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Caught in the act!

Photographer — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 15:50:15 +0000

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Peek-a-boo with our newest neighbor …

Photographer — Fri, 25 May 2018 20:22:01 +0000

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Peek-a-boo

Photographer — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 04:49:44 +0000

For several reasons, I have not been all too active with my camera of late. However I literally have thousands of photos on my computer, many of which have yet to be shared anywhere. I was recently challenged to post a nature photo a day for the next week on Facebook, the only requirement being that the pics are my own. It seemed like a good time to share some of these yet to be seen photos. As I looked through them, I also realized that I have many that are worth posting here, even if they are not technically “new”. So expect more photos from the past (assuming I keep motivated). Hopefully this will be the first of many!

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Friends and Seasonal Change

Photographer — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:59:49 +0000

Whether you believe in Climate Change or not (personally I have no doubt of its reality), it is pretty clear to anyone paying attention that recent weather patterns are definitely NOT par for the course. The seasons of late seem much less well-defined. I grew up in New England, which has always had the reputation of unstable weather, but at least we could tell what season we were in. These days it is winter one day and summer the next.

Because of this, and my own distemper of late, I am much less in touch with nature than I usually am, which reflects in my willingness to take PHOTOS of it. I have not been compelled to go on regular outings with my camera, as usually happens at this time of year. But that does not mean I have not taken ANY pictures. Here is a fairly random collection of recent photos I HAVE taken to welcome the seeming coming of summer.

Avian friends …

Floral friends …

Hanging with friends …

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Seasonal neighbors

Photographer — Tue, 02 May 2017 22:45:24 +0000

Our house is part of a cluster housing condo community. Unlike the other houses we are set back a little (as can be seen in the many pictures I take around the house). That, combined with the constant supply of food provided by the house’s nature loving occupants, ensures we have quite a bit of wildlife visiting us. We have a family of robins who love to hang in the tree right outside our kitchen bay window. Sometimes I can almost get a view of the nest. Here are a quick couple of photos of mamma robin doing her thang. I might try for some better shots at some point, but I don’t want to disturb them too much. As can be seen in the photos, she was well aware of me being there.

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(Not quite) Birds of a feather …

Photographer — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 21:16:54 +0000

Today is Earth Day 2017. It is a grey listless day … somehow seeming appropriate considering the growing danger to the earth that is humankind. We set aside ONE day out of 365 to honor the planet that shelters us; the planet that nourishes us; the planet that we are a part of, as if by honoring it for that one day we can be forgiven for the neglect and willful destruction that fill the rest of the days. There are those who always appreciate and honor; the ones who try to curb the damage … reverse it even if they are able. But in the face of the inherent greed and selfishness of the human animal … is it enough?

I live in suburbia. It is a mix of the man-made with a superficial respect for nature, making it seem as if we actually care while systematically destroying the environment. I take daily walks with my dog. More and more recently I see how our fear for the earth is in some ways unwarranted. The destruction we reap is more a danger to human “civilization” then the earth itself … for the earth will survive anything we can throw at it. Nature continues to thrive; to adapt, even as we do our best to contain it. Humans like to think of themselves as the most adaptable of creatures, but in reality we do not adapt, we modify to suit our purposes. Nature DOES adapt, adjusting as it must to survive. The earth will be there long after humanity has destroyed itself (as seems the likeliest scenario these days). It may be a changed earth, with much that was altered by our interference … but the planet WILL survive even if WE don’t.

These simple images reflected these thoughts for me today. So in honor of the earth I share them.

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Unusual guest

Photographer — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 22:07:50 +0000

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Mirror image (of sorts)

Photographer — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:07:24 +0000

I don’t really take a lot of pictures of people. It is not from a lack of interest in the subject matter, but rather a lack of interest in posed, or set up pictures. My passion is for capturing life as it is … candid shots. Many people do not like this, and all too often they will think a given picture is horrible because it does not “flatter” them, which was most likely not my intent with the picture. I don’t aim to flatter, but to store the moment for others to share. What I saw may have nothing to do with how a person looks, but they all to often don’t see it “thru my eyes”. However some moments just need to be caught …

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Humming Bird (first attempt)

Photographer — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 01:56:44 +0000

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Hawk Moth

Photographer — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 01:38:50 +0000

High speed photos

Low speed photos

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