Delightful look at Mother Nature’s wild garden, photograph by Cathy Jones Featured Alumni Photo: “White Trillium and Spring Beauty” by Cathy Jones is a delightful look at Mother Nature’s wild garden of spring. It’s a well composed, well exposed capture that can’t help but bring joy to its viewer. However, one fault I find with [...]
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Burning the midnight oil, photographer Michael Wojdylak captures the magical Northern Lights Featured Alumni Photo: Our Great Lakes Photo Tours group enjoyed a very productive and successful week of photography during our recent Copper Country Color Tour 2013. The participants blossomed as talented nature photographers and all of us became family by week’s end. It had [...]
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for “all thing Autumn” Michigan’s Copper Country Color Tour: Copper country is a destination for all things autumn in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. From the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the rolling terrain of Porcupine Mountains State Park, the northwest territory of Michigan offers some of the most scenic beauty in this [...]
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Celebration of Copper Country Moment in Nature: Intimate Landscape. It’s always fun to photograph intimate landscapes. This past week in Copper Country, little aesthetic scenes were everywhere we looked. Photo: Aspen leaf with water droplets, riverbed rock and autumn reflections; markscarlson.com — at Huron Mountains, MI. ~ Mark S. Carlson, Naturalist Photographer About the [...]
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2014 Michigan Gold Calendar Now Available! 2014 Michigan Calendar: Nature Photography by Mark S. Carlson. The extraordinary nature photography is once again available in the new 2014 Michigan Gold Calendar by naturalist photographer, Mark S. Carlson. The image portfolio contains a diverse collection of nature and scenic photographs. Each month’s photo is suitable for framing [...]
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Celebration of the Paper Birch Tree Moments in Nature: Paper Birch Tree. Today’s post didn’t start out to be a celebration of paper birch trees, but that’s exactly what’s happening. As you’ve probably surmised by now, I love paper birch trees. If you like them too, here’s more information you may appreciate. Paper Birch (Betula [...]
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Featured Alumni Photo: Platte Bay Boardwalk Over Dune Featured Alumni Photo: During our Autumn Dunes Eco~Photo Excursion of 2012, participating photographer, Don Phillips captured an image that exemplified the moody weather of the day. As ominous as his photo appears, the day was actually quite eventful for all of the participants and very rewarding image-wise. [...]
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Autumn sun provides for dramatic photos. Nature Photography Tips: Autumn often yields dramatic lighting situations for photography. When the sun is at it’s very lowest angle, like just after sunrise or just before sunset, a heavily clouded day can become special. The light seems to be more intense coming across the landscape beneath an otherwise [...]
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Great egret – sharp contrast to water and greens. Moments in Nature: Great Egrets in Michigan Wildlife Refuge. A few days ago, my wife and I took an early evening drive through the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. We enjoyed some great birding opportunities, a gorgeous sunset and a spectacular (nearly full) moonrise. There’s quite an [...]
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Featured Alumni Photo: Fragile Fern at Tree Root Base Featured Alumni Photo: During a recent eco-photo excursion at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, participant Ileana Habsburg-Snyder captured a photo of a Fragile Fern emerging from the root base of an old sugar maple tree. Interesting subject matter, revealing the natural relationship of the great [...]
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Something so tiny, yet worth capturing. Moments in Nature: The last drop of dew for this Prairie Coneflower petal – Mother Nature’s morning shower . ~ Mark S. Carlson, Naturalist Photographer About the Author: Mark S. Carlson leads eco-photo tours to scenic locations around the Great Lakes region while teaching fundamental photography skills and nature ecology. Mark’s photography is [...]
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Mark S. Carlson captures nature in his own back yard. Naturalist Photographer’s Personal Nature Sanctuary: Since I regularly post photos taken on my personal nature sanctuary, particularly from my meadow, Facebook friends have wondered and asked about my domain here in Shiawassee County, Michigan. Following is a brief history and description… In 1984, my wife [...]
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