Merry Christmas
Wishing you warm Holiday wishes and a Happy New Year!
Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: artistic, bird, Merry Christmas, Nikon D800E, Northern Cardinal, photography, snow, winter
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Loon Release
I’m fortunate to live near The Blueridge Wildlife Center, a facility that rescues and rehabilitates injured wildlife. Over the past several years, I’ve taken injured birds and animals to them, watched releases and observed their educational programs with my son. Last weekend I was thrilled to join them on a release, when they returned a loon, duck and goose back to the wild after they’d recovered from injuries. It was a touching scene as the three birds tasted freedom once again, […]
Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: bird, Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, duck, goose, loon, Nikon D800E, photography, release, Shenandoah River, Virginia
Wordless Wednesday
Edited in Macphun Tonality Pro.
Categories: Photography • Tags: artistic, hinge, Macphun Tonality Pro, Nikon D800E, photography, rust, wood, wordless Wednesday
Bright Blue Day
After our 9″ of snow on Thursday, today’s balmy temperatures in the high 30s with a bright, blue sky and warm March sun made me think spring. I had a wonderful day volunteering some time and my photography to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood, Virginia, and caught up with my birding partner Hillary. We spent most of the afternoon on a variety of projects, including releasing, feeding and rescuing a variety of birds. While we were out feeding […]
Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: bird, blue, Blue Jay, Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, Millwood, Nikon D800E, photography, Virginia, winter
Withstanding Winter
We withstood another weekend ice storm, only losing power on Sunday. It came back on overnight, just in time for us to prepare for school and work today. Now, the forecast is for more of the same tomorrow through Thursday, with ice and accumulating snow. I’m glad that my awesome UPS driver delivered another 40 pounds of bird seed today, just in time to refill all of the feeders. We even enjoyed observing a Northern Flicker at the feeder over […]
Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: artistic, bird, nature, Nikon D800E, Northern Cardinal, photography, snow, winter
Wordless Wednesday
Categories: Black and White, Photography • Tags: artistic, forgotten, Macphun Tonality Pro, Nelson, Nevada, Nikon D800E, photography, wagon, wordless Wednesday
Cold Bird II
Today I revisited some of my bird photos from last winter to check the lenses and settings I’d used, and I came upon this Dark Eyed Junco that I hadn’t edited. I spent some time playing with it, taking out some background clutter with Macphun Snapheal Pro and using Intensify Pro to produce a bit more contrast in the shadowed face. The lighting wasn’t ideal for this shot, but since birds are generally hard to pose, sometimes you have to […]
Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: bird, cold, Dark-Eyed Junco, Macphun Snapheal Pro, Nikon D800E, photography, Virginia, winter
WCHR Show Hunters
Today I spent the day photographing some of the most beautiful show hunters in the country that are competing on the Winter Equestrian Festival circuit in Florida. Each year I travel here for World Championship Hunter Rider week, where the hunters are featured. Unlike show jumpers that compete against the clock, these show horses are judged subjectively on their jumping style and movement. They’re like eye candy for horse lovers! Here are a few of my favorites.
Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Florida, horse, horse show, Nikon D3s, Nikon D800E, photography, show hunters, WCHR, WEF, Winter Equestrian Festival, World Championship Hunter Rider
Brave Chickadee
The little Chickadee sometimes escapes my attention when the flamboyant Cardinals and adorable Carolina Wrens are dominating the bird feeders. But then I’ll go out into the yard to refill the bird feeders, and the Chickadees will be the only birds hovering nearby, just waiting for me to take a step away so they can fly over and enjoy the fresh seed. They may be diminutive and not all that flashy, but in my yard they’re the bravest of […]
Categories: Birds, Nature, Photography • Tags: bird, bird feeder, brave, Chickadee, nature, Nikon D800E, photography, suet
Weekly Photo Challenge: Scale
The monuments in Washington, D.C. are among the most recognized buildings in the city, and I’ve enjoyed visiting them often. Photographing the monuments and memorials is sometimes a bit overwhelming, though, because of their grand scale and the many different viewpoints you can take. I could spend an entire day shooting some of them and still find myself with more to capture. Last month, when I went to D.C. on a photo walk with Arcanum Master Angela B. Pan, we […]
Categories: Photography, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Arcanum Master Angela B. Pan, D.C., flags, Lincoln Memorial, National World War II Memorial, Nikon D800E, photography, scale, Washington, Washington Monument, Weekly Photo Challenge, winter
Tools of the Trade
The Black And White Project on Google+ featured a challenge this week titled “Tools of the Trade.” While I was working on the next issue of USHJA In Stride magazine on Friday, editing and writing articles, managing freelancers and attending conference calls, I took a short break to set up this shot. As an equestrian journalist, I could have included so many more tools: my computer, iPhone, copies of the magazines, programs, prize lists and other materials my work […]
Categories: Black and White, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Camera+, equestrian, journalist, Nikon D800E, photography, Sony A7, spurs, Tools of the Trade, USHJA, vocation
Back Up To The Lonaconing Silk Mill
Today was one of those days when I was glad that my years of procrastination are behind me. In the old days, before I became more serious about photography, I rarely backed up my photos. I relied on my “trusty” computer hard drives to store images until the day came when I was forced to make more space and move photos to an external hard drive. Now, I have a back up system and copies of all of my images […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: abandoned, artistic, HDR, Lonaconing, Lonaconing Silk Mill, Maryland, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, scale
Wordless Wednesday
Categories: Flower, Photography • Tags: bouquet, flower, flowers, Nikon D800E, photography, rose, wordless Wednesday
Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself
The question asked in today’s Weekly Photo Challenge was to “Express Yourself.” It’s really an open concept as people express themselves in so many different ways. When thinking about my world, there are a variety of topics that came into mind. I scrolled through the various submissions on the WordPress Daily Post page to see how bloggers were visualizing the theme, and I saw beautiful flowers, children smiling, a muddy water buffalo and even a Belgian statue giving a naughty gesture. […]
Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: artistic, Botany Bay, cameras, express yourself, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, South Carolina, trees
Intersections
The Arcanum’s Artist’s Atrium, a community on Google+, added the theme Intersections for this week’s photography challenge. As I was wandering around in my recent files looking for a photo that spoke to me of Intersections, I came across this image. I’d taken it while on my way home from a nearby scenic overlook where I’d hoped to photograph a night rocket launch over Virginia. The launch was delayed, so as I drove the 1 mile home without photos and […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: artistic, dashboard, intersection, Intersections, long exposure, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, The Arcanum
Wordless Wednesday
Farrier at Work
Categories: Horses, Photography • Tags: artistic, farrier, horse, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, Virginia, wordless Wednesday
Macro Monday
I experimented with some items around my desk this weekend for the Google+ Black and White Photography Challenge. With the theme of Macro, I happily dusted off my 100mm lens and got to work indoors on a cold winter day. With the need for bifocals on the horizon, I’ve lately employed a trusty magnifying glass, which sits prominently on my desk. I’ve noticed a variety of cool reflections as I’ve used it to read small print, so I thought it […]
Categories: Black and White, Photography • Tags: artistic, black and white, macro, magnifying glass, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015
Bullseye
The Arcanum’s Artist’s Atrium, a community on Google+, features a photography challenge each week, and this time the theme was Windows. I returned to my files from a trip to Las Vegas in 2013 where I photographed a ghost town in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada. The old mining town of Nelson was notorious for being rough and lawless, with a variety of famous murders, probably in part because it was the site of one of the biggest mining booms […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: artistic, broken window, El Dorado Canyon, glass, Nelson, Nevada, Nikon D800E, old, photography, The Arcanum, window, windshield
Icy Reflection
The Jefferson Memorial as reflected in the ice-covered Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Edited in Lightroom and Macphun Intensify Pro.
Categories: Photography • Tags: D.C., ice, Jefferson Memorial, Nikon D800E, photography, Tidal Basin, Washington, winter
Amazing Adventure With Angela
One of the best aspects of being a member of The Arcanum is connecting with photographers from all over the world who share the same passion. How fortunate I am to be living less than an hour away from Arcanum Master Angela B. Pan. After watching Angela’s performances on The Creation Wars (where she’s undefeated after two appearances!), I sent her an email introducing myself. We decided to meet for a shoot in Washington, D.C., and yesterday was the day. […]
Categories: Birds, Photography • Tags: Angela Pan Photography, artistic, birds, Jefferson Memorial, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, Sony A7, sunset, The Arcanum, Tidal Basin, Washington D.C., Washington Monument
Tricia Booker Photography 