Marty’s photo of the day #4690: There is so much going on in this photo I shot in the Everglades that it’s easy to miss the alligator.
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Black Vultures
Nonfiction Influences Fiction
Marty’s photo of the day #4623: How does nonfiction influence fiction? I photographed this alligator while working on my second nonfiction book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. Spending time in the Everglades with alligators also influenced a subplot in my latest novel, The Silver Squad: […]
White Peacock Butterfly
Anhinga
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
Marty’s photo of the day #4576: This is a zebra longwing butterfly, photographed in the Everglades. A slightly different version of this photo appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Little Green Heron
Marty’s photo of the day #4560: I photographed this little green heron while peeking through thick Everglades foliage that surrounded a tiny pond. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Coqui frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4462: Coqui frog, photographed in Puerto Rico. This photo also appears in my four-time award-winning book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Alligator
Great blue heron in the Everglades
Little blue heron
Day #2 of Seven Marty Essen Books in Seven Days
Day #2 of Seven Marty Essen Books in Seven Days, featured in order of publication. We continue with the four-time award-winning Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. “Join photographer extraordinaire Marty Essen and his intrepid wife Deb on their adventures through four Endangered Edens. You’ll be […]
Anhinga
The alligator close-up
Viceroy Butterfly
Marty’s photo of the day #4643: Viceroy butterfly, photographed in the Everglades. Throughout my travels, I have found dozens of animal mimics, and the evolution of those species has always fascinated me. Some are harmless creatures that mimic deadly creatures; others are camouflage masters that mimic their surroundings. With that in mind, the viceroy butterfly […]
Great blue heron
White ibis
ANWR from the air
Marty’s photo of the day #4329: After canoeing across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Deb and I got to fly back over where we had been. I shot this photo from the window of our tiny airplane. Below, along the Jago River, was our first campsite, and the hill, “Bitty,” was our first-day climbing conquest. […]
Zebra longwing butterfly
Marty’s photo of the day #4184: Here’s a zebra longwing butterfly, photographed in the Everglades. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Little blue heron
Marty’s photo of the day #4171: Little blue heron, photographed in the Everglades. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.