Capturing the Wild Things in Nature
There are few things that are as rewarding as capturing a great image of wildlife and nature. Sometimes it is easy and you happen to be in the right place at the right time. Other times it will test your patience. A good image of the life and world around us can connect a person with our planet and (hopefully) help us to preserve it for future generations.
![rufous hummingbird flies](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hummer-feeding-3-240x300.jpg)
Graceful Masters of the Skies!
![flowers and bumble bee](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bee-and-flowers-300x204.jpg)
Backyard Bee and Flowers
![Magnificent Mountain Gorilla - Omaha City Zoo](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/gorrila-2-265x300.jpg)
Magnificent Mountain Gorilla – Omaha City Zoo
![backyard bumblebee](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lavender-bumblebee-4-240x300.jpg)
A bumblebee hunts for nectar in my neighbors lavender field.
![pileated woodpecker fledging](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/backyard-pecker-IG-240x300.jpg)
A young pileated woodpecker in my backyard
![rufous hummingbird feeding chicks](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous-hummingbird-feeding-chicks-240x300.jpeg)
Rufous hummingbird feeds her chicks – Kingston, WA
![mushrooms in the forest](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shroom-city-2-ig-240x300.jpg)
Shroom City 1, western Oregon
![Great Egret - Fakahatchee Strand Florida](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/great-egret-1-219x300.jpg)
The Great Egret is a truly photogenic bird and when you place them in a dark swampy environment they just stand out. While I took several images of this particular egret, the angle of its head and more importantly, the reflection were just perfect. Captured in Fakahatchee Strand, Florida using 1/60 second, f4.5 at ISO 200.
![western trillium](https://bugwalks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trillium-1-300x300.jpg)
Each year I will try to get one good image of my favorite wildflower, the western trillium. During a hike in May of 2019 I found this almost perfect specimen that was too good to pass up. I used a f2.5 setting for shallow depth of field and a 1/80 second shutter speed.