My photo walk this morning turned out to be a bird walk. All the photo opps that presented themselves were birds, and they were real "posers", as in posing for the camera. It was a great morning for a walk: some filtered sunshine, no wind, and relatively mild temperatures for February....somewhere approaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit. …
So much beauty, so little time!
I don't have much blogging time tonight, so any extensive writing is going to have to wait for another day, and I will limit today's post to mostly pictures. The sun was shining this morning, replacing yesterday's grey skies. I was surrounded by beauty on my morning photo walk, and I am excited to be …
Raising the bar
In two recent posts, I have written about the steps I am taking to try to improve my photography...one of my personal challenges for the year 2012. The steps include... Purging my computer files of dross (and there is a great deal of dross) Organizing the remaining photos, using Lightroom's collections, smart collections, and keywords …
A strange scene
Near the end of my photowalk this afternoon, I happened upon this man following some deer along the edge of the woods. The deer, normally placid animals, seemed alarmed by him and the little white dog that was walking with him. The dog was off-leash, against the park rules, and the four or five does …
The challenge begins
My first photo opportunity for today came when I arrived at the park and walked over to the pedestrian bridge to see if there was any action on the river. I can't tell you how grateful I am that the fisherman standing right beneath the bridge was wearing a bright red hat. How did he …
Hit or miss blogging
The weather in northeast Ohio has been very untypical this winter. Instead of our usual snow and cold temperatures, we have been enjoying mild temperatures and very little snow. When we do get some precip, it is more likely to be rain than snow. The mild weather makes it much easier to get out and …
Visit to the fruit farm
This afternoon we drove out to Patterson's Fruit Farm to order our Thanksgiving pies and pick up a pie for the potluck dinner at our church tomorrow evening. We put in our order, but Bob couldn't resist sweetening the pot with some apple dumplings and an apple fritter. He's loaded down with his booty and …
An hour well spent
Squeezed between lunch with a good friend and some necessary household chores, I found an hour to walk in the Holden Arboretum. Hat and glove weather has arrived, but it is still wonderful to spend time outside. Take a look at these pictures, and you will agree that winter is almost upon us, even if …
It’s not a rainy day…
...just a very cloudy one. It's not even very cold (48 degrees), considering this is mid-November and we are in northeast Ohio. If I weren't a nature photographer...I would stay inside today, curled up on the sofa....If I weren't a nature photographer, determined to get outside with my camera every day, I would stay inside …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 