Harford Fair
It’s that time of year again, the end of summer, with tinges of autumn in the air already. It’s fair season! Of the two county fairs that I look forward to each year, the Harford Fair comes first, and is my favorite. I came as a kid. I’ve come each year that I’ve lived nearby. [...]
The sun came out!
And now it’s gone again. Too many cloudy days lately, with several more coming – although we finally got some much needed rain, so I can’t complain. Since the sun has been rare, I overcame the temptation to spend Saturday morning in bed, and instead hauled myself out to the county park to meet a [...]
Down on the Farm
I stopped at Hillside Farms this past weekend, on the way back from a family thing with Mandy. Aside from the usual collection of farm critters that the public is welcome to visit, we’d heard that there were some babies around – and who among us isn’t a sucker for baby animals? I often feel [...]
Simple Clicks – Killdeer
At the same time I was crawling around trying to get the John the Heron shot in my last post, I was keeping an eye open for Killdeer. They’re a great bird to watch, very lively and active. But they’re a major PITA to get a good photo of! I struck out and was on [...]
Simple Clicks – Great Blue Heron
That’s it, I’ve finally done it. This may be the Great Blue Heron shot to end all Great Blue Heron shots for me. I spent an entire morning working with John the Heron, crawling around in the grass, creeping closer. I finally told him that I was done; I walked out onto one of the [...]
More from CCEEC
Beyond the raptor mews, the Carbon County Environmental Education Center offers a series of trails through field and wood, as well as a bird blind that looks out onto the marshy end of Mauch Chunk Lake. I had the best luck down by the lake, where I was able to capture a couple of different [...]
Simple Clicks – Consecutive Sunrises
Haven’t done a lot of landscape work in the past few months. Got kind of bored with it during the winter and never really picked up again, especially once I started chasing birds and critters. But the past couple of days I’ve shot some again – it’s partly having had amazing light, and partly playing [...]
Simple Clicks – Summertime
This is how late afternoons in the summertime always appear in my mind – so when the actual conditions match up, it’s worth a photo (even if the result is a little too color-saturated)!
Simple Clicks – Nesting Swallows
Digging back about a week here, to some files that got left in the camera after the 4th of July was over. Shot these that afternoon, before the festivities began. These guys are nesting in a box at my grandparent’s house, and although my grandmother stated that they are Purple Martins, I’m pretty sure they’re [...]
Simple Clicks – Belted Kingfishers
Driving the dirt roads that surround the marsh this morning, I did one of those manouvers for which photographers are famous – you know, the one where you suddenly (but as quietly as possible) hit the breaks, throw the car into reverse, and back up with your head out the window, hoping like hell that [...]
