If you were wondering why I haven’t posted in 3 weeks, I must admit it is due to being extremely busy and sheer laziness. After the Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival, which by the way was a huge success with over 120 in attendance, photographing shorebirds continued to be my passion. Taking 1000s of photos and then processing them is really time consuming. When I get finished with one day’s shoot, which takes several days, all I want to do is relax. Then I go out and take more images and the cycle begins again. Talking about processing, I’ve been giving private lessons on both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. If you need help with these programs, please get in touch with me.
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of going out with some of the best bird photographers I know. Alan Murphy, Scott Elowitz of LensCoat fame, George DeCamp and Lou Buonomo. Jimmy G and Artie Morris were there as well. We had a great time shooting together. Comaraderie at its best.
Spoke with my close friend, Kevin Karlson who was doing a shorebird walk and slide show presentation at DeKorte Park in the Meadowlands this past Saturday. The response was overwhelming so I offered my services and co-led the outing and wound up doing a slide show as well. It was great fun.
Sunday I finally started putting images up on my my website. Here are a few. Of course there are so many more to see.

On Saturday, August 1st, I led a photo tour to Ward Pound Ridge located in Westchester, NY. Macro photography was the goal of this NYC Audubon Camera Club event. I couldn’t have asked for nicer people to attend. My wife Sandy came along and was a tremendous help. She’s my bug expert and found so many small insects to photograph that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. One of the participants commented “I feel like a whole “underworld” was opened up to me”.  It was Laura Myers and you can see her photos on her blog Birds Eyes and Butterflies. Butterflies weren’t abundant but there were very good photo ops for both dragon and damselflies. We also observed a snake wrapped around a bush. There were beetles, leafhoppers, bees and wasps. We all had a great time and stayed a half hour beyond schedule. We probably could have stayed longer but there are always other commitments that get in the way.

While we were by the river I mentioned that my nemesis has been getting a good photo of Ebony Jewelwing, a type of damselfly that is absolutely spectacular looking. I think I finally got one. Tell me what you think.