exploring nature’s infinite connections
That time of year has started in the Midwest, and soon we will be in the depressing season of gray and brown. A constant rain over the past day will likely force the last of any remaining fall color to the ground. Some subject material will remain on the ground for a...
Perhaps one of the toughest aspects of nature photography is the struggle to assemble nature's chaotic elements into some type of order that will make a 2-dimensional image effective. It is part of human nature to want to see things in an orderly manner. Therefore,...
Yes, don't believe the stereotype,folks, about how deeply in love nature photographers are with nature. Sure we can go on and on about the peace we find, the beauty of finding order in chaos, and all the things that stir our souls. But let's face it, I'll bet even...
I really wish I was a better naturalist. I try though. My bookshelf is filled with identification guides of all sorts - bugs to birds, lichen to leaves. . But the ol' hard drive in my head can't seem to pack in much more information these...
Milkweed is quite an interesting plant. From its budding and flowering to attracting monarch caterpillars, to the eruption of its seedpods in fall - it offers quite a bit to explore. This plant is critical to the life-cycle and defenses of the monarch butterfly. By...
As much as I like exploring new places, there is a certain risk you have to take that it is going to turn up a bust as far as image-making. It is not an easy thing to swallow at times. Wandering about, trying to get a feel for a place - and poof, the time is gone and...
I don't have a lot to write about this particular shot, just wanted to share it. . I was exploring some different processing in Lightroom and ended up combining a few different presets, with some manual tweaks of my own. Roses are such delicate objects, and I...
I have been limiting my blogging activities lately due to trying to figure out what is grabbing resources at my web host. I 'll post more about it when it is resolved. Until then, I'll share a new image shot in my backyard recently. I still intend on doing my "Every...
Today is Endangered Species Day. From the name, it is obvious what it is about, but if you want a little more info and background, you can head over to this site. So what do you do for this day? Well, the Endangered Species Coalition certainly has a lot of good...