exploring nature’s infinite connections
This patch of lupine that I photographed recently had me thinking about isolated spots for photographing specific things. There may be a huge forest, woodland, field, prairie, or riverside that goes on for miles, but for very small sections of these places,...
I have been itching for some more practice with wildlife and my D800. Since I don't have the Nikon expensive vertical grip, my frame rate is limited to 4 fps (frames per second) in FX mode, and the camera can do 5 fps in DX mode. The vertical grip would give me up...
The past couple of days have me taking in some of the local wildlife activity in my yard. I am glad to see a couple of green frogs have taken up residence in our pond. It took some time for this one to get used to me and my camera being close by. Realizing I...
"To see, we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at" - Monet With spring in full gear around here, blooming flowers and trees everywhere, you would think I would be posting about some exciting new flower I just photographed. Turns out, I became...
I have been finding the fringe edges of a plant's life interesting to photograph to break away somewhat from my typical spring flower photography. I think there are interesting elements to be seen other than just when the plant or flower is at its peak blooming...
I have been diving into the archives again as I have not been out shooting in a couple of weeks (with my DSLR at least). I have been doing a lot of behind the scenes maintenance and subtle updates on my website, and finally updated my Wordpress install to the latest...
This year during my regular Earth Day walk and cleanup along the main road near where I live, I decided to do something a little different and convert it into a mini photo project. I documented what I picked up in these photographs and live tweeted while I was...
I came across a post on LifeHacker the other day, where it was asking readers "What Have You Used Reverse Image Search For?" I found the comments quite interesting in how the general public utilizes this tool above and beyond what photographers normally use it...
This shot was one taken the day after the one below, I am just very late in writing the post about it. 🙂 It is amazing how much the shoreline changed in a day, all of the ice sheets were gone. The winds had shifted on the lake towards shore and likely...