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About Fotografia by Míguel

I am of Trinidadian/Venezuelan roots. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had an interest in nature & wildlife, my mother and grandparents were my biggest sources of inspiration and influence. Growing up in the Southern Caribbean, I would spend many hours catching insects, then letting them go, I…Continue reading “About Fotografia by Míguel”

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2022: Missouri – Diamonds on a Black Velvet Sky – Imaging of M45 “Pleiades.”

10 Dec 202213 Dec 2022
Another Astrophotographer adventure is here - it’s the 19th of November, 2022 in the Midwest, I arrived at the Bortle Class 4 location at 4:00 pm, and sunset was at…
2022…

2022: My first Astrophotography image – M31 “Andromeda Galaxy”

27 Nov 202226 Jan 2023
Hello everyone, I hope all is well. It has been some time since I have shared anything on my blog. At the time I wrote this post, in Missouri, it…
2022…

2022: Missouri Deeproot clubmoss “Diphasiastrum tristachyum”

16 Aug 202216 Aug 2022
How many times have you been told, "keep your head up while walking on the trail!" It's a good thing to do, but in this case, I was on a…
Nature Photography

2022: Missouri’s Orchids: Small White Lady’s Slippers.

10 Aug 202216 Aug 2022
Small White Lady's Slippers Orchid (Cypripedium candidum) is native to eastern North America across the northern United States and southern Canada. This species was described by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg…
Bird Photography…

2022: Summer Madness – Look a Bluebird!

4 Aug 20224 Aug 2022
It is summer time in Missouri, the heat is here and as of late so has the rain. A play on light, that is what I call the Indigo bunting…
Nature Photography

2022: Missouri’s Spring Wildflowers – “Wild” Red Columbine.

12 Jun 202213 Jun 2022
Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is a beautiful and unique native plant. Delicate red and yellow flowers resemble tiny ballerinas as they dance on slender red stems over finely divided blue-green…
Nature Photography

2022: Spring Migration – “Red-eyed Vireo.”

8 Jun 202212 Jun 2022
Back at it again, another spring migrant, images from Tower Grove Park - St. Louis, Missouri. The Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is an American songbird of the order Passeriformes. As…
Nature Photography

2022: Spring Migration- “The Magnificent Magnolia Warbler”

6 Jun 202212 Jun 2022
Spring of 2022, one of my goals - get better images of spring migrants! The Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) is a member of the wood-warbler family. The active, confiding Magnolia…
Avian Photographer…

2022: Spring Migration – Chestnut-sided Warbler

2 Jun 202212 Jun 2022
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica): Breeds from south-central Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to the east-central U.S. from New England to the Great Lakes region, and in the Appalachian Mountains.…
Spring…

2022: Missouri’s Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers “White Trout Lily” (Erythronium albidum.)

22 Apr 202212 Jun 2022
While out on a Webster Groves Nature Study Society Nature Photography hike to the woodlands, El Presidente, Senor Ozark Bill, "put me on game" He pointed out the leaf structure…
Nature Photography…

“A perfect day for winter landscape photography.”

21 Apr 202221 Apr 2022
Yes, I acknowledge that winter is behind us, personally, I love all the seasons, coming from where I am from, you have a dry season and a wet season. Having…
Avian Photographer…

“Home!” Yerette – Home of the Hummingbird – Part Five – 2019.

19 Apr 202219 Apr 2022
This is the last in a five-part blog, reflecting on a 2019 trip to Trinidad and Tobago. It was a bittersweet sunrise; knowing my vacation was coming to an end,…
American Flamingo…

“Home!” Caroni Swamp – Part Four – 2019.

18 Apr 2022
Someone once told me, "Miguel you are my family." those words changed my perception and ultimately adjusted my reality. Being a family means you are a part of something very…
Dutchmans Breeches…

2022: Missouri’s Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers “Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria.)”

14 Apr 202212 Jun 2022
Five years, that is how long it has been since I last picked up my macro kit and attempted to photograph wildflowers. Many a thing has changed in the world,…
Fotografia by Míguel…

2022: Missouri’s Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers – “Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)”

13 Apr 202212 Jun 2022
Leaving work today, I saw a small patch of these amongst some tulips, outside my office. Glad I had my camera with me. This most attractive spring perennial is spectacular in large…
Avian Photographer…

“Home!” Asa Wright Nature Center – Part Three – 2019.

12 Apr 202213 Apr 2022
The roosters have been crowing since 430am. I did not get much sleep, I was excited about the day ahead. So I got up, showered and packed my camera bag,…
Birding…

“Home!” Chagaramus – Part Two – 2019.

8 Apr 202213 Apr 2022
On this day I met up with my good friend and hands down, one of the best birder and nature photographers on the island - David S. Huggins. This "bredda's"…
Avian Photographer…

“Home!” Birds from the Backyard and Front Porch – Part One – 2019.

31 Mar 202219 Apr 2022
April 2022 is upon us. Where has the time gone? It has been almost 3 years since I visited my family back home. The "Pandemic" event of the past 2…
Raptors…

Look what the wind blew in!

23 Mar 202219 Apr 2022
In the winter of 2021, into 2022, a rare migrant from the Arctic appeared and made where I am in Missouri, its winter home, and “bird watchers” are taking notice.…
Birds…

The Harrier and the Owl.

12 Mar 202223 Mar 2022
"Try and try again." yeah that is the saying, in my case I have been trying, trying, trying, going all the way back to 2016. I have been trying to…
Fotografia by Míguel…

Hopes for a Short-eared Owl!

10 Mar 202223 Mar 2022
It’s that time of year again. Christmas is in the air; the New Year is right around the corner and Old man Winter is coming! Boy wildlife photography is about…
American white pelican…

Manny look at that Pelican fly!

10 Mar 202210 Mar 2022
This may arguably be the most famous one-liner in movie history, in reference to a pelican. "Look at these pelicans fly. Come on, pelicans!" Look at this pelican fly! Sure…
Birds…

The Little Eastern Screech Owl.

9 Mar 202210 Mar 2022
Another winter is here, while some shudder at the thought of snow fall, I embrace the season of change, as winter migrants make their return to our area. Only 10…
Wildflowers

Handy Field guides

12 May 2022
If you are a native plant enthusiast. These are my field tools, app PlantNet and Missouri Wild Flowers. Each state I believe has a wildlife flower field guide.

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