As I travel around the country searching for beautiful birds, plants, and other creatures to photograph, I often come across natural landscapes that appeal to me as well.
In my galleries, you’ll find some unusual views of well-known places. Like the bubbling paint pots at Lower Geyser Basin or brilliant chromatic scenes in the wild bacterial mats at Emerald Pool in Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone has many facets. When you look at Swan Lake in the Grand Tetons, you can easily imagine Moose feeding in water.
Even time spent in the rocky heath barrens of Dolly Sods Wilderness Area in West Virginia is spectacular. It’s filled with low growing blueberries shrubs which become a striking red color in the autumn. This unusual habitat located in the Allegheny Mountains, is more like areas in southern Canada with its stunted trees and sometimes treeless landscapes.
When you are watching the sun and shadow move across the stark Badlands of South Dakota or witness the magnificent waves crashing through the sharp granite formation on Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park in Maine, you realize how lucky you are.
I’ve had the good fortune to visit some of these fascinating places, but I will tell you; don’t discount the beauty of your own backyard, neighborhood or local parks. Look at the beauty of the upper falls of Sharon Creek located in a county park in Cincinnati or the icy wonders of frozen falls of the upper falls at Old Man’s Cave in Hocking Hills, Ohio! You can find remarkable photographic opportunities in nature near home too.
I try to capture this natural beauty in a way that will appeal to you as well. I hope you to will see how magnificent nature really is and take part in and stand up for preservation of our natural resources.