Framers: South Jersey’s natural environs and the creatures that inhabit them burst from outdoorsman Frank Grasso’s photography, on display through September at the Ocean County Library’s Barnegat branch.

The retired carpenter said he began to nurture his fondness for nature after settling in Barnegat 25 years ago.

“I was able to spend my time doing what I love, which is being outdoors, hiking, kayaking, bicycling and photographing nature,” Grasso said. “Bird photography is my favorite form, but I also do landscape and macro photography.”

He added every picture in the exhibit was shot in South Jersey, “even though some birds in my photos are not native to…