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Welcome! This blog started in 2020. From 2009-2019 I was blogging through Google's "blogger" and that blog is still available, though I am not adding to it. A tab at the top of this page called "old blog" will get you there. I think the photos I am able to post on this newer blog are of higher quality and larger viewing size, though that may depend on the size of your viewing screen.
Macros: Discoveries viewed on the monitor but not seen in the Field
December 16, 2020
One reason I love macro images is that when they are viewed on a monitor they are larger than real-life. (Though I suppose that may not be true when viewed on a cell phon...
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Have a Very Macro (er, Merry) Christmas
December 12, 2020
During these days when we are spending so little time traveling and exploring, and so much time at home, it's hard to be motivated to take photos. But here's an idea. If...
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Two Seascapes from Maine
December 09, 2020
My wife and I really missed vacationing in Maine this summer. Due to the pandemic, it just didn't work out for us.
So these two "seascapes" were from the summer before l...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #23: Frosty Oak Leaf
November 16, 2020
Saturday night was cold, and gave us our first real frost of the season. The result was a rather beautiful Sunday morning of looking out over frosted grass and leaves, wi...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photgraphy: #22: Dragonfly
November 08, 2020
Backyard dragonflies are easy to capture with a photo. In our yard they favor the dried up stalks of daylily blossoms, and they will sit there resting for minutes on end.
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #21: Water Droplets and Crane Fly and Butterfly
November 03, 2020
Despite the title, the actual common theme in these four photos is the greenery. These are the leaves (fronds?) of a bed of daylilies. Daylilies provide a great way to co...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #20: Snowiest October on Record
October 31, 2020
Yesterday Boston received 3.5" of snow. That's a record for October, going back to the beginning of when records were kept. That was 1872.
According to our local meteoro...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #19: "October Fern"
October 30, 2020
Many of our ferns have crumbled into dust as the fall has progressed, yet a few (different variety?) are working hard to hold onto their chlorophyll.
I liked the contras...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #18: Wabi-Sabi Oak Leaf
October 27, 2020
Until a year ago I had never heard of wabi-sabi*, but it was chosen by my photoclub as one of our monthly assignments last year. A the time I came up with a photo of a dy...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #17: Fall Ferns
October 11, 2020
When sitting outside and enjoying our yard, I spent the summer looking at this clump of ferns surrounding the double trunk of a hemlock. Back then, the ferns were of cour...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: #16: “Broomrape” flower – What a strange and off-putting name
September 07, 2020
“Broomrape” – What a strange and off-putting name for this small group of flowers on the edge of our gravel driveway. I have never seen these before or anywhere else. The...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: 15: Garlic Chive Flowers
September 04, 2020
Not much of a story here. But I liked the pretty flowers.
Laurie bought some seedlings in the spring to create a small garden of herbs on our deck. She grew a few flower...
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Stay-at-Home Backyard Photography: 14: Cosmos Blossom with one Drop of Water Remaining
September 01, 2020
I snapped this blossom on our deck after the rain stopped Saturday, but before the last drop of water fell from the petals. The colors of this flower are so rich, amd thi...
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Vignettes are a Nice Technique in Flower Photography. Here's and example
August 30, 2020
A great use for a vignette is with flower photography. It is a very effective way to focus attention on the flower(s) and to keep the viewer's eyes from migrating to the...
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I'm Using a Vignette more and more when Processing Images
August 27, 2020
What I have below is a cell phone photo I took the other day at a local farm stand, springdellfarm.com. I was picking up peaches for my wife who was planning to make a pe...
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