"I am at home among trees." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
I don't know much about the mating rituals of tree swallows, actually, I don't know anything, but I have seen their territorial disputes, complete with angry squawks and frantic dive-bombing. This doesn't look anything like that, so I am going to assume these birds had mating on their minds. If anyone has information contrary to …
Hopefully this will be the first of several posts with pictures of migratory birds, baby animals, and all the wonders of spring. We are blessed with a glorious creation to enjoy, and here in Ohio, spring has been both unusual and special. Here are a few photos for a start. Click on any picture to …
Another sudden change in the weather has brought on a day that is sunny, hot, and MUGGY! I like it all but the muggy part, but it is what it is, and I'm not complaining. A walk in the park around mid-day captured several photos that made me happy. First, a red admiral butterfly. They …
I probably should title this post "Learning the Hard Way" because I learned something new about my camera this week, and it has improved my image quality and lessened the amount of post-processing I have to do. Happily, I am much better pleased with my images. Unhappily, this is something I could have done a …
Continue reading "Eureka! (An addendum to my previous post)"
The title of today's post is somewhat misleading. Yes, it is spring, and I am engaged in some experiments with my camera, but the two are only tangentially related. Our spring has been an unusually early one, a bit of a treat for us nature photographers. The experiments came about as a result of my …
Recently I learned that I had been nominated by Cultural Life for the Sunshine Blog Award, an award I especially appreciate because here in the northeast corner of Ohio we don't see too much of that magic light during the winter and early spring days...Thanks to being located right smack on the south shore of …
My favorite subjects for photography are people, dogs, landscapes, but most of all birds. Birds are a big attraction for me. Observing their behaviors and the expressions on their faces brings me much joy! It can be below freezing according to the thermometer, as it was today, but just give me a woodpecker to watch …
It may be winter by the calendar, but spring is here and summer is on the way. That's according to the thermometer and the apparel I see in the park. I wore a light jacket this morning but had to take it off and sling it over the strap of my camera bag long before …
Yesterday spring had sprung in our neighborhood, but of course that was just a foretaste of the real thing. According to the calendar, it is still winter. Today the weather was something between the two, cooler than yesterday, but not cold. It was overcast for most of the day, but the sun managed to show …
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. …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 