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Tag Archives: nature
Autumn Light in the Canyon
My wife and I recently spent a few days with friends, outside of Tucson, in a house next to the Saguaro National Forest. It was an opportunity for Becky and I to rest and decompress. It was temporary respite from … Continue reading
Honey Bee and Hosta
On the same evening that I photographed the dragonflies I also found this honey bee investigating the late blooms on one of my neighbor’s Hosta plants. The light was rapidly fading and I waited to catch the last warm rays … Continue reading
Late Summer Dragonflies
This is a Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens, tentative id) that graced my backyard last evening. Up here in Minnesota, the last days of summer are already beginning to look like early fall. The recent dry weather has stressed many of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Color, Photo
Tagged 2011, cherry-faced meadowhawk, dragonfly, insect, Minneapolis, minnesota, nature, Pantala flavescens, Sympetrum internum, Wandering Glider
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Day Lily – In Search of Beauty
Day lilies are a common ornamental in Minnesota. They’re a hardy plant that can, left on their own, take over a yard or forgotten patch in an alley. They’re derisively called ditch lilies because they’re often found growing abundantly along … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, blog, day lily, ditch lily, flower, garden, Georgia O'Keefe, Les Phillips, lily, minnesota, nature, photo, photograph, still life, wall art
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Mountains, Memories, Photos
Recently, Candice, a good friend visited from Milwaukee. She brought on her laptop pictures from her spring vacation out west: Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. I loaded them on to a memory stick so that we could see them … Continue reading
What Is Image Integrity?
The photo above is of a Bluetail Damselfly, ischnura heterosticta, and taken at midday in full sunlight. The image is from the unprocessed, raw NEF file. I was at a workshop last winter and the question about HDR, high dynamic … Continue reading