Recently, was it really only yesterday, I had my first encounter with a Pileated Woodpecker and that was fantastic. Today I was heading for The Celery Fields near Saratoga (well in the last ten days I had been to two different Lettuce Lakes – perhaps there is a salad theme here?) having had the best […]
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Apr 11, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, Barred Owl; Strix varia; owlets; fledgelings; Pinecraft Park, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, Dryocopus pileatus, feeding time, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nest in tree; young Pileated Woodpeckers, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Photography, Pileated Woodpecker, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Sarasota, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I always rise early so that I can shoot in the sweet light of the morning. At The Rookery the sun rises behind you as you are lining up on the wildlife which is just perfect. Today was a GREAT day for me – I saw (and shot) my first Pileated Woodpecker. What a treat, […]
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Apr 10, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: Ardea albus, available for licensed use, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic image, colour photograph, Dryocopus pileatus, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Egre, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Pileated Woodpecker, Rerddish Egret; Egretta rufescenes, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 2 Comments »
I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow. I have finished the static shoot as there are now too many people milling around. So I am back at the car leisurely swapping wide angled lenses for telephoto lenses, there is no rush. It is 11:00 am. with flying due to start at 12:30pm plenty of time […]
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Apr 10, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: aerobatics, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic print, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, formation flying, jets, Lockheed-Martin, military aircraft, photograph, Richard King Photography, The Thunderbirds, TICO Warbird Airshow; Titusville, United States Air Force Demonstration Team; F-16 Fighting Falcon, USA, warbirds, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 2 Comments »
Visiting The Rookery at Venice again there is this Great Egret nest on the edge of the “island” in full view. For the first time I saw Great Egret chicks – how startlingly strange they look with their green skin an white “punk” plumage around their head and necks. And those big eyes, which when […]
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Apr 09, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), Adult Great Egret on nest with two chicks, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Egret, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature photography, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, photograph, Photography, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, wading birds, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
All good images have their anchor points which give you the context for the whole image. However, I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow, the air show flying hasn’t started yet, but there is a magnificent Florida Sky! I call them Florida skies because I have only seen them in Florida, there appears to be […]
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, amazing sky, bright sunlight, canvas gallery wrap for sale, cloudscape, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, god beams, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70mm-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
It was good to be back on the Fishing Pier at Venice, Florida. It just typifies the Sea Shore here. Very busy with lots of people fishing, many youngsters – girls as well as boys, but all age groups. I wonder how many took their supper home? I was waiting for the buzzer in my […]
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Black and White Images, Seascape | Tags: black and white photographic image, canvas gallery wrap for sale, early evening, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, just before sunset, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon D800, Richard King Photography, sea, sea shore, seascape, shark tooth collector, Sharky's Restaurant, sun glistening on sea, USA, Venice, Venice Fishing Pier, waves, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
It is not often these days you get an opportunity to see an F-104 Starfighter – twice! Yes it performed the first two days at the TICO Warbird Airshow, unfortunately on the third day it was too windy so the F-104 performed along the taxiways for the appreciative crowds. I certainly hadn’t seen a Strfighter in […]
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Apr 06, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Warbirds | Tags: aerobatics, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic print, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Jet plane, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon D800, rapid rate of vertical climb, Richard King Photography, TICO Warbird Airshow, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
This morning at The Rookery in Venice, Florida, a Tricolored Heron entertained me for quite a time as it edged its way around the banks of the pond looking for its breakfast. Its gorgeous blue beak and it richly coloured plumage caught my attention so I was captivated and watched it as it patiently worked […]
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Apr 03, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: blue beak, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic print, Egretta tricolor; wading bird, fine art print for sale, FL, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e III, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Tricolored Heron, USA, wildlife photography; The Rookery Venice Florida, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday morning I went back to Honeymoon Island State Park. Mainly because I had heard the day before that there was a pair of Great Horned Owls that had two chicks that had fledged – AND also I had such a great day there on Saturday. On Saturday I had spent some time moving slowly […]
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Apr 01, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tags: Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle chicks, bird, Bubo virginianus, canvas gallery wrap for sale, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Horned Owl, Great Horned Owl Chicks, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, photograph, photographic image, Raptor, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, USA, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Today I visited Honeymoon Island State Park (by myself!!) for the first time. Not knowing what to expect I went directly to the Nature Centre and got some excellent advice on where to go. So I headed straight for the 3.5 mile nature walk. Parked, set up “bigger” with a 2x on my D4 and […]
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Mar 30, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: Audibon, Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle chicks, bird of prey, canvas gallery wraps for sale, color photographic image, Falco columbarius, fine art prints for sale, FL, Florida, Gulf Coast; Gulf of Mexico; Nature; Wildlife; birds; raptors; Merlin, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Honeymoon Island State Park, National Bird of the United States of America, nests, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, photograph, Photography, Richard King Photogrpahy, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
This is my first visit to Fort DeSoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. So this is really only day 3 of my new project – shooting wildlife, in particular birds. It is at last warm (last week on the East side of Florida it was very cold and windy) with a pleasant breeze taking […]
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Mar 29, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: bird, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Double-crested Cormorant, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, nest, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14 EIII, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Phalacrocorax auritus, photograph, photographic image, Pinellas County, Raptor, Richard King Photography, USA, Wildlife | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday’s sunrise, photographically speaking was not spectacular. But as with all sunrises (and sunsets) there is that magical feeling of calmness and being at one with nature – and that is always spectacular. Especially when shared with a newly found friend. So on the Beach at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge there was a bank […]
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Mar 27, 2013 | Categories:Color Images, Seascape, Sunrise - Sunset | Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Canvas Gallery Wrap, dawn, fine art print, FL, Florida, golden light, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon D800, Richard King Photography, Space Coast, sunrise, USA, waves breaking | Leave A Comment »
I called my 200mm-400mm f/4 VRII lens “Big Bertha” when I first got it because it is big and also heavy. I use this mostly for airs hows. I have recently acquired “Bigger Bertha” to use for wildlife and this was “Bigger’s” first outing. Also for my new heavier duty Really Right Stuff tripod and […]
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Mar 25, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Wildlife | Tags: American Alligator, Canvas Gallery Wrap, D4, fine art print, FL, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Merritt Island National Refuge, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, Osprey, Raptor, Reptile, Richard King Photography, salt marsh, Space Coast, Titusville, USA, wading bird, Wildlife | Leave A Comment »
So I am back on the trail shooting warbirds. Because this could be the last airshow the Thunderbirds perform at this year ( because of Sequestration, thanks to those wise men in Washington – the Party that Likes to say NO to common sense) I have been at the TICO Warbird Airshow in Titusville Florida. It has […]
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Mar 24, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, WArbirds, Warbirds | Tags: A-4 Skyhawk, color photograph, explosion, Explosions, fine art print, fire, flames, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, low pass flying, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikkor TC-20 III, Nikon D4, photograph, Richard King, Richard King Photography, smoke, TICO Warbird Airshow, USA, war plane, Warbird | Leave A Comment »
As a photographer I am always studying the light of any potential image and I am always looking for that special, unusual and rare light. The special light doesn’t happen very often and when I can capture it with a click or two I feel extremely lucky and privileged. Here are two examples of what […]
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Apr 21, 2012 | Categories:Color Images, Landscapes, The American SouthWest | Tags: American SouthWest, Aspen trees, autumn, Central City, CO, color, color photograph, Colorado, Continental Divide, D3X, fall colors, Fine Art Prints, Gilpin County, Gitzo tripod, independence Pass, landscape, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, photograph, Pitkin County, Snowmass Wilderness, storm sky, sunlight, Travel, USA, White River National Forest, yellow | 4 Comments »
Often, as a child, airplanes were referred to as the “big silver bird”. This description was aimed at civilian commercial airliners rather than military ‘planes (the military always applied camouflage schemes to make their aircraft less visible to the enemy). However, recently, with the restoration of old warbirds (such as the P-51 Mustang, B17 Flying […]
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Apr 16, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: "Maid in the Shade", air to air, Arizona, AZ, B-25 Mitchell, black and white, D3X, Falcon Field, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mesa, military aircraft, monochrome, Moose Peterson Workshop, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, photograph, Richard King Photography, silver bird, T-6 Texan, USA, war plane, Warbird | 5 Comments »
The Black Diamond Jet Team are a rare commodity in our skies inasmuch as they are civilian owned. During the 2012 season they are fully sponsored by United Bank Card, Inc. Thank you United Bank Card, Inc. The Arctic Camouflage is a very bright scheme albeit in black, white and grey, but to me as […]
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Apr 11, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Warbirds | Tags: Arctic Camouflage, black and white, black and white print, Black Diamond Jet Team, clouds, D3X, Fine Art Prints, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation flying, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Mig-17, military aircraft, monochrome, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King, Richard King Photography, Russian, United Bank Card Inc., USA, war plane, Warbird | 2 Comments »
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 G VRII AF-S Having made the decision to move away from shooting film in my Hasselblad “V” series cameras I spent over a year agonizing “do I go Hasselblad H4D or Nikon D3X?”. A key reason for choosing the Nikon path was that I could (eventually) get long lenses and return to Wildlife […]
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Apr 03, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Birds, Color Images, Gear, Warbirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), (Ardea herodias), Arctic Camouflage, Beechcraft, Black Diamonds, Blue Angels, Blue Sky, Boeing, clouds, color, Common Egret, D3X, dawn, F-4U Corsair, F/A-18 Hornet, F8F Bearcat, fine art print, FL, Florida, Florida International Air Show, formation, Golden Hour, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Great White Egret, Grumman, Korean War, L-39 Albatros, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, mating plumage, Mig-17, military aircraft, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, photograph, Photography, Punta Gorda, Richard King Photography, Russian, spring, sunrise, The Rookery, Trainer, Twin Beech 18, U.S. Navy, United States, USA, Venice, Vought, war plane, Warbird, WWII | 1 Comment »
Up in the air, bouncing around in the back of a Short Brothers’ Skyvan with the back door open, on a Moose Peterson workshop, and I think this guy wants to come aboard and join us! The air behind the Skyvan is very rough as it is not an aerodynamically shaped design – roughly square […]
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Mar 22, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, The American SouthWest, Warbirds | Tags: Arizona, AZ, CAF, color, Commemorative Air Force, Cripes A' Mighty, D3X, Falcon Field, fighter plane, Fine Art Prints, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, P-51, P-51 Mustang, Photography, pilot, Richard King, TC, USA, war plane, Warbird, World War II, WWII | 3 Comments »
This beautiful aircraft in polished metal finish just cries out to me BLACK & WHITE ! So here is the first crop (pun intended, although I don’t crop!) of the images for the T-6 Texan trainer. (Taken on an Air2Air workshop with Moose Peterson). Hope you enjoy!
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Mar 21, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, WArbirds, Warbirds | Tags: Air 2 Air, American SouthWest, Arizona, AZ, black and white, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, Commercial Use, D3X, Editorial Use, Falcon Field, Fine Art Prints, Licensed Use, military aircraft, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, photograph, Richard King Photography, T-6, T-6 Texan, TC-17EII, Trainer, USA, Warbird, Warplane | 1 Comment »
I arrived at Falcon Field in Mesa a day before my photography workshop began (another story to follow). To get a feel for the location I headed into the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) to look around and get some “static” images of their aircraft. I was surprised to see this Ural […]
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Mar 18, 2012 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8, American SouthWest, Arizona, Aviation, AZ, CAF, Commemorative Air Force, D3X, Falcon Field, Mesa, military aircraft, Museum, photograph, Photography, Russian, Ural Sidecar Motorcycle, USA, Warbird, Yak 52 | 3 Comments »
Christine and her dog “Tali(sker)” by her wedding present. Christine says she like to wake up in the morning, look at this image and dream about stepping into the picture to go for a walk. This is a 60″ tall canvas gallery wrap of a woodland path taken in springtime in Great Smoky Mountains National […]
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Dec 19, 2010 | Categories:Color Images, Customer Installations, National Parks | Tags: Appalachia, Canvas Gallery Wrap, color, fine art print, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Grotto Falls, Hasselblad, hiking trail, National Park, photograph, springtime, Tennessee, TN, USA, vertical format, wedding present | 1 Comment »
Scott standing next to his wedding present. A canvas gallery wrap measuring 72 inches wide and 36 inches high. The image, by Richard King, is from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and is “The Little Pigeon River”. The image was taken in springtime, so it captures the vivid greens that are the newly formed […]
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Aug 30, 2010 | Categories:Color Images, Customer Installations, National Parks, Waterscape | Tags: Canvas Gallery Wrap, cascade, color, customer installation, fine art print, Fuji Velvia, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hasselblad, Little Pigeon River, mountains, National Park, photograph, river rapids, springtime, Tennessee, TN, Travel, trees, USA, Waterscape, wedding present | 2 Comments »
I love to visit Monument Valley. Maybe it is the stillness and tranquility, or the spirits of Navajo souls, or the unspoilt natural form of the landscape, or the shape and characters of the Monuments themselves, or the Mesas – but here I feel at one with the landscape. I feel alive. I fell the […]
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Aug 22, 2010 | Categories:Black and White Images, Favourite Locations, Monument Valley, The American SouthWest | Tags: American SouthWest, black and white, fine art print, Hasselblad, Kodak TMX 100, Mesa, Monument Valley, Monuments, Navajo Nations, Totem Pole, USA, Yei Bi Chai | 3 Comments »
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