Early September, we went to Switzerland for a few days. Our trip was both business and pleasure. Gabi attended a conference in Zurich, while I did some wildlife photography, and we also hiked together in the Swiss Alps for fun. One of our main destinations was the Swiss National Park (map). It was really nice, […] The post Nature Photography in the Swiss Alps first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

The “firefly season” is a few weeks long summer spectacle on the Northeast. I really enjoy spending some time outside at dusk watching and photographing this wonderful phenomenon. This year I didn’t take any close-up images of these lightning bugs, because I’m happy with the ones from last year. The most common species on the […] The post Fireflies – Connecticut first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

The main goal of our recent East Canada road trip was to visit Prince Edward Island, the smallest Canadian province. We spent three nights here and had two full days to explore this amazing region. We checked out many of the island’s iconic red clifftops, beaches and lighthouses. We also saw the places that inspired […] The post Nature Photography at Prince Edward Island – Canada first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

At the end of May and early June, Gabi and I went on a long road trip to Eastern Canada. We visited three provinces: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. We planned to visit four national parks and some provincial parks too. Unfortunately, due to the unprecedented wildfires in Nova Scotia we had […] The post East Canada Road Trip: NB, PEI, NS first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

Conquest of Paradise – Vanishing Wildlife of Oahu (Hawaii). My article about the invasive species on the island of Oahu, Hawaii has been published in Földgömb magazine. Földgömb (The Globe) is a Hungarian magazine published by the Hungarian Geographic Society. Also my picture of a Japanese White-eye, one of the most common introduced birds in […] The post Cover Story in Földgömb Magazine: Oahu, Hawaii first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

With the new year approaching, it’s a good time to look back at the past year. 2022 was not a bad year for me as a nature photographer. I had some big adventures (maybe not as big as last year, but still) that I already posted here in my blog about, and I also worked […] The post Highlights from 2022 first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

Gabi and I planned an almost two week-long Florida road trip for early November, but decided to turn back from North Carolina when we learned about a hurricane that was visiting Florida the same time. Instead of driving straight back home, we made a little detour and visited the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (map). […] The post Late Fall in Shenandoah National Park – Virginia first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

Last week, we spent a few days in Massachusetts. While Gabi was attending the annual DEL Symposium in Boston, I spent two days at Cape Cod National Seashore (map) to photograph gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). I enjoyed my first day on the shores of the Atlantic photographing gulls and some lonely seals, however, on my […] The post Gray Seal Photography at Cape Code National Seashore – Massachusetts first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

I spent a week in Maine at the end of September. I camped near Baxter State Park (map), just like two years ago and visited the park every day. My main goal was to photograph moose and other wildlife as well as the beautiful fall colors of Maine. On the first morning while driving to […] The post Nature Photography at Baxter State Park – Maine first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more

I spent two days at Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont (map) wild camping and doing nature photography. I was hoping to photograph some wildlife (deer or even moose), so I decided to camp near water. I chose Branch Pond, because there are some campsites next to the forest road leading to the pond. After […] The post Nature Photography at Green Mountains – Vermont first appeared on Gábor Ruff ..read more