Walkabout

First, we’ll talk about the photo. What you’re seeing below is a two-by-two stake (so 1.5 inches square, or 4 cm) that was probably used to anchor a crab trap or something similar. It had fallen into shallow salt water in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon near Melbourne, and everything that is not wood colored in [...]

It’s been longer than I planned since my last set of posts, and I actually had something else intended this weekend that didn’t work out – basically, my telescope was way the hell out of collimation. For a reflecting scope to work properly, the mirrors have to be precisely aligned, otherwise you can’t get properly [...]

I just upgraded WordPress almost painlessly! Made sure I had meticulous backups, then simply uploaded and clicked “Update database.” All done! This sounds like a nonsense post (or, bile rising, a “Tweet”,) but I actually started this blog on B2Evolution, and lost it all during their simple little upgrade. I reconstructed the trashed posts from [...]

Okay, this is kind of a frustration. It’s also kind of an accomplishment. What you’re seeing above is a Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor) that has just captured an Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis). I was cutting up a trail through the woods while at work when I heard a rustle practically at [...]

[Reconstructed from the original posted 1/28/09 or thereabouts] Yeah, I expect this to be an ongoing series… ;-) I can’t say I really know how easy other nature photographers have it, though I imagine they face many of the same frustrations I do. I need to say here that I’ve always held a full-time job [...]