At the botanic gardens, lining up a water lily shot. Then this happens. Artistic version, then the raw.
Animals
Masked berry thieves
Troubled Skies
Trouble the Australian Cattle Dog. On a rock. With skies.
Playing with Luminar 4, an amazing new processing tool. First, check the original from a few days ago. Now have a look at the result from playing with the sky replacement tool.
Damn.
Focus
Trouble, the Australian Cattle Dog
Henry …
… on the side of a defunct motel along Route 93 in eastern Nevada.
among giants …
… in the forest at my university.
don’t bug me …
… from my files — an early excursion into macrophotography, the milkweed bug.
The Last Thing Mickey Saw
The Last Thing Mickey Saw. Harris Hawk inbound. Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Fastest
Peregrine Falcon, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
once upon a time …
… an old corral off Route 10 near Carbondale, Utah.
road hazard …
… along Route 140 near the Oregon-Nevada border. A cowpoke and three dogs drove about 50 head of cattle up the highway from State Line Valley 1,000 feet below to Antelope Butte.
sanctuary …
… in Bob Scott Campground in the Humbold-Toiyabe National Forest near Austin, Nevada.
don’t bug me …
Google tells me this is the western fence lizard.
insect autographs …
… on a downed log in the forest at my university.
don’t bug me …
… on a stump in the forest at my university.
a chipmunk eatery …
This stump in the forest at my university is nearly a half-century old. Chipmunks, field mice, and squirrels have been dining here for that long. I should leave a tip jar …
fuzzy critter …
… the hickory tussock caterpillar, munching through the forest at my university.
Epiphany
High Plains Drifter
Art can be an incremental process. Then there are times when, without warning, you find yourself caught in the throes of some muse’s dying, orgasmic spasm, well and truly beyond any rational explanation.
landing zone …
… on a stump in the forest at my university.
wanderer …
… traversing a downed log in the forest at my university.
slime …
… in the woods at my university.
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