Cactus Crazy

A work in progress. These were a challenge to shoot with a macro lens because the cactus needles add so much depth to the plants that fixing the focal point with a shallow depth of field setting is hard to achieve.

Four Hungry Mouths to Feed

Sometimes life's little treasures to photograph are right under your nose, or in this case a batch of newborn barn swallows nested in the corner of your neighbor's front porch hanging right above your head.

A Mother's Work...

Family Portrait

Open Wide

The Protector on Station

Two Doors Up Is Macro World

Our neighbors up the street have some great flowers and I happen to have a great macro lens, so...macro madness ensued in full sun and 100 degree heat. They have an "accidental" sunflower growing tall right out front- the result of bird seed gone awry. Bad news for the birds. Good news for me. A perfect sunflower bloom (images 2 & 4 below). The last image is a sunflower pod on the verge of blooming.

Walkabout

I've been getting up early these days to avoid the heat. Still, some great photo opportunities out there, especially right as the sun peaks over the horizon.

Squirrel Heaven

Lotus Showing Off

Showtime for Dragonflies

Not Ready for Primetime

Hodge Podge

These are a mix of older images that I re-worked and a new one that I applied High Dynamic Range (HDR) to.

Nature's Light Catcher

Lava Rainbow

Sunset at Duke's

Down Time

Memorial Day and a Lounge Lizard

These first two images are of veterans taken at the local Memorial Day observance here. I thought both of these folks had a certain sense of wisdom and certainly must have some interesting stories to tell.
This little guy gave me about 5 minutes of modeling time right outside the front door.