Red Tailed Hawk
Deb & I visited Presqu'ile Provincial Park in Brighton, Ontario late Sunday afternoon and found this adult Red Tailed Hawk. We watched this large raptor for about twenty minutes and as he'd just captured a meal he let us get quite close. ...
U. S. Air Force Memorial, Arlington VA
The Air Force Memorial is located just north of the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia and is one of the newest memorials in the Washington DC area, dedicated by George Bush on October 14, 2006. The Memorial is 270 feet high and consists of three...
U.S. Marine War Memorial, Arlington Virginia
At the end of July Deb & I spent some time in Washington DC and Arlington Virginia checking out the many historical sites and trying to take some photographs of them. This was a challenge arranging travel plans to spend the golden hours...
Loons, the Last Installment for this Year
It was a pleasure for Deb & me to spend a lot of time photographing the Common Loons in Algonquin Park this summer and I hope you have enjoyed them. In the next month or so the Loons which are normally very territorial begin to congregate...
Loon Yodel
Only the male Loon yodels, and the yodel is his territorial vocalization. Apparently each male yodel is distinct and can be used like an audible fingerprint. To yodel the Loon fully extends its neck and enlarges the throat in order to create a type...
More Loons
The processing of numerous CF cards of Loon shots continues but is starting to wind down and at this point all the 'keepers' have been converted from RAW to jpegs. Shooting in RAW is very important all the time however is especially important when...
Loon Chicks
These two images of Loon chicks were taken in early August and are a first for me. They were taken in the rain, late in the afternoon, so the light was very poor. We paddled out into the middle of a lake in Algonquin Park to take them. Getting...
Common Loon
My wife and I spent at least four Fridays this summer canoeing in Algonquin Park photographing Common Loons, or as they are called in Europe Northern Divers. A number of these images can be seen at www.scottmartinphotography.ca however I still...