exploring nature’s infinite connections
While mining what seems to be a never-ending archive of photos, I stumbled on this photograph of a deer from a park about 30 minutes north of me. And while keywording the image in Lightroom, filling in other metadata, and then doing some slight finishing development...
A quote I stumbled upon recently had me thinking about the concept of atmosphere when it comes to photographs. The quote is from Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer perhaps most well-known for activism in promoting photographs as pieces of art in the early 1900s. And...
A bit of a blood donation and luck contributed to this image of this 10-point white-tailed deer the other day. Sadly we don't have them in our backyard much anymore. Ever since getting a taller fence (necessary for dog retention) - I have never seen them in our yard....
This field is about a 2 minute drive from my house. I normally could just walk here, but it is not always a final destination for me. I noted quite a few deer gathering in this field one evening and told myself I was going to start checking it out in the mornings...
There is a park not too far away from me where Sandhill Cranes nest every year and white-tail deer are rarely skittish of people walking by. Both offer great opportunities to photograph wildlife without too much difficulty or hiding in blinds for days. They both...
The woods behind my house are quite chaotic. There are all sorts of vines, twigs, fallen limbs, and probably the center of the world's collection on thorny plants. I have often wondered why I don't see the deer with a thousand scratches on their sides. They...
I had quite a sight in my backyard last night. We have some jingle bells at our back door that we need to ring before letting our dog out. Too many critters wandering about, and enough bad experiences with skunks and opossums to teach us to make sure the "coast is...