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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Michigan Nature 101: Why Do Woodpeckers Drum?
Michigan Nature 101: Woodpeckers Drumming, First Signs of Spring One of the very first signs of spring in my neck-of-the-woods is the sound of woodpeckers drumming. Why Do Woodpeckers Drum? Unlike other songbirds, woodpeckers do not have a distinctive song as part of their avian vocabulary. Instead, drumming is the way the birds communicate, and woodpeckers [...]
birds, Mark S. Carlson, nature photography tips, Seasonal Photography, SpringMemorable Winter Barns on the Leelanau Peninsula
Leelanau Winter Barns…a Time Gone By Leelanau Winter Barns: The relentless Michigan winter of 2013-14 will certainly be a chilling memory for a long time to come. For the first time in many years, all five Great Lakes were considered to be over 90% frozen. On three separate occasions the Polar Vortex with its sub-zero [...]
barns, Eco-Photo Excursions, Leelanau Peninsula, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, winter photographyMichigan’s Copper Country Photography Tour – Bold & Beautiful in Autumn
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 [...]
autumn, copper country, lake superior, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Upper Peninsula, WaterfallsMoments in Nature: Paper-Birch Tree
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 [...]
autumn, birch tree, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, treesFeatured Alumni Photo: Platte Bay Boardwalk Over Dune
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. [...]
autumn, Autumn Dunes Eco-Photo Excursion, Don Phillips, dunes, featured alumni photo, Leelanau Peninsula, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreFeatured Alumni Photo: Green-Tinted Trillium
Featured alumni photo of a green-tinted trillium. Featured Alumni Photo: This past May 11th, we conducted our Ephemeral Spring Eco~Photo Excursion at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The trillium were magnificent! One of our participants, Craig Stoehre, captured a photo of a Green-tinted trillium (T. grandiflorum). The green coloration is caused by a virus [...]
alumni, Craig Stoehre, featured alumni photo, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Spring, trillium, wildflowersMichigan’s Sessile Trilliums
Michigan’s Sessile Trilliums: Some Trilliums Are For Toads Michigan’s Sessile Trilliums: Two of Michigan’s eight trillium species barely make the list as they only inhabit the extreme southwest corner to the southern edge of the mitten. Trillium recurvatum, also known as Prairie Trillium, Toadshade and Bloody Noses, are a significant feature of the mid-May woodlands [...]
Seasonal Photography, sessil trillium, toad trillium, toadshade trilliumMichigan’s Nodding Trillium
Nodding Trillium of Michigan – a shy but beautiful wildflower. Michigan Nodding Trillum. Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum) could be considered the shyest trillium of our eight species native to the Great Lakes region because it hides its blossom beneath a tight whorl of broad, ovate leaves. Its habitat varies from mixed coniferous-hardwoods in the north, [...]
Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Spring, trillium, wildflowersNature Photography Tips: Capturing Early Spring Wildflowers in Best Light
Spring wildflowers love the bright light and full sunshine. Nature Photography Tips from Mark S. Carlson: The majority of early spring wildflowers respond and open during bright sunshine. Sometimes good photos can be captured during such lighting conditions, but for the most part, bright overcast light would be more desirable. The image of a Round-lobed Hepatica [...]
Mark S. Carlson, nature photography tips, Seasonal Photography, Spring, wildflowersMichigan’s Trillium of the Snow
Trilliums of Michigan – Snow Trillium, a threatened species. Michigan Snow Trillium: Snow Trillium (Trillium nivale) is the true harbinger of spring of the eight Great Lakes trillium species. Blooming as early as mid-March, it often wakes up under a blanket of snow, hence it’s name, nivale, meaning “of the snow.” In fact, snow trillium [...]
Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, snow trillium, Spring, trillium, wildflowersFeatured Alumni Photo: Birch Trees in Black & White
Featured alumni photo of quiet birch trees and falling snow…in black & white. Our Featured Alumni Photo: Birch Trees in Black & White by Shane Wyatt. Shane joined us on the Leelanau White Eco-Photo Weekend to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Leelanau County in February 2013. Sometimes photography really can be ‘Point and Shoot’. [...]
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