Gibson’s Beach, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Often the storm chasing day ends not with the last glow of the setting sun, but with a photogenic show of pyrotechnics dancing from cloud to cloud and into the ground and lasting well into the night. This strike was captured just a few miles from my home after a long day of driving and looking for marvelous supercells and their awe-inspiring structures. Typically, any isolated cells that form during the day in western Oklahoma will race through the portions of Oklahoma that I call home, I just have to drive back ahead of the racing squall line and on such days will end the hunt with a tripod and a camera on this gravel road. It isn’t a part of my public offered storm chasing tours, but instead just my time to relax, snap shutters and enjoy my favorite hobby – lightning photography. I’ve always hoped for a dead centered strike at the end of this long gravel driveway. So many times I have closed my eyes and envisioned this very shot. Then, one night in 2006 after a long day’s work of hunting down tornadoes I ended my chase day in this fashion, opened the shutter and waited – “bang” – I had it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be sure to check out my company, StormTours.com. It’s a great opportunity for anyone who wants to chase storms to improve their lightning photography skills and see awe-inspiring photogenic storms. www.stormtours.com AND www.stormchase.com
This was captured after a rain storm, while we were on holidays at Lorne. The sky lit up as though it was on fire, with the clouds reflecting the late afternoon sun and the resulting water lying on the pier also mirrored the sky and the couta boat, docked there.
Blue-winged teal. Eagle Bluffs CA, Missouri.
A Great blue heron silhouetted in the twinkling moonlight. / / / Portfolio Areas / Tigers / Wildlife / Macro / Landscape / Birds / Abstracts / Cats~wild and domestic
Blue Heron wadding in the ocean shore I will donate 50% of all proceeds from the sale of this image and the ones below to the American Bird Conservancy —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Consider these images as companions! / And the T-Shirt below
A great blue heron flies so close to the surface of a lagoon in Oregon that its wingtip nearly touches the reflection in the water. Late afternoon autumn light helped with the image.
Taken on Michaelmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef. November 2007. Canon IXUS 900TI
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The Great Blue Heron sits almost motionless, despite the raging falls. Almost unseen. Waiting. I sit waiting too, watching … these grand creatures of water and wind. Moments, hours pass. Mist from the falls graces my face. Great Blue fishes; I sit in awe and wonder from the old wooden footbridge. Flight, almost flight, colors dance against the backdrop of the water. Heron Dance. Image altered post processing, giving piece an oil painting effect. Below is the real, actual photo, prior to post processing and reduced to fit: /
The glory and the splendor of ‘the start of the day’ at Jan Juc beach on the Surfcoast, part of The Great Ocean Road. Camera: Pentax istDS.
Aerial image of the famous heart-shaped Coral Reef in the Whitsundays, Australia
Got up for dawn at Port Campbell only for it to be drizzly and overcast, but by the time I got down to the beach and the sun started to rise some awesome colour came through and it made the early start well and truly worth it! / Settings Canon 40D, 10-22mm EF-S. FL: 13 mm 63 seconds @ f8, ISO 100 Polarising Filter and ND8 Graduated Filter Adobe Lightroom 2 & Adobe Photoshop CS4 / Features Featured in the SEA Group on the 11th of May 2009 Featured in the Australian Travel Photography and Writing Group on the 12th of May 2009 Featured in the Canon DSLR Group on the 12th of May 2009 Featured in the All Water in Motion Group on the 15th of May 2009 Featured in the All that is Nature Group on the 17th of May 2009 Click here for my other seascapes Click here for my other shots taken off the Great Ocean Road
This little gem can be found just around the corner from Loch Ard Gorge near Port Campbell off Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, Australia. I came here the afternoon before and there were snap happy tourists everywhere but decided to come back the next morning and there wasn’t a soul in sight, just the crashing ocean to keep me company… Unfortunately as of early June 2009 this archway has collapsed leaving two apostles next to eachother. For information read this story on the collapse / Settings Canon 40D, 10-22mm EF-S. FL: 18 mm 30 seconds @ f11, ISO 100 Polarising Filter and ND8 Graduated Filter Adobe Lightroom 2 & Adobe Photoshop CS4 Sales 1 Large Laminated Print 1 Large Framed Print / Features Featured in the SEA Group on the 13th of May 2009 #Winner of Nature’s Beauty Challenge in the You’re Accepted Group on 3rd of June 2009 Click here for my other seascapes Click here for my other shots taken off the Great Ocean Road
Featured in You’re Accepted and All Countries~Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes, and Rivers I captured this image of a male great blue heron on the shores of Vancouver Island near Campbell River in Canada. I thought the bird showed his beauty and pride in the photo. Wikipedia says, “The largest North American heron, with a head-to-tail length of 91–140 cm (36-55 in), a wingspan of 167-201 cm (66-79 in), and a weight of 2–3.6 kg (4.4-8 lbs), it is blue-gray overall, with black flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season. The bill is dull yellowish, becoming orange briefly at the start of the breeding season, and the lower legs gray, also becoming orangey at the start of the breeding season. Immature birds are duller in color, with a dull blackish-gray crown, and the flank pattern only weakly defined; they have no plumes, and the bill is dull gray-yellow.” Nikon D300, Nikkor 600 mm f4 lens with 1.4 teleconverter, ISO 400, f11, 1/800s.
Mother and child Great Blue Heron as night falls . . . I thought of the song, “Help me make it through the night” while I worked on this piece. I’d be remiss if I didn’t give my husband Tommy credit for this photo. He saw the mother and child as he was driving in St. Mary Parish. He pointed them out to me, turned the vehicle around, and positioned the truck so I could get this shot. Without his keen eyes, I would have missed this endearing scene. Thank you, Tommy; I couldn’t do it without you!
taken on the Ocean Spring Harbor pier at dusk.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has water falls in many places. When its hot, people head for the hills of the Smokies. / Cool breezes and water. Swimming, fishing, hiking, and driving trails near by. Shop till you drop in Gatlinburg, and walk your dog if he is well behaved. All kinds of things to do and see, good old Tennessee. Piegon Forge is nearby, I know you like to eat, well I couldn’t name them all. Make fun at the way people talk, come on down yeu all. Maybe you haven’t been here yet, watch out for those curvey roads. One of the most visited parks in the good old USA. GSMNP has a tremendous diversity of plant life. Many people document it or just enjoy it. Rhododendron in bloom around the falls, this gorgous shrub is easily seen because it grows well on exposed ridges at 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation. They grow 8-12 ft. high.and one of the first I added to my garden, along with the natural ones in the woods. They bloom in June and July in the Park, and about a months difference here later. / Oil on canvas JeffeeArt4u
Featured in Animals in Action – August 2009 / Featured in Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art – August 2009 / Featured in High Quality Animal Images – September 2009 / Featured in Natural Developments – September 2009 Winner – Natural Developments Wildlife Competition (September) dramatic closeup of a Great Blue Heron catching a fish on water
A wave crashes the London Arch, on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia, at sunrise. This was taken at the end of autumn on a very cloudy morning. I used a Canon DSLR EOS 350D camera, 18-55mm lens and a tripod. I sold a large framed print (walnut and on red bubble) to my kind sister, Nadia, that she bought as a house warming and birthday present for a lucky friend. Thanks so much Nadia.
Featured in the Woman Photographer, November 9, 2009. This piece is a layer of 2 pictures from my image gallery. Layering and tonal adjustments were completed in Photoshop. Artwork and painting was completed in Corel Painter X using a wacom tablet. Thank you for viewing my art :) Black & White Gallery / Bird Gallery / DIGITAL PORTRAIT PAINTING – PHOTO PAINTING SERVICES / Black Box Frame with Bright White Matting / / Matching Art-Greeting Card / / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST
Kaya the Great Dane lived a full and happy life with us and little sister Luna on the Gold Coast in Australia. As her Mum and as a photographer, I frequently made use of her natural modelling talents and started my own dog photography business, with Kaya as my daily inspiration. In March 2009, Kaya was diagnosed with a form of mouth cancer which had invaded her jaw bone and spread to her nasal passages. Just a few days after diagnosis and only a week after showing the first symptoms, we said goodbye to our beautiful girl forever. She was only two years old. I’ve created this calendar to share with the world my gorgeous girl and to raise awareness about canine Cancer and how suddenly and painfully it can affect the lives of sufferers and loved ones. Please consider purchasing this calendar and doing your bit to support Cancer research in dogs. All profits will be donated to a suitable Australian Canine cancer research foundation, to be advised.
Reworking of an older photo – artistic license taken to remove some distracting elements and add additional canvas for a more regular 11×14 aspect ratio. See this gallery for the original shot.
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