Great Blue Heron

Well, I failed to find a Snowy Owl again....I went out searching again yesterday. I did however find this beautiful Great Blue Heron who was in very close proximity to me.

Someone came along in a pick up truck, and I knew that the noise would scare the heron away. I was ready to get the flight shots......,

It would have been nice to get some Snowy Owl shots, but I am pretty happy to have gotten the "runner up" shots instead. 

One of these days you will see some snowy owl shots here on the blog.......and if you don't see any by Winters end, it won't be due to a lack of trying.

Pastel Sunset

One more late day landscape taken the other day in Duxbury MA

Summer House

Closed for the Winter.......

The Road To Saquish, Duxbury MA

As you can see from a few of my recent blog posts, I've recently been spending some time photographing in Duxbury MA. The reason for this is because I've been looking out for a Snowy Owl to photograph. Haven't found one....yet......this year, but I'm determined to eventually find one. In the meantime, I've photographed a few other birds and some landscapes etc.

Yesterday we got a few beautiful inches of snow here in SE MA, so I went down to Duxbury in the late afternoon. I still didn't find any owls, but the recent snowfall combined with some beautiful late day skies, provided me an opportunity to make some landscapes images.

Snowy Owls reside in the desolate land in the Arctic throughout most of the year, but in the Winter they travel South to live in wide open spaces that remind them of their home in the Arctic Tundra. The owls that reside in Duxbury Beach typically fly to Logan Airport in Boston each year, and are caught and relocated to places such as Duxbury Beach, where it is a safer place for both the owls and the air traffic at the airport. 

This image gives you a good example of the wide open spaces near Duxbury Beach that remind the owls of their "home" environment.

Wordless Wednesday 1/4/17

Kitesurfing

Brrrrrr! I give these two guys a lot of credit for following what must be their passion. I know that I was freezing just being outside shooting with my camera on this very cold and very blustery Winter day in Duxbury MA.

2016 A Year In Review

Happy New Year!!!!!! Each new year I post my personal favorite images that I have taken the year before. These images are ones that invoke an emotional response for me. Some may not be technically perfect, but I am a photographer who needs to "feel" something when looking at my own images. That's what makes me happy and keeps me shooting.

The Winter of 2016 began with a New Years weekend trip to my beloved VT. One of my favorite images that I took that weekend is this landscape taken as the sun was setting on what was a very cloudy day.

This next image was taken in February during a snowstorm in my hometown of Abington MA. I drove down to our local pond (Island Grove) at the beginning of the storm before the roads got too bad and captured this seagull in flight getting ready to make a landing.

The Spring of 2016 brought many photo opportunities. Here is a Herring making it's way upstream to spawn at Whiman's Pond in Weymouth MA.

This next image was also taken in April at the Estuary in Weymouth. I am happy to tell you that I was contacted by a consultant representing the town of Weymouth, and I have given my permission for this image of an osprey in flight to be used on a message board at the start of a new walking trail system that is being built at the estuary.

 The highlight of the Spring was the birth of our Grandson Henry. This image was taken just after Henry was born, as he was doing skin to skin contact with his mom.

What can I say about the fox den in my backyard this Spring! I got so much enjoyment from this family.

And here is "Mama". She and I had a wonderful understanding of each other.

The Summer of 2016 brought some opportunities to do some night sky photography. Here is the Milky Way reflecting in May Pond in Barton VT.

My friend Wayne lighting the night sky with a flashlight at Windswept Farm in Barton VT as the Milky Way was rising over the gothic barn.

This was another fun evening of shooting the Milky Way over the Foster Covered Bridge in Cabot VT.

From the country to the city.......this is the Zakim Bridge in Boston

Sunflowers in August....

Which brings us to my favorite season of Fall. Here is Lake Willoughby in Westmore VT on a dreary drizzly Fall day.

A Stand of birch trees dressed in it's Autumn finest.

Rocky Gorge along The Kankamagus Highway in NH

A late day panorama made at Crystal Lake in Barton VT

The birth of our Grandson Stevie was the highlight of the Fall. I love the happiness on big sister Ryleigh's face in this picture and I just want to bite Stevie's cheeks!

Finally, November of 2016 bright the Super Moon. Here it is rising over Hull MA.

I wish you peace, love, good health, and happiness in 2017. Thank you so much for following this blog throughout the year.