JeffreyDeCristofaro

Perched Raptor

Perched Raptor

A red-shouldered hawk stands watch for living prey during the middle of winter. Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2012.

A red-shouldered hawk stands watch for living prey during the middle of winter. Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2012.
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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

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Aperture f/5.8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 150500/1000

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May, 2016

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Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2019.

A cloud forms a ring around the sun rising above the ocean off the coast of Maine in this view from Cadillac Mountain.
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Model Erica McKinney leans against chair for a boudoir shot at the 2012 Asheville Area Arts Council's annual Color Ball at the Orange Peel. Photo

A view of the patio of the Richmond Hill Inn, which was destroyed by fire in 2009. I had been there as part of an assignment for an Arts & Crafts

Model Masha Bachuk is ready for her spring close-up at the Spring FASHMOB of 2016 in Asheville, NC. Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

One of the irises growing outside my front door following an April shower.

This shot is of local Asheville, North Carolina model Credella Credle during the afterparty to the 7th FASHMOB event, at the Social Tapas and Lounge d

This photo of the fruit fly landing on the daisy was published in the 2nd Inaugural Issue of SMOKY BLUE LITERARY & ARTS REVIEW in 2015. Photo © J

A shot from the seventh FASHMOB event.in Asheville, North Carolina.
Model: Maria Jackson.
Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

This burning bush was captured during a group hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the autumn on 2010. It was published in the first inaugural issue of

A herring gull prepares for take-off in the waters of Bar Harbor, Maine. Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2017

Model Michelle Raymond poses in her swimsuit on the tracks off Sweeten Creek Road near Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC in July 2016. Photo (c) Jeffr

Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2017.

This tiger swallowtail was spotted perched on a rhododendron during a spring hike on the Blue Ridge Parkway I took with a group from my local Unitaria

Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2015.

Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2013.

Photo by Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

This macaw, called Adventure Parrot, is one of the most delightful avian residents of my hometown. Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

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