Saturday evening….

Aftermath to a crappy weather day… last Saturday

Nature

Random nature shots…

A little shroom popping up.

Lunch time!

 

Polk Salad…. well, that’s what we call it.

Moth in motion

Backside of a Elephant ear…. (plant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last summer sunset

On Labor Day night I photographed this summer sunset from my backyard. Although it’s not the official start of fall, if you live around a lake most people have the mindset that Labor day ends summer.

Personally I have to wake up to frost or ice before I can give it up.

Storm clouds

I was on my way home when a summer thunderstorm on the horizon caught my attention. I couldn’t resist pulling over and getting a few snapshots of Mother Nature at work.

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Blue Moon

 

I take a lot of photos of the moon, but until now I’ve pretty much always taken them at night or at dusk.  On a recent Saturday I decided to try my luck in the daytime.

Shooting through the daytime sky added a blue hue to the moon and while I could have easily edited it out, I left it in. I personally like the effect, it gives a new meaning to “blue moon” for me.

Star filled nights…

I’ve been a pro photographer for 39 years, but even “pro’s” can easily find an area they are not experienced in… I’ve been learning this year how to take nightscapes as my friend likes to call them. I’ve been adapting the equipment I already own, learning the basics. There will be a point where I’ll start purchasing specialty items to give better results but for the moment, here is where I’m at.

Above a bit of the milky way…

Above… just northwest of the streak (a plane), notice the round ring of stars….

Above… as much as I wanted the round dots to be UFO’s, sadly just light reflections from the full moon…

Above…. one of my favorites

Above…. the Moon, a plane, Saturn is in there along with Jupiter.

 

Beach Sunrise

A recent trip to Amelia Island, FLA provided me with a chance to get a few sunrise photos.

Unusually warm weather made for a pleasant pre-dawn experience at the water. It also made it hard to leave…

Another Moon….

I pulled off the road to snap this photo of the moon rise last night. The water in the foreground is a farm pond, I couldn’t quite get the angle to show the moon in the water as this was just an impromptu shoot.  Having no tripod with me (dumb mistake) I found a power pole to brace the camera against. Sometimes you just have to improvise.

Sunset 2019, #1

As posted here before, I take a lot of sunsets throughout the year from my backyard. Well, it’s an easy thing to do and at the end of the year I get to compile them into…. something.

This one was taken a few days ago, March 17th, the first really beautiful one from my house.  Here’s hoping for a lot of good ones in 2019.

Re-do….

I was looking through old images and ran across this one. I posted it here a couple of years ago, but wasn’t as satisfied with it as I should have been. I reprocessed the RAW file through newer software to see if there would be any different results.  Most people wouldn’t notice the changes, but I did. Small things, like the rails are cleaner, the grass in the center of the tracks is visible, barely, but there. More clouds in this one too.  One thing stayed the same… it makes me want to travel.