Curious By Nature
Color nature photography by David H. Behm
Anticipating the opening of the first wildflower in spring. Listening to the calls of returning neotropical songbirds. Foraging for a myriad of tasty wild edible plants. Leaf-peeping the autumnal array of colors on display by forbs (in addition to the more obvious trees and shrubs). Quietly gliding along on cross-country skis through a snow-capped forest.
Each presents the opportunity to enjoy, and wonder about, the beauty of nature. Many of these opportunities occur in some of the most common of landscapes.
If you share an enthusiasm for nature, I invite you to browse through my web site and observe a collection of color photography featuring wildflowers and seasonal landscapes. My observations occur primarily within the Capital District region of New York (including the Rensselaer Plateau), but may also include imagery from the Adirondack and Tug Hill Plateau regions. I hope you enjoy them.
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What's New (last updated 1/25/2012)
Looking for a unique greeting card for Valentine's Day? Or for Easter? Please check out the colorful photo greeting cards (each featuring a wildflower) now available on the Catalog page! $5.50 for each 5x7 card, which comes with a colored envelope and matching mailing seal (images matches that on the front of your card). For Valentine's Day, you must order by January 31, 2012. For all Easter orders, you must place your order by March 23, 2012.
A winter’s journey is underway. The cold, snow and ice of the season often provide a glimmering backdrop to our regional landscapes. ‘Tis a great time to quietly observe and enjoy the peacefulness of nature.
FREE wildflower guides are now available for download from the Catalog page: Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve (Clifton Park), Ann Lee Pond Nature & Historic Preserve (Colonie), and Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve (Clifton Park). Add each to your home computer for a desk reference and remember to access them on my website from your smartphone while visiting each site as handy trailside field guides!Please check out the Photo Album page to view a sampling of my winter scenery photos and also the Catalog page for a variety of items now available for purchase as gifts to yourself or for your friends and family.
All about Me
A favorite pastime of mine is being a visitor to the natural world; most often, I do so in quiet solitude. Photography has afforded me the means to capture some of those observations and has enabled me to share a particular moment, or view, with others.
My documentary approach to wildflowers or fall colors often reveals beauty within my subject's little features that is not otherwise apparent to most who simply walk on by in their daily routines. From many of the images on this site, you will undoubtedly discern that details interest me. Some intrigue me. I am, after all, curious by nature...
I hope that my photographs will reveal something about nature you've never seen before and, in that discovery, you find or renew an appreciation for the natural world...particularly if that discovery can be revisited in your own backyard. Perhaps one of my photos will offer you a momentary visual escape. If either comes true for you, I consider the image to have been a success.
