exploring nature’s infinite connections
"Fracked" Image # RO-9576 Often when working with my rock abstracts, I will rotate, zoom in and zoom out of these intricate patterns looking for something to make a connection to something other than the literal subject I am photographing. After all, I see this...
This past week I had planned to spend a day down at Magee Marsh in Ohio with hopes to catch part of the bird migration underway. This area is a well known migrant trap, where many birds stop to rest and feed before making the flight across Lake Erie. Birding...
Hey folks, long time no post eh? Things have been a bit slow this spring on many fronts for me, suffering from both photo and writers block. I know the way to kick it is just to "do something" - anything - but it is sometimes a real drag on motivation as well....
I have always thought there are two paths of exploration when it comes to photography. The first one being in the field, in the moment. The second is post capture and where the image guides you. It is in those post capture moments where you may or may not connect...
Sometimes the smallest wildlife encounters can give the biggest joys, and this was the case this past weekend. For the very first time, I stumbled upon my first salamander in the woods. Red-backed salamanders (plethadon cinereus) as I understand are one of the...
NOAA sky cover forecast - socked in gray! I was anxious last night because I wanted to get up early today and head up to Lake Huron to hopefully do some long shutter speed blurs at the shoreline during twilight. However, the weather forecast didn't look like it...
I learned an important identification tip this morning in processing this image. I wasn't quite sure whether this is a Green Frog or a Bullfrog. I have a number of ID books on frogs, but the first one I turned to wasn't very good in giving the key hint to telling...
A week or so ago, I had a new person follow me on Twitter or Google+, I don't quite recall which one, and can't find them now. The person had a last name that prompted me to go "hmmm..." That last name was Medvedev. As someone who tends to follow global news,...
With some recent print orders, I stumbled upon this image in my archives. When I saw what camera I made it with, it made me think of an interesting contrast of the times in DSLRs and the complete flip in what people chose to complain about. It was made close to 8...