An old dog’s odyssey to learn new digital tricks


Archive for the ‘Nature’


My ever-hungry friend

Today, another seagull picture from offshore of Victoria, BC…

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Minty fresh!

A bumblebee works its way through some slender mountain mint:

I took this picture in a park in St. Louis, Missouri. It has a slight case of “green overdose,” but I like the bokeh and am particularly happy at how crisp the bee looks.
I think I’ve finally discovered the secret of good bee photography [...]

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Yellow

Outside the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, Alaska…

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Looking for some lunch

Another image from our trip to Alaska — this one from an unusual perspective…

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Incoming!

A honeybee heads in for a landing…

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Catnap

One of the locals takes a nap at the Littleton Historical Museum…

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Cruising

Here’s a nice, calm bit of video for your Monday — watching waves slip by the ship as we cruise toward Juneau via Alaska’s Inland Passage…

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Down by the tracks

I ran across this scene by the trolley tracks in New Orleans…

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Searching

Another macro image — this time from an outdoor subject, in a park a few blocks from our house…

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Carnation

So I’ve been doing a little tinkering around with my new toys, the Olympus 50mm macro lens and extension tube. So long as you’re careful about some things, it’s a powerful combo. Here’s a macro image I took recently using this combination…

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