An insect view

Exit ramps

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. ~Henry David Thoreau

I watched a video the other day by Bryan Peterson on Adorama TV about using flash for contrast. It [...]

Late November garden

Late November garden

Nikon D7000 105.0 mm f/2.8 lens @ 105 mm 1/1000 sec @ f/8, ISO 200

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, – November! ~ Thomas Hood 

With these few photos I was messing around using [...]

Fire in the mountain

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Nikon D7000 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens @ 58 mm 1/60 sec @ f/8, ISO 800

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. ~ Mark Twain

Autumn snuck up on me this year, and then we had our first snow in the mountains [...]

Colors and textures

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Nikon D7000 105.0 mm f/2.8 lens @ 105 mm 1/200 sec @ f/16, ISO 400

There is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. ~John Calvin

Please click on the image above to see the photo gallery. I hope you [...]

Desert or coral reef?

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Jordan Valley Water Conservation Garden Park

Nikon D7000 105.0 mm f/2.8 lens @ 105 mm 1/60 sec @ f/18, ISO 400

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. ~Ellsworth Huntington