"Good Morning Lake Mattamuskeet"

Saturday the 21st I took a little R&R and headed west to meet up with some CNPA photographers for a much long and anticipated "Wildlife Photography" session. Arriving a bit early I found myself waking up just in time to get off the above shot, any longer and I would have been bummed out to say the least. A few minutes later I changed to my fisheye lens as the morning sky opened up giving way to some interesting prospectives of sky and landscape.

"Fish Eye View"

Then came the real fun, hunting down a good location to capture this two frame sequence shot of a immature bald eagle. There were actually three eagles including one mature. I was concentrating and trying to get the older bird in focus when the two immature eagles began to fight over a kill(a duck) in the water. As luck would have it I snapped off these two frames, neither bird took the duck after they saw me stand up in the reeds that I had made my cover in earlier. As you can see in the first shot the young eagle is looking straight into my lens.

I have to be honest here, no matter how long I get to live on this earth some of the best moments are when I'm alone hiding as if a spy in a world that humans are not invited into yet being able to witness such beauty and record it for others who let it pass by day after day.

One man's loss is another man's gain.

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"First Frame"

"Second Frame"

"Three Dog Night"

Well here we are finally getting a little spark of sun rays and a touch of blue in our skies after countless days of rain. I was shooting a few surfers this evening at sunset when these little guys showed up for a walk on the beach. I've always had a soft spot for pups, so I couldn't resist this opportunity when they pooped up from the beach side of the bulkhead.

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"Once Upon A Time"

As most folks are aware just about the entire east coast was effected by the recent north easterner caused by Ida our 9th named storm for the season. Here on the shores of the OBX was a mixture of flooding in Kitty Hawk to a couple of homes falling into the Atlantic Ocean in Nags Head and Highway 12 disappearing along with what was left of the dune lines in Rodanthe. Above is the famous movie house "Nights in Rodanthe" still standing but looking very lonely as the erosion continues to eat up the very valuable real estate that remains. Mother nature wins the battle again as DOT was very busy building a temporary dune road for 4 x 4 passage only, but the war still goes on as man continues to fight the elements. Not all is lost the surf break looks to still be in tact but parking is going to be a major problem in the months ahead.

"Third generation surfer"

PART ONE

"It's all about me"

First things first, this is my Grandson Isaac. I've been clearing thru thousands of photos on my computer and filing them when I decided to post a few of these images of our first grand baby's visit. I have to be honest it has reminded me of years past when my parents would bring out the slide projector for you guest it! "Family Photo Night". AH the horror of such an event as father time clicked away slide after slide our cheeks red from pinching , and our naked bottoms exposed to whoever lasted the evening. Well here I am now with the baton of history clinched between my fingers, the internet my screen, and the world (you) who are watching as I send my photos thru out the world wide web. So sit back and enjoy the show.

"Who's your baby"

"Mommy's little boy"

"Daddy's little acorn"

"My mommy & daddy"

PART TWO

"Our New Son"

Of course he is adopted not born from my wife, even though he thinks he's getting an inheritance not knowing it's just a "bone". His name is Wrigley named by my son Matthew

for his love of baseballs sadist losing streak the Cubs and the oldest field in the NBL. But that's only a name not an attitude. He's been a lot of fun since we have no children living at home so he fills our days with plenty of entertainment. I would not trade him even for a World Series victory by his name sake, well on second thought????

"Nights of Rodanthe"

I expect this house has been photographed thousands of times by an uncountable number of photographers both novice to pros alike. This house of course was made famous in the movie Nights of Rodanthe staring Richard Gear. A couple of my friends Lou and Marcie of "Coyote" were featured musical artist which is pretty cool also. Not to mention this house sits on top of one of the prime surf peaks of the Outer Banks which means it has been photographed

by every surf photographer also. I shot this photo last night on my way home as the moon was just coming off the horizon, a little PS work to remove power lines and some dodge and burning and Wha-la.

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"Fleets In"

Long time since my last post, I've been busy with newspaper work as well as setting

up new wedding clients for 2010. Looks like it's gearing up for a busy year. This image I shot this morning near sunrise as I was waiting for my 9:30 portrait appointment. The fleet has been land locked for a few days now with rough seas so it was nice getting the whole stringer of boats along the west dock line.

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