Nature Photography Club Forming
January 28, 2007
Today I got together with a group of people who share the love of photography at Bass Lake Park in Holly Springs. I stumbled across the announcement for this group when I was researching items for this blog the other day and I had to go check it out. I kind of suspected that there would be 4 or 5 people and wasn’t I, like many of them, surprised when 20 of us gathered. Like good photographers not a one of us snapped a photo of the first meeting so I guess we all have something to learn.
From the introductions it sounds like we have a wide variety of skills level and experience among the group and could use a few more. So join us if you can. The meetings will be the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9pm at Bass Lake Park. I’m looking forward to improving my skills and learning some things. For those who asked me about some of my big game animals here is some Links to Photos I’ve taken over the years. Hope you enjoy.
Alaska
GSMNP
The Fight
NC Elk
California
Photo Shoot
Lab Chasing down Cripple Tundra Swan
Moose Droppings is a place that chronicles my journey, I’ll explore new places and ideas I’ll learn new things and I’ll teach the things I’ve learned to others. Join me on the adventure and hopefully it will help you in your outdoor endeavors.
That’s great, Moose. While typing your account name I thought back to some moose pictures I took back in 1968. I was stationed at Sparrevohn AFS, a remote site on the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line 160 miles west of Anchorage.
The best ones I got were of a young bull that came sauntering down the trail past our fish camp. I had my Winchester slung over my shoulder for protection, so I grabbed for my cameras. That moose had obviously never seen such a spectacle, and tolerated my shooting shot after shot, before swapping to my Super-8.
I was under fifty yards of him, and it was totally beginner’s luck, but I had some beautiful shots. I wish I still had them, they were lost in a move.
Sounds like a great place. I’ve been to Alaska once and I want to return. I have photographed a lot of moose mostly when I lived in Maine. Many of those are packed in boxes somewhere prior to the digital phase. I find moose to be some of the most tolerant big game subject to photography but just don’t tick one off. I’m in the process of planning a trip out west this year to Yellowstone and Grand Teton I hope to capture some great wildlife photos including some moose.