Saturday, August 31, 2013

8/31/13

This is a Viceroy butterfly I was able to capture on the Butterfly bush a week or so ago.  This shows very well how you can tell it's a Viceroy, they have those bands that go horizontally across those inside rear wings where Monarchs don't have that.  Monarchs also have more spots along the black part and not the white curves. 


Friday, August 30, 2013

8/30/13

Posting a bit early today as I am on vacation and I can.  :-)
This is a bit older shot of a Dicksissel I saw out on Konza Prairie that seemed about as interested in me as I was in it the way it's looking at me here.  Actually posed for quite a bit so I could get this shot of it.



Thursday, August 29, 2013

8/29/13

I have seen several young Praying Mantis this year.  I think this guy was the smallest so far.  Found him or her hanging out on a leaf on my Butterfly Bush one day and he/she posed long enough for a nice photo. 


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

8/28/13

Who knew my county had a waterfall.  We have lived here for 25 years and just recently found out about it.  In my defense though it only runs in the spring and with the drought the last few years wouldn't have run at all.  It was running now though because of all the rain we had been getting.  It's at least a 30 foot drop and was quite lovely the evening we were there.  Since this was shot in the evening and the light was somewhat dull I used an HDR effect on it to bring some details out.



Tuesday, August 27, 2013

8/27/13

Hi all!  Posting late due to some traveling.  This is a photo from back when we were having rain.  This is my blanket flower with rain drops on it.

Monday, August 26, 2013

8/26/13

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I don't share many Black and White shots but I was really pleased with how this one turned out.  I had to do quite a lot of work to it to get the mountains to stand out because it was taken on a very cloudy and hazy day.  This is a shot of the Grand Teton Mountains in the National Park of the same name.  This was a view I had as we traveled through part of the park on our way up to Yellowstone. 



Sunday, August 25, 2013

8/25/13

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I thought it was fitting that I ended the old site with my favorite subject matter, trains!  This is an image of Cumbres & Toltec locomotive 487 taking on water at Cumbres Pass after helping to double head up to the pass.  It will be on its way back to Chama, New Mexico while the rest of the train heads on to Antonito, Colorado.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

8/24/13

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This was a beautiful sky I was able to see back in June in Minnesota.  The light on the clouds was wonderful and the orange glow in general.



Friday, August 23, 2013

8/23/13

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This is a little Silver Spotted Skipper on some Hoary Vervain that i saw while on a walk a while back.  These Skippers have been quite abundant this year.  I usually can find one every day.  They really like this plant because they seem to be on it all the time.



Thursday, August 22, 2013

8/22/13

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This is an image of Ouzel Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park.  It's a long exposure image to get the water to look as it does and also has an HDR effect on it as well.  It was while walking to this falls that we saw that cute little Chipmunk.



Wednesday, August 21, 2013

8/21/13

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This is a Cabbage Worm Butterfly that I saw and photographed one evening while walking.  I really loved the back light on it.  They are actually somewhat lovely butterflies despite their name I think.  :-)



Tuesday, August 20, 2013

8/20/13

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This is another of the night shots I took of Kansas City while I was at a convention a few weeks ago.  Quite the lovely view from the 32 floor.  This was about a 3 second exposure.



Monday, August 19, 2013

8/19/13


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These are dried Teasel flowers that I saw in eastern Missouri.  I just love the shape of them, they are very interesting.  I liked the way these were back lit as well and I decided to do a sepia tone on the whole thing to make it a bit different and interesting.



Sunday, August 18, 2013

8/18/13

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This is another shot of the cute chipmunk that I saw on the trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.  I am sure he was probably looking for food which I didn't have to give him but he posed so well for this close up shot.  I would have been so disgusted if this had come out blurry as he was so close and so nicely posed but it came out OK.  :-)


Saturday, August 17, 2013

8/17/13

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This is a Ladybug Beetle I was able to get a macro shot of since it was sitting on this narrow leaf so nice and still.  I was lucky to be able to get in very close as you can tell because Ladybugs are much smaller than this photo.  :-)