An old (film) dog's odyssey to learn new (digital) tricks



The hills of Mt. St. Mary’s

I ran across this interesting scene on a recent trip to Los Angeles…

Tiny visitor

Just a quick slice of life shot I took on our recent “spring break” trip to the L.A. area…

Heptet

Another flower macro shot from my session with my wife’s Valentine’s Day flowers…

Things are looking rosy

Before my wife tossed out her (now-)wilting Valentine’s Day flowers, I thought I’d do a bit of macro work with them…

Solitude

Just a little reminder of this past summer…

Seriously yellow

Just a pretty flower I took a shot of at The Arboretum at Flagstaff, outside of Flagstaff, Arizona…

Standout

A daisy on Stunner Pass, Colorado (another look back at a good summer)…

Not only parallel lines extend to the infinite…

One of the fun things about digital cameras is that they make experimentation so much easier. Like, for instance, experiments with shallow depth of field…

Allograpta obliqua

I don’t recall what kind of flower my little subject is on, but I really like this macro shot:

It’s a handy thing, Flickr. Based on this little guy’s coloring I thought he must be some sort of wasp — but I’ve been told it’s a hover fly (a.k.a., a flower fly). I took [...]

Prickly in Pink

I found this interesting little cactus flower at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona…