Tony Pratt

Archive for the ‘Sunrises and Sunsets’ Category

Jan
19

Snowgeese + Sunset Afterglow = A Nice Moment

Filed Under Scenics, Snow Geese, Sunrises and Sunsets, Winter 2010

Last night I photographed the pintails that I posted last night and on the way out of the marsh I saw a thousand or more snowgeese in a field just after the sun had set. Here is one from that moment.

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Jan
3

Brrrrrrr!!

Filed Under Scenics, Sunrises and Sunsets, Winter 2010

The howling northwest winds gusted to 50 miles per hour and the temperature peaked at 26 degrees here in Lewes, Delaware today. I waded through 18 inches of frozen sea slush to get a photograph of sunset at Cape Henlopen tonight. It was brutally cold but this scene is rare here.

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Dec
18

Countless Snow Geese?

Filed Under Fall 2009, Snow Geese, Sunrises and Sunsets

How many Snow geese do you count in this photograph?

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Dec
17

Sunset Tonight

Filed Under Fall 2009, Snow Geese, Sunrises and Sunsets

The forecast is for snow here in Delaware on Saturday. Tonight there were snows in the sky at sunset, Snowgeese pitching into their over-night field as the sun went down behind the trees.

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Dec
8

Twin Silos

Filed Under Fall 2009, Sunrises and Sunsets

Sunrise yesterday in Lewes, DE.

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Dec
1

Remembering a Hot Sunrise

Filed Under Egrets, Fall 2009, Sunrises and Sunsets

Reminiscing about a hot summer day.

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Sep
1

Mispillion Sunset

Filed Under Summer 2009, Sunrises and Sunsets

The first fall-like air has spread into Delaware the over the last couple of days. With a north wind blowing birds were settled in a bit so I shot this sunset at the Mispillion Inlet.

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Aug
27

Catching the Setting Sun

Filed Under Scenics, Summer 2009, Sunrises and Sunsets

This fisherman was throwing a cast net tonight in hopes of coming up with some bait. He had no luck while I was there but he caught the setting sun very nicely for me.

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Aug
4

Sound Sunset

Filed Under Summer 2009, Sunrises and Sunsets

This was the sunset last night on the sound at Buxton, North Carolina.

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Jul
28

Yellow and Red Eyes

Filed Under Shorebirds, Sunrises and Sunsets

You just have to love the eyes of Oyster Catchers.

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