Photography

 Welcome back to another post of Step into Nature. Let's continue on with this series. This in Anhinga that I photographed at Pickney Wildlife Refuge in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This is an American Alligator, which I also photographed at the Pickney Wildlife Refuge in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina when i was doing a Nature outing there. This is an Eastern Copperhead snake which I photographed at Duke Forest with my mentor, Al D. Copperheads are very dangerous snakes that are venomous and can make you go to the hospital if you get bitten by one. This is a Salamander, that I photographed at the Eno River, while also on a photo outing with my mentor, Al D. 

 Welcome to another Step Into Nature on my blog for this Month.. Lets see what this weeks post is about for this post on my blog. This is a Snowy Egret catching a fish which I photographed at Ormond Beach, Florida many years ago with my big 150-600 mm lens and this egret would pick it up and then drop it and then the fish jumped out of the egrets grip and swam away from it. The next photograph for this blog post is a sunrise that I took at Carolina Beach with a seagull during sunrise conditions and I was up really early those days catching different sunrises that week while on vacation. This a black ant, which I photographed on my columbine flowers in my own backyard during this past spring. The next photograph for this weeks Step into Nature is pair of Kaytidids on a coneflower, which I took at my neighborhood pond. I hope you all are enjoying my newly yearly theme on my blog on Thursdays and have a great rest of your week and stay tuned for next weeks Step Into Nature on my blog....

 Welcome back to a Territorial Dispute against the Might Great Blue Heron versus the Great Egret at my neighborhood pond. A neighbor of mine , alerted me to a territorial duspute against a Great Blue Heron versus the Great Egret. This was taken a week ago excatly on August 7,2021.  At first, the Great Blue Heron and Great Egret kept squawking at each other till one and the other kept cashing each other around the pond , which was very interesting to watch. Then Then the Great Blue Heron kept getting very aggressive toward the Great Egret , which was on the other side of the pond. Then Great Blue Heron kept trying to cash off the Great Egret multiple times and i did not successfully work at all. So I got many different pictures of this dispute happening at the neighborhood pond. At this point, The Great Blue Heron, was very upset and was very aggressive and finally gave up the fight for the territorial dispute and minding his own business without defeat against the Great Egret ...

 Welcome back to another Step Into  Nature for this weeks blog post, hope you all are staying safe due to the Covid Varriant. So lets get into this weeks post of Step into Nature # 3. These are  Adult White Tailed Deer that I photographed at my godmothers yard , many years ago and I still continue to to photograph the deer there. These are Wild California Seals, that I took at the famous area where seals could be found in California  and i have my picture where I was next to these seals in the wild and they did not bite me or get vicious with me being around them which is very rare to have that happen. This is me with California  Seals where they can be found In California  This picture is of the Hummingbird Moth, I got way back a few years ago on a butterfly bush at my neighborhood pond. I have planted two butterfly bushes in my pollinator garden in front of my master bedroom so i can enjoy all the pollinators that come there to my butterfly bushes.  ...

 Welcome back to Step into Nature on my blog this week. Lets see what this weeks post of Step into Nature is for this week. This a five lined Skink, I photographed at the Duke Forest on an outing with my photography mentor.  This is Crab Spider, I photographed at the NC Botanical Gardens on outing a few years back with my mentor AL D. This was also from that outing at the NC Botanical Gardens, that I also photographed at NC Botanical Gardens. This is a Swallowtail butterfly which are very common in this area of Central North Carolina.  I have been seeing lots of more insects this year compared to many years in the past and still photographing alot . Till next weeks Step into Nature , Have fun and stay safe!