Wildlife photographer Danny Brown to present presentation at Powder Valley Nature Center Aug. 19

KIRKWOOD, Mo.— “I strive for exceptional images of common critters rather than mediocre images of rare critters.”  That’s the tenet to which native wildlife photographer Danny Brown attributes his success. 

Brown will current Moments in Nature, a group and dialogue of his wildlife photos on Tuesday, Aug. 19 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. on the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Powder Valley Nature Center.  The program is free and open to anybody age 8 years and up.

Brown is a photographer and author from Union specializing in Missouri wildlife.  In 2006, he started photographing wildlife that he encountered whereas searching.  By 2010 Brown had given up searching all collectively to make extra time for wildlife images.  Since then, he has printed over 50 photograph essays within the Missouri Conservationist journal, together with a number of cowl tales and options.

His photographs have been featured in magazines throughout the nation, together with Birds and Blooms, Birdwatching, Ducks Unlimited, Audubon, National Wildlife, and varied state conservation magazines and calendars. His photos have been printed in a number of books, together with two National Geographic chook guides.

Visitors can have the possibility to see Brown’s celebrated images on the big, high-resolution display screen in Powder Valley’s auditorium.  He will share technical recommendations on how he “makes the shot.”  He may even reveal insights into the right way to find critters and {photograph} them with minimal intrusion into their every day actions. Brown may even clarify his easy method to picture post-processing that has served him nicely during the last 20 years.

Moments in Nature with Danny Brown is a free program; nonetheless superior registration is required at The program is sponsored by Missouri Nature and Environmental Photographers (MoNEP).

Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center is positioned at 11715 Cragwold Road in Kirkwood, close to the intersection of I-270 and I-44. 

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