Sometimes a flower is such a model of perfection that I can’t help recording every part of it—and the bottom-up…
What’s Gregory Pecking?
Ever since I put up a suet feeder, it’s been mobbed by Blue Jays, Carolina Wrens, Downy Woodpeckers and White…
Blowin’ In the Wind
Otis the Great Blue Heron is such a handsome git that I reach for my camera every time he comes…
Volleyball Chrysanthemum
Whoosh! It’s already Autumn and through the magic of photography, we’re at the Longwood Gardens Chrysanthemum Festival, where I have…
Poppa Osprey Brings Home the…?
I’m not sure what Oscar the Osprey just brought —merely his care and love?—but it’s plain he and his mate…
East End Breakwater Light
It’s not easy being a lighthouse on America’s East Coast. None but enthusiasts seem to value them anymore. Here on…
Shooting the Pier II
Same story and same place as part I—we’re under the boardwalk on a cloudless April afternoon. This time, the camera…
Taking the Air
Mid April. High fifties Fahrenheit. Ten mph. Out here on the beach are two parties. One guy with a camera.…
Fly, Otis, FLY!
In the course of greeting Otis (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay) the great Blue Heron, I was fortunate…
Tulip Conflagration
I missed the Longwood Gardens Tulip Festival, but Bethany Beach — of all places!—has its own dazzling display, right down…