US Botanic Gardens Washington DC

Had a great day with a meetup group at the US Botanic Gardens near the Washington Capitol bldg. We had 17 people in attendance and the holiday decorations including several working toy trains, were incredible. I met my new friend Dawn Casey there.

Bald Eagles of Maryland

We had a great weekend photographing bald eagles at Conowingo Dam on Saturday and Blackwater NWR on Sunday. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to shoot a pair of eagles mating. Having rented a 400mm 2.8, it was the perfect photo op. The eagle and the moon was a composite. The moon was nearly full and the eagle had some great light on him.

Next week we are heading to Bombay Hook, De.

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Conowingo Dam - Bald Eagles

Getting ready for the Bald Eagle Safari this Saturday.

Backyard Bird Photography Techniques Presentation

November 5 – Manassas Warrenton Camera Club – 7:30 pm

November 11 – Arundel Camera Club – 7:30 pm

November 14 – Meadowlark Gardens – 1 pm

Upcoming Photo Safaris

Upcoming Photo Safaris:

October 24 – Covered Bridges and Fall Color

November 28 – Bald Eagles at Conowingo Dam, Md

December 5-6 – Bombay Hook, De. – Snow Geese

Mainely Moose

Looking for Moose in Millinocket, Me. Mostly in Baxter State Park.

Outer Banks

Down in the Outer Banks photographing the lighthouses and beach scenes. Weather has been off and on, mostly sunny though. Shot al l four lighthouses and still have some days left to find some wildlife.

Upcoming Presentations - Backyard Bird Photography

Backyard Bird Photography Made EASY

Loudoun Photography Club - Sep 10th

Manassas Warrenton Camera Club - Nov 5th

Arundel Photography Club - Nov 11th

Woodbridge High School - TBA

National Zoo Safari

We have a few openings for our National Zoo safari on Saturday, Aug 22. Big attraction this year is the baby gorilla.

Kenilworth Gardens

Had a great time last Sunday at Kenilworth Gardens, in DC

Va Photo Safaris - Shenandoah National Park

Heading to Big Meadows tomorrow for our annual photo safari there to shoot does and fawns.

Big Meadows

Heading out to Big Meadows today to check out the fawn population.

Light the Night Walk

Help us raise money for Lymphoma and Leukemia. Our dear friend Christopher Blok has been lost after a courageous battle of Burkitt's Lymphoma. He was 28 years old.

Welcome to our Team's Homepage

Source: pages.lightthenight.org

Light The Night Walk is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's evening walk and fundraising event. It is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of people battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.

More Maine Photos

Well finally home from Maine and had a great time at my son's wedding.  We finally got some good weather for moose and lighthouse photography.  We went on a moose tour in Millinocket, Me with MooseTours.com led my Vicky Nolan, the moose whisperer as I like to call her.  Truly an expert in the field of moose photography.  I plan to go back up in the fall to find some big bull moose and fall color.  Lighthouse photography picked up quite a bit with the better weather, I really got some nice shots of the Portland Head Lighthouse with some nice clouds and wonderful lighting.  We also hit several other Maine lighthouses most with decent lighting.  It was a fun time and would like to go back real soon.  I am working at the gallery today.  www.theartistsundertaking.com and its pretty slow in here today, but at least I have the internet working today.

Bill Gercken Photography

I was just reviewing photography by Bill Gercken a local Washington DC area photographer.  I was impressed by his use of color in his photographs.  Check him out.

Just got home from the Patuxent Air Expo. A wonderful airshow with great weather today.

Shot the airshow with a Canon 40D and 70-200mm 2.8 lens

The rest of the images are at:

http://imageevent.com/jnevitt/paxriverairshow

Yesterday at Bombay Hook

Went to Bombay Hook yesterday and found some foxes.  Click on link above to see images.  Steve Vogel and I went to shoot red knots and horseshoe crabs and after that we ventured over to Bombay Hook NWR to see if last year's foxes were still around and we found a momma fox and three kits.

Right around the second pond.  We had a great time photographing the little kits.

We had a female goldfinch at the feeder today. She must not be in very good shape, because she allowed me to get very close to her. I used a 150 macro lens to shoot this photo.

Max Space

Got some new drives today.
1 TB backup drive
500 GB Passport Drive

Smoky Update

I had to work at the gallery today and had no internet.
So, being bored to death, I decided to work on my Smoky HDR shots.
All the new shots are on
www.imageevent.com/jnevitt

I was in the Smoky Mt National Park with my good friends Don Rosenberger and Tony Sweet.

A sample of images are at www.imageevent.com/jnevitt

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