National Dandelion Day
National Dandelion DayI saw only one dandelion today on National Dandelion Day and it was all by itself barely showing through the crisp green grass growing around it. There is a photo in my archive of a dandelion being mowed down by a lawnmower, but I prefer this one...
Invasive Idea
I Tried So Many TimesPlease don't think that because you see all these wonderful photographs I make that it comes easily. It doesn't and today is a good example of what didn't work. The lonely Bradford pear at the Hoover Dam turnaround is a bright spot in a brown and...
Double Rainbow Duties
Those RainbowsI didn't get to see the double rainbows yesterday. I attended a city council meeting listening to financial approvals, explanations, and proclamations. All were important to someone as noted in this morning's The Westerville News. At one point the storm...
Never Again
Don't Ever Do ThisIt's not 1968 with Timothy Leary turning on and tuning out with the world rapidly spinning and rotating and rushing about. There's no good reason to shoot a slow shutter speed and rapidly rotating the zoom lens to achieve an effect that is probably...
More Than One Angle
Wide and TightThere were several choices on Sunday at Twin Bridges. My Final Photo, at the bottom, was just one of many looks I made at the lake. The top photo is from the same angle as My Final but with a telephoto lens making the silhouetted angler more prominent.
Changes In The Landscape
Brown Farm Barn Demolished The old barn at the Brown Farm on North West Street lies in rubble Monday as work continues laying underground utilities for Towns on the Greenway, a development of 82 townhomes by Pulte Homes. The barn had fallen into disrepair when farming...
The Farm. The Barn. The Newsletter
From the Newsletter ... It was a Monday. That means I’m traveling to the Braun Farm. Again. Just as I have for about 15 years although it's been only 12 years since I’ve visited every Monday. This time of the year the only thing that really changes is the weather and...
Which One Is It?
The First or The Last Photographer humor says it’s always the first or the last photo you make that is your best. That’s not to mean it’s the first or last exposure but the first or last scenes. This was my last scene for the day, shooting against the sun, spirited...
My Upgrade Dilemmas
Uptown Upgrades Stumbling sometimes takes you places you never expected and can offer great challenges. This was a stumble. Went to check on the status of the construction of the old Book Harbour property and first thought it was a city electric crew working in...
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