Sorry for the long delay in the blogs from the west, enjoyed several weeks in Scotland and Ireland (and will blog a few images in the near future — I promise), but for now I want to share an idea or two about digital cameras and photography. Most photographers recommend …
Landscape Notes, Deer Repellents by Mike Groenewald As you all know the bucks are feeling frisky this time of year and their hormones have them on the move and ready for some fun in November. And tree planters know the unfortunate consequence of rutting season; bucks polish their antlers on …
From time to time I’d like to go back to some of the memorable images that I’ve been able to photograph since the advent of the digital revolution about 2004. That covers only a small portion of a 39-year career with the NEBRASKAland Magazine — and the bulk of the …
It is still enjoyable to visit the grasslands north of Harrison, even if it means arriving during the middle of the day and the dreaded light of mid-day. Why not practice our photography even when the light, and often the subjects won’t cooperate to help make a memorable image? Early …
Bighorn Sheep Conservation Tech Tally Hamilton was both surprised and delighted to see a wandering moose while conducting her daily bighorn sheep monitoring activities in the Wildcat Hills south of Gering last week. Working each day to track bighorns gives the biologist ample opportunity to see numerous wildlife species, from …
I’m not able to visualize how a panoramic-format image may fit here on the blog page, but here goes. Yesterday began poorly while trying to hit the little white ball around the pasture (golf course), but improved as I drove south of Alliance looking for photographic subjects — primarily the …
Yesterday’s storm that passed over the Pine Ridge and dumped several inches of rain provided another opportunity to “storm chase”, as well as a lesson in how not to trust your digital camera! It also is a reminder that photographers should have a healthy respect for life and limb and …
Rarely can a “vertically challenged” photographer look, and photograph directly into a bird’s nest unless we’re talking about ground nesting birds. At the Gilbert-Baker Wildlife Management Area yesterday, I noticed a bird nest slightly below eye-level along Monroe Creek. Gilbert-Baker WMA is located north of Harrison in the Pine Ridge …
June is a magical month for photographers, new life is everywhere — blooming flowers, the mysterious appearance of speckled robin young on lawns all over town on the same day, swift fox pups running near their natal dens on the grasslands. My photography certainly failed to live up to June’s …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Due to unsafe conditions on the flooding Missouri River, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission closed the 2011 archery paddlefish season that was previously set to begin July 9 and run for 30 days. Game and Parks took the action during a special teleconference June 17 at …
