Fall Arrives

And you can tell by all the spider webs around. Here's a spider and its web that I planted my face into. I went back the next day for the last two photos, after the busy big thing had repaired the mess my face made the day before.


A Mess of a Web

Hiding From the Prey Which Could Squash It Like a Bug

All is Repaired, Waiting for Suitable Prey

The Hunter Waits

Answer To The Commonly Asked Question:

What is the best camera?

The one you have with you!

Two phone photos taken today while pacing in the waiting room of a hospital, waiting for a loved one to get out of surgery.


Abstract I

Abstract II

Frosted

I like taking photos of the frost in the morning, my only complaints being...it's cold (naturally) and I have to get up and out early to catch it before the sun hits it and sends it away. We don't get the crazy hoar frost here in Ohio that we'd see in places we lived in Europe, but we still get a nice frost now and again.



Frost

Frost

Printing

I had these photos printed 5"x5" on metalic paper a few days ago. Testing a concept/idea for small prints of my work. I am quite happy with the results.

Painted Lady Butterfly

Baby Mantis

Peony

Daffodil

Wasp

Wasp

Spring

Ten spring time flower photos from the last couple weeks...

Crocus in Rain

Lenten Rose (Helleborus)

Crocus

Crocus

Crocus

Daffodil

Crocus

Daffodil Under Snow

Lenten Rose (Helleborus)

Crocus

Spider Season is Upon Us

Spiders & spider webs both real and decorative are making their appearance in time for Halloween.

Spider - Milford, Ohio

Jeweled Web - Milford, Ohio

Spider - Milford, Ohio

Spider Web - Milford, Ohio

Spider - Milford, Ohio

Spider - Milford, Ohio

Spider Web- Milford, Ohio

Spider Web - Milford, Ohio

Daddy Long-legger Spider - Milford, Ohio

What's buggin' me.

Been having a ton of fun this summer chasing bugs with my 70-200mm 2.8L and a 25mm extension tube.

Augochlora Sweat Bee - Milford, Ohio

Bald-faced Hornet (?) - Milford, Ohio

Blue-winged Wasp - Milford, Ohio

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly - Milford, Ohio

Stink Bug Nymph - Milford, Ohio

Finding Art in Bathroom Explosions

I know what you are probably thinking....but that isn't what we were thinking when we heard a tremendous crash tonight. Our bathroom shower, a big thick glass thing, had....EXPLODED!


The Scene as We Walked In

Not being one to miss an opportunity to get a few cool photos, here is the "art" part.

Shatter Pattern On Door

Broken Bits

More Broken Bits

Back...

After another nice break which included visiting one son in Hawaii (and playing tourist) and another son's graduation from college...now I need a vacation to recover from the vacation. Considering all my travels, I really didn't take a ton of photos. At some point I'll go thru and put together something from Hawaii. In the meantime, here is one I took of a flower in the bouquet I gave my wife for her birthday.

Stamen and Pistil