In September, Gabi and I went on a long road trip to the west. Our first destination was the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. The park protects nearly 380 square miles of canyons, buttes […]
Author Archives: Gábor Ruff
Summer Visitors of my Backyard – Connecticut
We live next to the woods, so we have lots of wildlife in our backyard: chipmunks, rabbits, deer, marmots, birds, turtles, an abundance of insects and we are lucky to occasionally see a bobcat too. […]
Bird Photography at Milford Point – Connecticut
The Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point is a bird sanctuary in Milford, CT (map). The salt marshes and coastal dunes at Milford Point support a variety of plant and wildlife communities. The […]
New Article in Természetbúvár: Invasive animals
My latest article has been published in the 2/2021 issue of Természetbúvár magazine in Hungary. This is my 10th article in the most popular natural history magazine of the country. The article is about the […]
Winter Visitors of my Backyard – Connecticut
My only nature photography project for this winter was to photograph some backyard birds and occasionally some other visitors of my backyard. Other than a couple of rare instances we got lots of snow so […]
Songbirds at my Backyard – Connecticut
I spent lots of time in my hide photographing birds at my backyard this winter. I already shared some photos last year and I’ll make a gallery from the rest of the images after winter. […]
2020: The Year in Review
2020 was a crazy year for all of us with the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. We had to change or postpone most of our plans. I didn’t go out doing nature photography as much as I […]
White-tailed Deer in the Snow – Connecticut
We live in a house next to the woods so there is a lot of wildlife in our backyard. Beside the birds, we enjoy watching the chipmunks and the rabbits during the summer and we […]
Backyard Birds – Connecticut
A few months ago, Gabi and I moved into a house, so we finally have a backyard. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac right next to the woods, so we can enjoy watching […]
Baxter State Park – Maine
This year is very unique for everyone with the COVID-19 all around. I didn’t go out to do any nature photography since spring, however, as the fall arrived, I couldn’t resist to go for some […]
Tree swallow and bluebird photography in Connecticut
As most of us, I too had to change my plans for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The biggest change for me was that I had to postpone my film photography plans because […]
Bird Photography with the Canon EOS-1 film camera
Last week, I finally had an opportunity to test my Canon EOS-1 film camera. I wanted to photograph birds so I could test the autofocus system of this relatively old camera. I went to the […]
Back to Film with a 30-year-old Canon EOS-1
We may all have thought that analog photography is dead. Most photographers switched to digital when DSLRs first became affordable. I bought my first digital EOS camera in 2005 and when I got my beloved […]
New Article in Természetbúvár: National Parks from the beginning
My latest article has been published in the 1/2020 issue of Természetbúvár magazine in Hungary. It’s about the protected areas in the USA. The article is illustrated with my images.
Highlights from 2019
As I hoped at the end of last year, 2019 became a very adventurous year for us. The main event was that we moved back to the Northeast and we feel very fortunate to live […]
West Rock State Park – Connecticut
I love road trips, but it’s always good to explore the places near home too. Fortunately, there are a lot of great state parks in Connecticut. Last weekend, Gabi and I visited the West Rock […]
Fall Colors in the Green Mountains – Vermont
The fall color season still lasts in New England, so last weekend Gabi and I did another road trip to enjoy it. This time, we went to the Green Mountains of Vermont (map). This area […]
Fall Colors in the White Mountains – New Hampshire
Last weekend, Gabi and I drove to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for leaf peeping (map). We haven’t seen the fall foliage for eight years, so we were very excited about moving back to […]
We Moved to Connecticut
At the beginning of September, Gabi and I moved from Texas to Connecticut. We really love living in the Northeast again. We love the New England landscape of rolling hills, forests, small ponds and streams […]
New Article in Természetbúvár: Climate Change and Animals
My latest article has been published in the 4/2019 issue of Természetbúvár magazine in Hungary. It’s about how climate change effects animal behavior. The article is illustrated with my images.
Monument Valley – Arizona, Utah
Besides the cactus covered mountains in southern Arizona, probably the best-known location of the American West is the Monument Valley on the border of Arizona and Utah, so we didn’t want to miss it on […]