Tag Archives: landscape

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Great Barrier Reef – Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is among the most biologically diverse regions on this planet. This is the largest […]

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Australia Road Trip

It’s been my childhood dream to visit Australia, to see the unique wildlife and amazing places of this huge and isolated continent. As an ecologist and natural history photographer, I also felt for a long […]

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Autumn Drone Photography – Connecticut

Fall is probably the most beautiful and most photogenic season on the Northern Hemisphere. However, this year I spent most part of October Down Under. Fortunately, I arrived back just in time to catch this […]

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Landscape and Wildlife Photography at Baxter State Park – Maine

Gabi and I went to Maine for a short vacation to spend a few days at Baxter State Park, which is one of the best wilderness areas on the East Coast. We only visited this […]

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New River Gorge National Park – West Virginia

The New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia (map) is the newest national park in the US. It has been a protected area since 1978 when it was designated as a national river and […]

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Partial Solar Eclipse – Connecticut

During the last few weeks, almost everything in North America was about the solar eclipse that happened on April 8. It was the last total solar eclipse in North America until 2045. It swept the […]

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Highlights from 2023

As we near the end of 2023, I wanted to look back and dig through my photography archives. I already posted my best images in my blog throughout the year and I don’t want to […]

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Fall Color Photography in Connecticut

Autumn is a wonderful season for landscape photography as the foliage turns into a colorful spectacle. However, this fall we had lots of rainstorms in New England, so I didn’t do as much landscape photography […]

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Nature Photography in the Swiss Alps

Early September, we went to Switzerland for a few days. Our trip was both business and pleasure. Gabi attended a conference in Zurich, while I did some wildlife photography, and we also hiked together in […]

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Fireflies – Connecticut

The “firefly season” is a few weeks long summer spectacle on the Northeast. I really enjoy spending some time outside at dusk watching and photographing this wonderful phenomenon. This year I didn’t take any close-up […]

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Nature Photography at Prince Edward Island – Canada

The main goal of our recent East Canada road trip was to visit Prince Edward Island, the smallest Canadian province. We spent three nights here and had two full days to explore this amazing region. […]

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East Canada Road Trip: NB, PEI, NS

At the end of May and early June, Gabi and I went on a long road trip to Eastern Canada. We visited three provinces: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. We planned to […]

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Hortobágy National Park in Hungary Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Hungary’s first national park was established on January 1, 1973 in Hortobágy to protect the area’s unique natural and ethnographic values. It is located on the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld) in the eastern part of […]

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Highlights from 2022

With the new year approaching, it’s a good time to look back at the past year. 2022 was not a bad year for me as a nature photographer. I had some big adventures (maybe not […]

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Late Fall in Shenandoah National Park – Virginia

Gabi and I planned an almost two week long Florida road trip for early November, but decided to turn back from North Carolina when we learned about a hurricane that was visiting Florida the same […]

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Fall Trip to the Green Mountains – Vermont

Last weekend, Gabi and I did a short leaf-peeping trip to the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont. Even though it wasn’t a photography trip, I took my photo equipment and hoped to find a […]

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Nature Photography at Baxter State Park – Maine

I spent a week in Maine at the end of September. I camped near Baxter State Park (map), just like two years ago and visited the park every day. My main goal was to photograph […]

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Nature Photography at Green Mountains – Vermont

I spent two days at Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont (map) wild camping and doing nature photography. I was hoping to photograph some wildlife (deer or even moose), so I decided to camp near […]

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Firefly Photography – Connecticut

The middle of summer is “firefly season” in Connecticut and in many parts of North America. When the sun goes down the forests and meadows light up as myriads of tiny light-producing insects make a […]

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Acadia in Black and White

It’s kind of my tradition to create a black and white landscape image when I visit a national park that Ansel Adams visited as well. He is the most influential landscape photographer and I find […]

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Acadia National Park – Maine

Gabi and I spent a few days at Acadia National Park in Maine. The park is located on the Maine coast and it is famous for its rugged coastline. Acadia preserves a large part of […]

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