Mark’s journal of photographic projects, thoughts, and commentary.
The conservation, reintroduction, and protection of wolves is not as black and white as some people would have you believe. A long term study in Yellowstone National Park showed some amazing trends after wolves were reintroduced there some 25 years ago. Much of the Yellowstone ecosystem improved (measurably) with wolves present, and contrary to the … Read more
Eagles have this thing for working on the edge of the ice. Seems like risky business to me, but then I don’t have wings. Fish, frozen in the ice, will eventually be freed by thawing and currents…sometimes the birds will land and pick them out…often falling through the thin ice…or like this one, they … Read more
I am not a fan of snakes in the sense that I don’t go out looking for them, or want to take them home to show my wife…which would likely get me banned from the house for a time. I have friends who just love them…so who am I to criticize someone’s love for the … Read more
It is the most dramatic move in the Bald Eagles repertoire. The wingover provides a way to rapidly change direction…and it’s most commonly seen as they are flying along and see a fish or prey down below…by turning the wings into the vertical plane, they are able to drop almost instantly, down to the … Read more
“In some quarters nowadays it is fashionable to dismiss the balance of nature as a state of affairs that prevailed in an earlier, simpler world – a state that has now been so thoroughly upset that we might as well forget it. Some find this a convenient assumption, but as a chart for a … Read more
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.“– Benjamin Franklin So I think there’s some truth in this quote by Ben Franklin…and this type of image proves it. Practice has helped a good bit. Even with that I’m guessing I might see a decent result in one out of five hundred to one thousand shots. … Read more