Although I've never been an old car aficionado, I do enjoy seeing some of those great automobiles from the days of stick shifts and cheap gasoline. So, when the annual "Cars on State" event was held on Saturday, I headed downtown. Classics like…
I went down to Kettle Pond yesterday afternoon to see how the Sandhill Cranes are doing. It had been 11 days since my last visit and I was anxious to see if they were still there and if both chicks…
They're only two days old and already the crane chicks are walking around having dinner with their parents. I don't know about you but this seems amazing to me. I'm not sure I like what's on the menu, however!
Last year I heard about some sandhill cranes nesting in our neighborhood. I had a lot of fun photographing them and watching the chicks grow. If you're interested you can read the old posts -- see The Crane Wife and Family (5/11/12),…
I don't usually think about turkeys unless it's November, but a recent walk in Owen Conservation Park brought me face to face with a group of them. Now, I've seen turkeys in this park before, but never during the spring when,…
We've known about a fox in our neighborhood for a couple years or so. We've occasionally seen it trotting down the road; one of our neighbors has also seen it several times. Until recently, however, I've never had a chance to…
I've had a Facebook page for a couple of years. It's kind of fun to see what friends and family members are up to. I didn't really consider using it to show my photos, and still don't. However, when Facebook…
As I'm sure you know, high dynamic range (HDR) photography has been popular for quite a few years. I've played around with it now and then but I've never had what I would call great success at it. One of my…
I was rummaging through some old photos looking for pictures of relatives to post on Facebook when I happened upon this interesting image. It was taken in August 1972 with a Minolta SRT 101 using Kodachrome 64 film. We were in…