Tony Pratt

Archive for the ‘Black & White’ Category

Jan
4

Frozen Bubbles

Filed Under Black & White, Scenics, Winter 2011/12

We have had a couple of cold nights and the creeks are closing in with ice on their edges. Trapped air below the ice makes interesting patterns.

Jan
3

Dune Shadows

Filed Under Black & White, Scenics, Winter 2011/12

Sunrise in the dunes cast interesting shadows of dune grass.

Dec
30

Snow Rising

Filed Under Black & White, Snow Geese, Winter 2011/12

Snow, in the form of Snow Geese, rises into the sky.

Dec
20

The Road Not Taken

Filed Under Black & White, Fall 2011, Scenics

Would you follow this road into the fog?

Dec
14

Sugar Frosted Leaves

Filed Under Black & White, Fall 2011, Macro

Looking like a sugary covering, frost coated a field on a recent cold morning.

Nov
7

To The Sea

Filed Under Black & White, Fall 2011, Scenics

Aug
14

Serene Harbor

Filed Under Black & White, Scenics, Summer 2011

Smooth water reflects a white bow.

Jun
19

Snowy in Black and White

Filed Under Black & White, Egrets, Spring 2011

The beauty of the form and shadows of this wading Snowy Egret were best shown in black and white, I think.

Apr
28

Calling All Callinectes

Filed Under Black & White, Spring 2011

Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) are returning to shallow water and crab pots, as this crabber discovered last weekend. Too bad we haven’t developed a call for them.

Apr
24

Horseshoe Crab Hieroglyphics

Filed Under Black & White, Horseshoe Crabs, Spring 2011

Webster’s defines hieroglyphics as a symbol hard to understand. This Horseshoe Crab walked straight to the middle of a sand bar exposed at low tide, then made a nearly perfect circle in the midst of wave formed ripples. I don’t know what message it may have intended to send, if any at all, but it certainly caught my eye.