, I didn’t think much about my participation, but I’d be lying if I said I didn't feel the anticipation start to grow as the announcement date for the winners approached. Then the winners were announced. I scrolled through the list of winners and honorable mentions. It suddenly became apparent that I wasn’t on that list. The feeling of rejection…

American Goldfinch I caught this American goldfinch eating some seeds from the echinacea in our pollinator garden during a short summer rainstorm. I'm so used to seeing these birds at the feeders in our garden, so it was a nice surprise to see one eating directly from the flowers.

Kayaking Timber Lakes on a Saturday evening. Heading back out into open water. Tonight, Victoria and I took the kayaks out and toured Spruce and Timber Lakes. We traveled upstream to inspect the beaver dams that were cleared by the TLCA. Our first stop was the lily pads and island at the top of the lake. An egret was fishing in the shallow water. I had noticed there were four of them flying in the lakes earlier in the day, so I was quite happy to photograph one of them this evening.