Debbie was watering the plants on the front porch when she heard a tapping sound. She looked up and spotted the source: a ladder-backed woodpecker working its way up the trunk of our neighbors’ red oak tree. We don’t see many woodpeckers around here, so it was definitely a photo opportunity. In the second photo,… Continue reading Woodpecker
Category: Photography
Butterfly and Flower
I failed in my quest to get better photos of the snapping turtle, but I was determined to bring something back in my camera. When I took this photo, I had no idea it would turn out as beautiful as it did. The wind was blowing and the autofocus on my zoom lens wasn’t cooperating,… Continue reading Butterfly and Flower
New Gallery Images
I’ve added a handful of images to the Gallery, including the one shown below.
Sunday Morning Hawk
I was sitting on our front porch after breakfast, accompanied by a Bible and a cup of coffee – both being essential to Sunday morning (or any morning, for that matter) – enjoying the beautiful weather. The street light at the corner of our yard was decorated with five or six Mexican doves basking in… Continue reading Sunday Morning Hawk
This Bud’s Taboo
Remember that ad campaign a few years ago that featured the Budweiser Frogs? This isn’t one.
And yet another bug pic
We’ve were hit with a veritable plague of grasshoppers a couple of weeks ago. Occasionally, we’d pick up a hitchhiker on the car, including this one that landed on the windshield, and provided a rather unique perspective for a photo.
Yeah, it’s another bug pic
This critter was on the wall outside the studio where we had our dance lesson tonight. It’s some variety of walking stick insect but I’ve never seen one quite like it before. It’s about six inches in length, and more delicate-looking than most walking sticks I’ve seen.
Bugged
I seem to be in a photographic rut lately, but the insect world has presented some opportunities too good to ignore. I spotted this unknown variety of shield or stink bug on one of the red-tipped photinia in our front flowerbed. I browsed in vain through more than 500 photos via Google’s image search without… Continue reading Bugged
Heavy Backyard Air Traffic
The bees were working over the yellow bells (aka esperanza) in my father-in-law’s backyard, and so I hauled out the camera on Saturday to try to capture some of the action. I was so focused (pun intended) on the bee leaving the bloom in the following photo that I didn’t notice the one that’s on… Continue reading Heavy Backyard Air Traffic
Mantid on Board
We brought a nice lantana back with us from Fort Stockton, a birthday gift for my wife from my brother and sister-in-law. After it was situated on the back porch, Debbie called me to take a photo of what might have been a stowaway on the trip home. He’s wet because she sprayed him with… Continue reading Mantid on Board