WGNSS NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP
Led by Nature Photographer Bill Duncan!
Led by Nature Photographer Bill Duncan!
January 31, 2021 – Virtual meeting – Photo Show and Tell!
Prepare to share and discuss nature photos you have taken during the pandemic. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Please contact Bill Duncan if you would like to be placed on the invitation list.
Prepare to share and discuss nature photos you have taken during the pandemic. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Please contact Bill Duncan if you would like to be placed on the invitation list.
Interested in participating in WGNSS Nature Photography Group activities?
Send your contact information to Bill Duncan. Visit the WGNSS Nature Photography Group web page here,
or check current Nature Notes, or the WGNSS Facebook page for details and updates! Hope you will join us!
Send your contact information to Bill Duncan. Visit the WGNSS Nature Photography Group web page here,
or check current Nature Notes, or the WGNSS Facebook page for details and updates! Hope you will join us!
All Photography outings are currently suspended until further notice, due to the Covid-19 pandemic concerns. The Nature Photography Group normally meets one Saturday a month for field trip activities in various locations in the St. Louis area. Physical outings remain suspended until further notice.
Join WGNSS Nature Photography Group Field Trips!
Check this WGNSS website or the WGNSS Facebook page for updates.
Check this WGNSS website or the WGNSS Facebook page for updates.
Previous WGNSS Nature Photography programs:
2020
January 18, 2020 Saturday – Photographing Bald Eagles
2019
February 23 – In-flight and/or perched photographs of species such as the Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl.at B.K. Leach Conservation Area
March 30 – photographing the diminutive and threatened plant species, Geocarpon minimum, known as 'tinytim' or 'earth-fruit' – it is a member of the pink family. In Bona Glade Natural Area, led by Casey Galvin & Bill Duncan.
April 20 – photographing Greater Prairie Chickens at Dunn Ranch Prairie, led by Bill Duncan
May – 'Orchid Valley' in Hawn State Park
August 31 – Engelmann Woods Natural Area
September 21 – Litzinger Road Ecology Center!
October 12 – Photographing on Snake Road! in southern Illinois, led by field herpetologist Kyran Leeker.
November 29-30 – Photographing Sandhill Cranes, Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
December 21 – Photographing Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers! B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area
2018
December 15 – Swans and other birds at at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
October 27 – Autumn color Landscapes!
September 8 – Photographing slug moth caterpillars (Limacodidae), with nature photographer Bill Duncan
June 16 and July 21 – Photographing Somatochlora hineana (Hine's emerald dragonfly), led by Bill Duncan
April 28, Saturday – Nature photography walk at Forest Park", with out photography specialist, Miguel Acosta
April 3, Tuesday – Basics of Photograph – How to Critique Nature Photographs, with Nature Photographers,
Miguel Acosta, Bill Duncan, Casey Galvin, and David Seidensticker.
February 6, Tuesday – Techniques in Astrophotography, with nature photographer Lonnie Gatlin
January 13, Saturday – Photographing our National Bird - the Bald Eagle. Lock and Dam #24 in Clarksville, MO
2017
December 16, Saturday – Winter bird photography at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, David Seidensticker
November 7, Tuesday – Basics of videography using a dSLR. Bill Duncan
October 21, Saturday – Photographing the great springs of southeast Missouri
September 5, Tuesday – Converting slide film to digital files. David Seidensticker. Member photo show and share.
September 2, Saturday – Photographing slug moth caterpillars at Cuivre River State Park.
August 19, Saturday – St Louis area solar photography in preparation for the eclipse on the 21st.
June 24, Saturday – Council Bluff Recreation Area in the Mark Twain National Forest.
May 13, Saturday – 'Photographing Migrating & Resident Songbirds' Weldon Springs Conservation Area
April 4, Tuesday – How to pick the right digital camera system for your nature photography needs, by Miguel Acosta Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center!
March 31 - April 1 – Photographing lekking Greater Prairie Chickens, overnight trip to Dunn Ranch, The Nature Conservancy.
March 8, Saturday – Photographing the American Woodcock, at Hilda Young Conservation Area
March 7, Tuesday – Flash lighting techniques for nature photography, by Ted MacRae. Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center!
February 7, Tuesday – Post processing digital photographs and DIY digital camera sensor cleaning, by Bill Duncan. Member photo show and share. Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center!
January 21, Saturday – Photographing our National Bird - the Bald Eagle. Lock and Dam #24 in Clarksville, MO
2016
December 18, Sunday – Capturing the Short-eared Owl and other feathered winter residents.
B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area - Waterfowl Headquarters
Interested in participating in Nature Photography Group activities?
Send your contact information to Bill Duncan.
Check Nature Notes or the WGNSS Facebook page for details and updates!
Why do we have a photo of a golf course on this page?
This lovely palm-tree-lined golf course is a place holder. We need WGNSS members to send a suitable photo for the book page to Bill Duncan.
2020
January 18, 2020 Saturday – Photographing Bald Eagles
2019
February 23 – In-flight and/or perched photographs of species such as the Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl.at B.K. Leach Conservation Area
March 30 – photographing the diminutive and threatened plant species, Geocarpon minimum, known as 'tinytim' or 'earth-fruit' – it is a member of the pink family. In Bona Glade Natural Area, led by Casey Galvin & Bill Duncan.
April 20 – photographing Greater Prairie Chickens at Dunn Ranch Prairie, led by Bill Duncan
May – 'Orchid Valley' in Hawn State Park
August 31 – Engelmann Woods Natural Area
September 21 – Litzinger Road Ecology Center!
October 12 – Photographing on Snake Road! in southern Illinois, led by field herpetologist Kyran Leeker.
November 29-30 – Photographing Sandhill Cranes, Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
December 21 – Photographing Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers! B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area
2018
December 15 – Swans and other birds at at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
October 27 – Autumn color Landscapes!
September 8 – Photographing slug moth caterpillars (Limacodidae), with nature photographer Bill Duncan
June 16 and July 21 – Photographing Somatochlora hineana (Hine's emerald dragonfly), led by Bill Duncan
April 28, Saturday – Nature photography walk at Forest Park", with out photography specialist, Miguel Acosta
April 3, Tuesday – Basics of Photograph – How to Critique Nature Photographs, with Nature Photographers,
Miguel Acosta, Bill Duncan, Casey Galvin, and David Seidensticker.
February 6, Tuesday – Techniques in Astrophotography, with nature photographer Lonnie Gatlin
January 13, Saturday – Photographing our National Bird - the Bald Eagle. Lock and Dam #24 in Clarksville, MO
2017
December 16, Saturday – Winter bird photography at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, David Seidensticker
November 7, Tuesday – Basics of videography using a dSLR. Bill Duncan
October 21, Saturday – Photographing the great springs of southeast Missouri
September 5, Tuesday – Converting slide film to digital files. David Seidensticker. Member photo show and share.
September 2, Saturday – Photographing slug moth caterpillars at Cuivre River State Park.
August 19, Saturday – St Louis area solar photography in preparation for the eclipse on the 21st.
June 24, Saturday – Council Bluff Recreation Area in the Mark Twain National Forest.
May 13, Saturday – 'Photographing Migrating & Resident Songbirds' Weldon Springs Conservation Area
April 4, Tuesday – How to pick the right digital camera system for your nature photography needs, by Miguel Acosta Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center!
March 31 - April 1 – Photographing lekking Greater Prairie Chickens, overnight trip to Dunn Ranch, The Nature Conservancy.
March 8, Saturday – Photographing the American Woodcock, at Hilda Young Conservation Area
March 7, Tuesday – Flash lighting techniques for nature photography, by Ted MacRae. Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center!
February 7, Tuesday – Post processing digital photographs and DIY digital camera sensor cleaning, by Bill Duncan. Member photo show and share. Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center!
January 21, Saturday – Photographing our National Bird - the Bald Eagle. Lock and Dam #24 in Clarksville, MO
2016
December 18, Sunday – Capturing the Short-eared Owl and other feathered winter residents.
B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area - Waterfowl Headquarters
Interested in participating in Nature Photography Group activities?
Send your contact information to Bill Duncan.
Check Nature Notes or the WGNSS Facebook page for details and updates!
Why do we have a photo of a golf course on this page?
This lovely palm-tree-lined golf course is a place holder. We need WGNSS members to send a suitable photo for the book page to Bill Duncan.
Future WGNSS Photo Contests will be announced here and on the WGNSS home 'Events' page.
