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What an interesting year 2020 has brought us this year. First Snow storm in January 2020, Then the damn COVID- 19 mess in March 2020, Tropical storms earlier than ever this year that started in May 2020, then to an earthquake August 2020. We had 28 hurricanes this hurricane season in 2020 . Plus severe weather on Christmas Eve this year ,    an interesting year to remember!  January 2020: The Great Blue Heron's  first fish catch of 2020 at my neighborhood pond. February 2020: The Mallard Ducks were very busy at my neighborhood pond in February for mating season this year. The only snow storm this year in 2020. March 2020: Brown Headed Nuthatches at Jordan Lake near their nesting area protecting their young. April 2020: Baby Chinese Prey Mantis born in my side yard of my house this year! Successful hatching this year! First attempt of catching an Osprey catching a fish in my neighborhood pond ...

 Happy Thursday everyone and happy new year and it’s the end of the crazy 2020 year we had.  So let’s what’s is on this day for history.  1775- George Washington orders recruiting officers to accept free blacks in the army.  1915- The Germans torpedo The British Liner Persia without any warning and killing 355 passengers.  1923- The  Sahara  is crossed by an automobile for the first time. 1965- California becomes the largest state in population in the United  States  

 Its Wednesday and you know that means on my blog, Its Mid week abstract 9 this week for the blog and happy almost end of 2020 and almost Happy New Year 2021. This weeks mid week abstract is a sailboat that was silhouetted against the sunset after the sun had just gone down. This photograph was taken at the Outerbanks in 2015 exactly 5 years ago. I hope you enjoy this Wednesday's mid week abstract. 

 It's the last Monday of the year crazy 2020 and Monday color # 16 on my blog post to end in 2020 . The next Monday color post which will be Monday color # 17 will be on January 4, 2021 on Monday to start off 2021 on My blog. Let's see what i have picked out for todays color post to end the Monday color in 2020 and begin again on January 4,2021.  Oh yeah its Red with holiday lights to end this the monday color in 2020 . I hope you all are still enjoying 2020 while its lasts only another 3 days until the  midnight of December 31,2020 and then at midnight it becomes January 1,2021.

 Happy this day in history I decided to add yet another new topic for the blog called “This day in history” which is a pretty cool idea to addd to a nature and photography blog. So , let’s see what today’s this day in history is shall we.  1812- A treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain ending the war of 1812. 1861- The USS Gem of the Sea destroys the British Blockade runner Prince of Wales off the coast at Georgetown, South Carolina  1966- A soviet Research vehicle soft- lands on the moon.

 Happy midweek abstract 8 on my blog. Hope AL D doesn't use this idea for his blog next year. Let's see what Al B picks out for this weeks mid week abstract. Todays Mid week abstract is a tree that i shot at Johnson Creek in Chapel Hill that I wanted to use on my blog this year for this weeks mid week abstract for number 8 on my blog. I hope you all are staying more safe and having a wonderful week ahead of you.

 Hey, It's  Monday color day # 15 on my blog so far this year. Lets see what i am going to pick out for this weeks Monday color of the 15th Monday color posts on my blog.  Oh yeah its holiday lights I photographed at My moms house outside on the railing to do this photograph. I hope you all have a great last couple of days in the crazy mess of 2020!!

 Happy Mid week abstract 7 on my blog for the year. Hope you all are staying more safe than ever now due to more increasing COVID 19 numbers in North Carolina this year.  For this weeks mid week abstract number 7 is a cattail that I also photographed at the Five oaks pond a few years ago to use on my blog for a mid week abstract back then but never thought of that year until this year which is the craziest year, 2020. So I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and stay safe away from COVID 19 .

 Hey hey its the younger Al with a new topic on my blog about composition of photographs.  Composition is a big part of doing photography in your taste and style with Photographs that you want to to do. I have many different styles that I use when I do photography with compositions in my photography. I have improved a lot since I started doing nature photography back in 2013 with AL D who is probably shocked I am doing a new post about composition on my blog for today.  Using different compositions is very important when doing photography at the beach. I use my own style of composition at the beaches as well. I get up early for sunrises at the Beach and do different composition styles at the beach with my photographs. Timing is key with Composition as well. Be prepared for anything that happens with your composition during those times doing more photographs . I hope this helps. Stay tuned for more parts of styles in photography coming this winter on my blog.

 Hey Hey its Monday color 14 on blog. lets see what i have picked out for this weeks color Monday. Oh yeah its different colors of rocks that it took on a beach near the Riverview School I graduated in June 2013. I hope you all are enjoying this blog so far for the winter months of 2020-2021.

 Happy mid week abstract 6 on my blog . Let's  see what the abstract will be today on my blog for this weeks Mid week Abstract.  Oh yeah its a stump I took a five oaks pond this year while I was doing some photograph down there, when I visiting my god mother. I decided to use this shot today for the mid week abstract since it has some abstract to it. This made a really good abstract photograph for me to use on a mid week abstract post for my blog this year. I hope you are having a great week so far everyone. 

 Hey Hey its December already can you believe it already that 2020 is almost over and gone and its also Monday color thirteen on my blog for this Monday for color usage. Let's see what i pick out. Oh yeah its white today for the color for the  1st Monday color in December 2020. i took this water lily at NC Botanical Gardens awhile back to enjoy using it on my blog for a color Monday post in 2020. 

Happy Mid week abstract 5. Today Mid week abstract 5 is roots that I took with rock formations in the Mountains of North Carolina a long time ago and wanted to use this for a mid week abstract for the blog this year.  I hope you all are enjoying this mid week abstracts for the new yearly theme i came up with on my own for Wednesdays.  

Happy Monday color 12 on my blog. Let's see what i pick out for this Mondays color post on my blog. Oh yeah, its a yellow coneflower that I planted in my backyard garden to attract different types of birds and different types of insects that I can photograph during the spring, summer and fall conditions for many years to come in my backyard gardens.

its My 29th Birthday and of course I decided to make a holiday for my birthday this year " Go Find a swallowtail-butterfly "for this year on my birthday. These are Sawallowtails that I photographed at the Botanical Gardens on orange flowers which they seem to be enjoying for the nectar today. Heres another swallowtail photograph which I took of this creature on butterfly bush enjoying its nectar and hanging around the area to see if there was anymore things to find to use for sources of nectar.

 Hey Hey its Me AL B and its 29th Birthday today and Happy Birthday to me ! Todays Mid week abstract is another  abstract i took during sunset conditions at Jordan Lake this year in October . I hope you are enjoying my new weekly theme on my blogs far. 

 Happy Monday Color # 11 of the yearly theme I have going on my blog this year. lets see what i choose for this Mondays Color post to use this time.  The color of the day is yellow and pink. I did this photograph at my neighborhood pond last month after it had stopped raining and decided to do some macro photography to see what photographs I could produce after it had stopped raining that day. I produced a bunch of different photographs with different rain drops in them after it stopped raining. I hope everyone is staying very healthy during this crazy  times of COVID 19 in North Carolina. 

 Hey hey its AL with a special edition to my blog today with a new adventure that I took today at wildlife Refuge in Hilton head called Pickney's Wildlife Refuge. I caught several new species of birds that are never found in central North Carolina where I am from. I was able to a get a Tri Colored Heron picture. Try Colored Herons are really cool herons to photograph and still did not find the bird I wanted to take pictures of the Wood Stork, so hopefully next time I am here I can get pictures of these bird, the wood storks.  This a Belted Kingfisher , that I also see in Central North Carolina where I currently reside.  Belted Kingfishers are wading birds as well and they eat fish just like the other wading birds.  This is an Anhinga which is also a wading bird that we don't have in central North Carolina. But I am really happy , I was able to catch this bird here at the Wildlife Refuge.  Theses birds are really cool to photograph especially at this wildlife ref...

Happy Mid week abstract # 3 on my blog for the year for the newly yearly theme I thought of on my own. Todays mid week abstract is the stump i took pictures of at Jordan Lake in sunset conditions to make a beautiful abstract of it to use on this new theme for my blog for the year. 

 Hey hey its Al back with another post from the beach. Today during sunrise conditions I was able to catch the green flash, which only last about 1-2 seconds after the sun rises . I have finally have attempted to catch it after many years of trying to do and today in 2020 was the day I caught it finally! Catching the green flash can sometimes be hard to catch it but you have to take the chance of acutely catching it in photographs but you still can give it a shot if you like to .  I did mange to catch the same sailboats I did a few days back at sunset conditions but this time at pre sunrise conditions  I had a blast taking these photographs during different conditions today at the beach during pre rise and sunrise conditions as well.  I caught several different subjects this morning during sunrise conditions including a jellyfish on the beach. And most important I kept under exposing to keep the light the way I wanted it to look during sunrise conditions today. Final...

 Hey hey its AL with another Monday color post for the month of November coming live as we speak on the blog. Todays color is orange. I took this photograph of pre- sunrise conditions at Surf City a month ago for a blog post color Monday for the blog so I could use it for a Monday color post.

 Hey Hey its a holiday today for the blog and its Americas Recycles Day! Happy Holiday of Americas Recycles Day  for today! Recycling is part of the world and the environment around us so we can keep the wildlife and their habitats protected from endangering them.  In recycling we throw away tons of bottles, beer and wine containers , newspapers and papers to be recycled for different usage. Did you know 34.6% was recycled in the United States for recycling centers.  Heres some details on recycling materials by percentages. Paper recycling is at 64.7%. 33% is from steel and 26% glass materials. The last ones are 19.8% is Aluminum and 9.5% plastic items to be recycled. E- Watse is called Electronic Device Waste which is pretty cool to think about in terms of reducing and recycling items of electronics you don't use anymore in your household. 

 Hey hey its Al from the beach studios in Hilton head just kidding AL D. who is probably thinking what I am doing posting so much on my vacation. I have more subjects to talk about on my blog this week since I am on a beach trip right now until Saturday November 21st.  This a Brown Pelican that I took photographs of today when it was catching and diving for fish for its dinner. Did you know pelicans can catch up to 4 pounds of fish per day for their food source every day. I just learned about that today and some research on it. They are found in coastal areas such as Hilton head where i am currently at on vacation this week. The next photograph I took today is a Least Tern in flight that I also photographed today at the beach right outside the hotel where I am staying at for this vacation, which I am enjoying it very much being around wildlife and different surroundings for this week. The next coast bird I took photographs of is a Laughing Gull which I was trying for years to ...

 Hey Hey its Al back with some new stuff for my blog this morning that I just take at sunrise this morning at Hilton Head. Sunrise conditions this morning at the beach were perfect for the photographs I was looking for to use on my blog.  Sunrise came up at 6:53 am this morning at Hilton head and I was out for dawn pictures as well with the same sailboat pictures as I did last night for sunset conditions. I was able to catch a pelican with the sunrise conditions this morning so I can prove that I was trying to do something new that i was trying to catch for years at the beaches in the past. AND today was the day I was able to catch a flying a pelican while the sun was going up and I caught it in mid flight with the sun behind it during sunrise which was cool to do. So this was a perfect sunrise start off at Hilton head. To BAD AL D or should the old Fart who is probably going to believe I am going to beat him in post this month and in the winter months coming up on my blog....

 Hey hey it part 2 of just a little humor day so I can AL D again while I am the beach. Here we go with part two of the series, there will be 4 parts to it so I can Al D really good. AL D: Stop chimping AL B: how about NO! Al D; Did you you smell that stench? Al B; I had tons of homemade chili  last night! AL D: oh boy I watch out for the stench! Al B: Get away from my stench! Al D; How about No! Al B: Its Totally skunk day for you to get farted on! Al D; I better watch out for the next one! Al B: Here go with stench! Al D; NO more chili for the next time on an outing with me! Al B; How about yes and i get you good again!