In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

When I first started taking butterfly pictures I was almost exclusively interested in capturing their beauty. Strangely, or perhaps not so strangely, the more pictures I took the more carefully I looked at butterflies, something I probably haven’t done since I studied them in grade school. When I took this series of pictures last Friday, I noticed the [...]

If you’re a regular visitor you’ve probably noted that I haven’t been out birding for nearly three weeks now, largely because we’ve had visitors the last two or three weeks, but also because I’ve been suffering from a serious cold, one I finally got antibiotics for today. So hopefully, I’ll get out at least [...]

I’m not sure whether I’m attracted to photography because it provides me with the power to transform small, relatively nondescript flowers like this and this that most people would pass by without a second glance into striking flowers, or because after repeated attempts I still can’t manage to capture just how striking these huge [...]