Green Lynx Spider

It’s amazing what you can find in your own backyard.

My first sighting of the summer.  It was raining and of course, my camera was no where near, when the hummingbird appeared.  And then he was gone.  When he returned, about 20 minutes later, I was ready.  No fancy setup.  Handheld my camera and shot through the window.  A few quick frames and he was gone again.  Checking my birding →

My Entries for  ADSO's 11th Annual Photography & Digital Arts Exhibit: The exhibit runs till August 27 at the Art Center in Fort Walton Beach.  Opening night reception is August 6.

Probably one of the most recognized National Geographic Magazine covers is "The Afghan Girl" from 1985.  The photographer is Steve McCurry.  The film is Kodachrome.  Kodachrome was the favorite of many professionals (personally, I preferred Fujichrome back in the day), and so it was a sad day when Kodak decided to discontinue the film last year. Kodak gave the last →

This is just too cool.  Check it out: And the final product:

A Renaissance Festival is an interesting thing.  It's like a step back in time, the costumes, jousts, falcons, dragon and faerie artwork.  I remember, years ago, my sister went to one of these festivals.  She hacked up a bridesmaid's dress and her and her husband went in costume.  The dress looked better all medieval than it did as the bridesmaid's →

To take photographs is to hold one's breath when all faculties converge in the face of fleeing reality. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Sometimes you just "happen" upon things.  I'm a big fan of the ridiculous scene, like a yard filled with Christmas inflatables.  My daughter, I'm sure, tired of the numerous cell phone pictures she received of blow-up yard ornaments while in class.  So when we drove by the large Turkey Hill cow at this Tom Thumb on Navarre Beach, I couldn't →

The Gulf Oil Crisis.... Been going to the beach, Navarre Beach, my beach, a lot lately.  Last week, for the first time, there were globs of oil along with the usual small tar balls.  As Hurricane Alex blew through the lower Gulf of Mexico, the skimmers stopped skimming and the rough surf brought more oil ashore.  And now a second →

I like this - short and to the point.