Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2013
Danco Island, Antarctica.
I left on my trip to the desert before I was finished sharing images from Antarctica so I thought I would share a few more.
This was from a evening dash up a small hillside at sunset on Danco Island. This was around 9:30 in then evening – one of many memorable evenings in Antarctica.
Wildflowers near Phoenix, Arizona.
I recently offered a nature photography workshop through another marketing channel, and wanted to give my followers here on the blog the same opportunity in case anyone is in the Phoenix area in late May.
In short, I will be doing a three hour instructional class at the beautiful Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona, followed by a two hour photo walk in the gardens where you can immediately practice what I taught. The seminar, photo walk, admission to the Desert Botanical Gardens and parking can all be purchased for only $69 right now which is the same great deal, one time price, I offered through the marketing channel. Right now there are 40 people signed up, but we have room for a few more.
If you would like more information, or would like to sign up, then check out this page: Phoenix Nature Photography Seminar.
A Greater Roadrunner, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Beep Beep, these guys are cool! While we were in Anza-Borrego earlier this month I would spot this guy cruising through our campsite from time to time hunting for bugs – fun to watch.
Canon 5D Mark III, 70-200 f/2.8 lens with 1.4x converter at 300 mm, ISO 400, f/5.6 and 1/1600 of a second.
Great Horned Owl nesting in a palm tree, Borrego Springs, California.
I was watching this nesting Great Horned Owl in 90 degree temperatures last week. As I sit here and watch a half of foot of fresh powder snow fall from the sky this morning at my home office in Alaska, I must admit that it seems more like 6 months ago then 6 days.
My nephew Reilly Buck skiing in the Western Championships at Alyeska in Girdwood, Alaska.
As you can see we are back home. Few sights offer a more dramatic reminder as to just how beautiful Alaska is as the view from the airplane looking down onto Prince William Sound and the Chugach mountains on a sunny day! Wow just didn’t seem to do it justice.
We have had a busy few days. Towing back to Arizona, cleaning and putting our RV back in storage, meetings in Phoenix and a long flight home ate up all of three days.
But, fortunately we got home just in time to drive up to Girdwood to watch our nephew ski race yesterday (Wednesday). I can remember photographing Bodie Miller and Lindsey Vonn on this same course at the U.S. National Championships many years ago. It was really fun to return to watch and photograph Reilly! Now I’m not trying to say my nephew is in the same category as Bodie and Lindsey – well, except in his Uncle’s eyes!
As a kid we called these guys “horny toads”. They look like something that should be roaming with the Dinosaurs! This Flat-tail Horned Lizard was in Coyote Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
This was captured with a Canon 5D III, 70-200 f/2.8 lens with a 2x converter at ISO 200, f/5.6 and 2,000 of a second shutter speed.
I spotted him on my way to a mountain bike ride. Fortunately it rain across the trail or I don’t think I would have ever spotted it. Look at how well it blends into the desert.
A blooming Fishhook Cactus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Another storm pasted through this area late last week, but didn’t bring too much in the way of precipitation. Temperatures forecasted to reach into the 90’s this week won’t do the limited and late wildflower bloom any favors.
The best area in the Park that I have seen has been along the Elephant Tree Trail. Here you can find some nice cactus blooms especially Beaver-tail and Barrel. There are a wide variety of other wildflowers – not the thick fields that get photographers excited, but a nice variety that should interest the flower peepers including poppies, phacelia, lavender and Desert Chicory to name just a few. There are many small blooms that I didn’t take the time to identify.
In Borrego Palm Canyon you can find more lavender, lots of Chuparosa and a little Brittlebush along with other wildflowers.
Yesterday in Coyote Canyon I spotted small patches of Sand Verbena, but it is very limited. The famous fields along Henderson Canyon Road are empty.
On a positive note, I’m seeing lots of cactus with buds – I think there will be widespread cactus blooming later this month.
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