A Bodacious Behemoth While sitting quietly near a Norwegian shoreline, the head of an Atlantic Walrus suddenly popped above the water’s surface and into view. Slowly the curious creature came forward revealing its immense size, enormous tusks and mustachioed lip. It was a bodacious behemoth. ~ Anecdote and Atlantic Walrus capture, A Bodacious Behemoth © Jerry L. Ferrara
Late Light on an Icy Shelf 7:14PM. 9/7/22. 79° 15′ 30″ N by 22° 52′ 25.776″ E. Bråsvellbreen, Spitsbergen region of the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. ~ Capture, Late Light on an Icy Shelf © Jerry L. Ferrara
A Gentle Sparring Moment Softly swirl did the airy flakes of snow as the amply-antlered bull Svalbard Reindeer casually approached a nearby member of the herd. What he instigated next was a gentle sparring moment. It was not a “battle royal” for social position. That had already come to fruition. Instead, the perpetrator simply was exerting and reinforcing his dominance. ~ Anecdote and Svalbard Reindeer capture, A Gentle Sparring Moment © Jerry L. Ferrara, Spitsbergen, Norway.
Along a Rocky Polar Shore Along a rocky polar shore Strides a beast the shade of hoar Its quest does seem forever more Along a rocky polar shore ~ Poem and Polar Bear capture, Along a Rocky Polar Shore © Jerry L. Ferrara. Recorded in the Ormholet Channel [78º 38′ 20.136″ N by 21º 12′ 1.374″ E] of Norway’s Svalbard Arctic Archipelago. 9/9/22
Coming Soon Coming soon to nearby Autumn mountain meadows … the eerie challenges of Rocky Mountain bull Elk. It is one of Nature’s most alluring sounds. ~ Anecdote and Rocky Mountain Elk capture, Coming Soon © Jerry L. Ferrara
Crossing The River of Fire The setting was ablaze with the stain of autumn and in the still of a vividly-hued morn a White-tailed Deer doe herd magically materialized on the marge of a muted, meandering waterway. Their appearance was steeped in ghostly silence as they pregnantly paused streamside. Intrepidly, the deer stepped into the richly-tinged flow. In their march through the moist medium they appeared to be Crossing The River of Fire. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, Crossing The River of Fire © Jerry L. Ferrara
Sweep the Boreal Aurora Sky While the background for this shot may be reminiscent of those eerie, shadowy curtains of charged particles from the sun [the aurora borealis], it is in reality not the dramatic celestial light show at all but a reflection of the nearby forest on the lake’s glassy surface. ~ Anecdote and Bald Eagle capture, Sweep the Boreal Aurora Sky © Jerry L. Ferrara
The Towers A rapturous eye May gaze up to the sky Where The Towers reach high While the heavens comply ~ Poem and The Towers capture, The Towers © Jerry L. Ferrara, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
A Shade of Dusty Rose As the Belt of Venus infused the evening firmament with a shade of dusty rose, a flock of Red-crowned Cranes sail to roost. ~ Anecdote and Red-crowned Cranes capture, A Shade of Dusty Rose © Jerry L. Ferrara
Fire in the Sky It was an incredible, early-evening Nebraskan sky rich with fury as angry storm clouds occluded the earth’s blazing engine. While the sun unhurriedly progressed toward the horizon, the clouds lit up like a raging inferno and it appeared as though there was fire in the sky. At one critical moment, a flock of Sandhill Cranes graced their way through the tempestuous heavens. ~ Anecdote and Sandhill Cranes capture, Fire in the Sky © Jerry L. Ferrara