Hocking Hills

Last week I went up to Hocking Hills for a couple day photography workshop. There was a bit of rain before the workshop, which was nice for waterfalls. Anyway, the idea was to get me a bit out of my comfort zone and rut of sorts. I think it did that, not that it changed me a ton, but I did see things and try some things in a new way. Here are some of the photos that came of the trip.

Ash Cave - Hocking Hills, Ohio Experimenting with the adjustment brush tool in Lightroom

Ash Cave - Hocking Hills, Ohio One of many shots I used a tripod to get, I've missed things like this in the past

Ash Cave - Hocking Hills, Ohio I even pulled out the Lensbaby

Ash Cave - Hocking Hills, Ohio Another tripod shot, even so, not as sharp as it should be

Fungi - Hocking Hills, Ohio Using the narrow focal plane to slice

Fern Through Window - Hocking Hills, Ohio Using the window to mimic a cardboard slide mount

The Milky Way - Hocking Hills, Ohio At ISO 25600

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

Patterns From San Francisco

A few photos from a trip about 4 years ago to San Francisco. I barely looked at the photos before, the trip included a stop in Hawaii to see my son and his little family....that seemed to take precedence. Here are a number of the tall building photos I took.

Fire Escape - San Francisco CA

Tall Building Canyon - San Francisco CA

Old Among New - San Francisco CA

Windows, Like a Fly's Eye - San Francisco CA

Reach For the Sky - San Francisco CA

to Bee...

Bumble bee on butterfly bush...originally I went to take a spider photo, but it was gone by the time I got the camera and made a lens change.

Bumble Bee - Milford, Ohio

Bumble Bee - Milford, Ohio

The Petrified Part of the Forest

As I blogged earlier, the beginning of June I did a three day epic & iconic road trip to Southern California, via 40 with my daughter. Our only real tourist thing was the road through Petrified Forest National Park. Here are just a few of the photos from the Petrified Forest portion of that drive.

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

A Morning at the Zoo

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to be exact. The zoo has come a long way from the days of rows of cages or concrete cells housing animals. A lot of effort goes into giving the animals room to roam among plants and other animals.

Eye of the Elephant - Cincinnati, Ohio

Who You Looking At? - Cincinnati, Ohio

A Model's Complexion, No Warts at All - Cincinnati, Ohio

"Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!" oh...I'm a Penguin - Cincinnati, Ohio

Red Panda - Cincinnati, Ohio

People Keep Telling Me I Look Familiar...They've Seen Me on TV - Cincinnati, Ohio

Today's "Bug"

Calopteron terminale aka "end band net-wing beetle", aka "bug" on my figs.

End Band Net-wing Beetle - Milford, Ohio

End Band Net-wing Beetle - Milford, Ohio

Ghent

From a few years back...our traveling days.

Mary - Ghent, Belgium

Have Mercy - Ghent, Belgium

Spires - Ghent, Belgium

Kicking at the Moon - Ghent, Belgium

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

Photos from a Road Trip - Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park AZ.

A month ago I did a three day epic & iconic road trip to Southern California, via 40 with my daughter. Our only real tourist thing was the road through Petrified Forest National Park. Here are just a few of the photos from the Painted Desert portion of that drive.

Painted Desert - Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Painted Desert - Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Painted Desert - Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Painted Desert - Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Painted Desert - Petrified Forest National Park, AZ