Today’s post features another wildflower that was blooming during my recent hike around Fiery Fork CA, located in the Missouri Ozarks … Monarda, or Bee Balm. I combined 13 images of varying focal points, to get this enhanced, depth of field image: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon 180mm, f/3.5 macro […] The post Monarda (Bee Balm) first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Taking a break from working on more total solar eclipse images, today I’m featuring an image I captured yesterday as I hiked Fiery Fork Conservation Area, in the Missouri Ozarks. While photographing wildflowers, I ran upon this Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly as it collected nectar from White Beardtongue (a Penstemon species) wildflower: Stay tuned for more […] The post Spring Arrives first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today’s post features that sweet little nougat found in the center of fine chocolates … in this case, the main feature of the Total Solar Eclipse … the awe-inspiring view of the sun’s corona, normally seen only during complete totality! The image below is a single image, captured using a very long exposure of the […] The post Creme de la Creme first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today’s post features some of the solar phenomena that we cannot normally see, because of the extreme intensity of the sun’s brightness … the Solar Chromosphere and some Solar Prominences. When in totality, we are able to see a couple of interesting features of the sun. The sun’s Chromosphere is seen as a thin, red […] The post Now You See Me … Now You Don’t first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

… the Beginning and the End. Today’s post follows up on my recent, pre-eclipse post (“Out of this World”), if you missed it. This post features images captured of the Partial Phases of the April 08, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse. The Totality images (featuring the wonderful “Bailey’s Beads”, “Diamond Rings”, Prominences, the Solar Corona, etc., […] The post The Alpha and the Omega … first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today’s post begins what will be a multiple-post series, from the “Great American Total Solar Eclipse of 2024” adventure I experienced on Monday, April 08. I can honestly say that this was one of the most dramatic … uplifting … emotional … natural events I have ever experienced! I began preparing for this event well […] The post Out-Of-This-World Experience first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured during a hike on a Missouri prairie, a number of years ago. While photographing in the early morning, I came across this brilliantly-colored, blue damselfly as it rested on a blade of prairie grass: This image was captured pre-2004, when I was still shooting 35mm slides. I […] The post Pretty in Blue first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured at the Wichita Mountains NWR in southwest Oklahoma, a number of years ago. While photographing in the early morning, I saw this Burrowing Owl returning to his underground den, with nesting material in his beak (can you spot this owl’s mate, with only the head peering out […] The post Back to the Burrow first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured at the Bittern Bottoms Conservation Area in Cass County, Missouri, a number of years ago while kayaking the area. While photographing wildlife in the early morning, I kayaked past this sleepy raccoon that was peering out of his den in a tree, high above the waterway: This […] The post Sleepy Time first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring an image that was captured at the Loxahatchee NWR in southeast Florida, a number of years ago. While photographing the many water pools of the refuge, this Great Blue Heron proudly displayed his recent catch: This image was captured pre-2004, when I was still shooting 35mm slides. I recently began converting some […] The post Catch of the Day first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more