exploring nature’s infinite connections
This will be my 8th year in reviewing some of my favorite images from the past year and participating in Jim Goldstein's list that expands every year. I went back and read some of my previous years posts and made note of a pattern of comments and expectations....
This year had some more good news for the Clinton River, where I often photograph. It is quite close to where I live, and has a lot of great hiking and biking trails along it. A dedicated effort from multiple groups have been working to restore another aspect -...
Michigan Light Pollution map, from Blue Marble It is 1:30 a.m, and the alarm goes off on my phone. I told my wife I might want to drive to see if I could see any of what's left of the Camelopardalid meteor shower. I said, "I'll set my alarm, and I'll either wake up...
I find it interesting the things that come to mind when I am editing my work. In this sand dune image, I was cleaning some dust spots off and noticing how the horizon line was slightly blurred. I remember it was quite windy this day, the persistent wind off of Lake...
First of all, for my first post for 2014, Happy New Year! And appropriately for my first post, I am continuing a 7 year tradition in following Pantone's Color of the Year. The 2014 Color of the Year is Radiant Orchid. An interesting, energetic color to say the...
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. - Hal Borland This quote is posted at the trailhead of Michigan Nature Association's Wilcox-Warnes sanctuary, the only one in my county. They posted a bit of history of this place recently, and...
Earlier this year I set some photography goals on aspects of photography I wanted to do more with, and one of them included long exposures. I always loved how water takes on a glass like, silky appearance, that includes some reflections on occasion with this type of...