Chris Kayler Photography

Two days ago, when my sweetheart Kari Post turned 23 whole years old, we decided to take a trip with a friend of ours, Neil Losin, to photograph an assortment of ducks that have assembled in the Choptank River in Maryland. In this particular location, many wary duck species have become accustomed to human presence and will eat corn thrown into the water. And so, with a bag of cracked corn in hand, we fed many duck species including Canvasback, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, American Wigeon, and Mallards. The following image is of a beautiful male Canvasback in breeding plumage in the middle of a wing flap after having just preened his feathers. While wildlife photographers often require extreme patience and skill in the search for elusive species, it can be just as rewarding to work with some relatively easy subjects such as these ducks.

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While continuing with my West Virginia theme, here is a slight departure from the landscapes to show one of my favorite snake finds of the year, a Smooth Green Snake. After dreaming of finding my first Smooth Green all throughout the year, I finally got my chance just before the snakes went into hibernation for the year. This particular snake, the largest of a total of five of the same species found under rocks along a powerline cut in Monongahela National Forest, was then placed on top of this detailed but simple rock in order to best show off the snake in a photogenic habitat.

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This image was taken at the Lindy Point Overlook in Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia. A high pressure system had been hanging around the area for several days, resulting in many dissapointing cloudless sunrises and sunsets. Despite the clear sky, my friend Alex Mody and I made the short hike out to Lindy Point to photograph the sunset anyways. If anything, good images could be made with the setting sun shown as a bright sunstar near the horizon. Indeed, I made many images of just that scene. However, just 5 minutes after the sun had set, some clouds began moving into the area and flying quickly overhead. Using my Singh-Ray Vari-ND neutral density filter, I slowed the exposure down to several minutes to show the motion of the clouds. The following image is the result.

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