… 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

Today, I’m featuring two more recently converted digital files (from a 35mm slide). These images were captured at the Squaw Creek NWR (now called Loess Bluffs NWR) in northwest Missouri: When I lived in the Kansas City area, I visited this wonderful refuge often. And many of the trips included outrageous sunrises/sunsets, like the one […] The post Scattering At Sunset first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This subtly-colored female Eastern Collared Lizard was captured as it sunned on a lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains: Not long ago, I featured the male Eastern Collared Lizard (Male Eastern Collared Lizard), in case you missed it or want to compare […] The post Subtle in the Sun first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This beautiful moon was captured rising from behind the mountains of the Bosque del Apache of New Mexico: While packing my equipment after a full day of photographing wintering sandhill cranes at the Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, I looked around […] The post Bad Moon Rising first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more

Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This large alligator was laying low, behind some vegetation in the Florida swamps: This image was captured pre-2004, when I was still shooting 35mm slides, captured during one of my Florida photography trips. I recently began converting some of those slides to digital […] The post Laying Low first appeared on Show Me Nature Photography ..read more