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End of the Trail, September 2023: Lightning

End of the Trail, September 2023: Lightning

by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, End of the Trail

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Learn how this photo of lightning over the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, was taken in the September Study Guide, “The Photo Focus.” Photo © Adrian Shank.
Anatomy of a Thunderstorm

Anatomy of a Thunderstorm

by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Fill-In-The-Blanks, Matching, Puzzle, Study Guide

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide
Lighting for Lightning

Lighting for Lightning

by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide Lightning flickered in the west. Invisible waves of wind rocked the treetops. Would it rain? The dry ground could use it.“If there is a storm tonight, I might leave when it is over and go to Salt Fork,” Steven...
Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, September 2023

Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, September 2023

by Kevin Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Bears, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Flycatchers, Focus Illustrated, Hummingbirds, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Study Guide, The Photo Focus, Warblers

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide
Focus Illustrated, June 2023

Focus Illustrated, June 2023

by Kevin Shank | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Beetles, Focus Illustrated, Insects & Arachnids, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide I took this HDR panorama just after sundown at a field with a beautiful mixture of Indian paintbrushes and Texas Bluebonnets. I used six individual HDRs and Affinity Photo to make this final panorama. This photo illustrates...
The Bird in the Thunderstorm

The Bird in the Thunderstorm

by Izzy Hass | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, 06 June Readers' Issue, Articles & Stories, Birds, Chickadees & Titmice

View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Black-capped Chickadee and lightning. It was dark and very late at night. The little feathered chickadee had long since fluffed his feathers and gone to sleep. But a storm was coming. The little chickadee sensed this with that...
Favorite Focus, November 2022

Favorite Focus, November 2022

by Kevin Shank | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, 11 November, Birds, Favorite Focus, Gamebirds, Mammals, Plants & Fungi, Reptiles & Amphibians, Stilts and Avocets, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Study Guide Male Spruce Grouse. Photo © Lois Tschetter. I got my second lightning shot while we were visiting in Haiti. I was really hoping I could at least get one lightning photo before we left. Finally, the last night we were...
Focus Illustrated, August 2022

Focus Illustrated, August 2022

by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Beetles, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Focus Illustrated, Insects & Arachnids, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

Favorite Focus, August 2022

Favorite Focus, August 2022

by Kevin Shank | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, 08 August, Birds, Favorite Focus, Hawks, Eagles, & Kites, Insects & Arachnids, Study Guide, The Photo Focus

Creation Close-ups, June 2021: Lightning over rainbow.

Creation Close-ups, June 2021: Lightning over rainbow.

by Kevin Shank | May 13, 2021 | 2021, 06, June Readers' Issue, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Creation Close-ups, Plants & Fungi

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