As if most of my posts aren’t the exact same thing…
So, two purposes for this one. The first is a reminder that the Draconids meteor shower is going on right now and expected to peak tomorrow night, actually around 19:00 UTC on October 8th,
Author: Al Denelsbeck
Using the moon
So, I should be catching up with writing some posts that have images awaiting usage, or editing video, or cleaning up Walkabout Studios, or any number of other things, but instead I went out last night to use the bright moonlight for some experiments. Which turned out okay, really, and that’s better than a lot of experiments that I do, one of which is another waiting post.
The back forty of
Estate Find XXXX
I had a couple of returning subjects that I could have used, and plans to try for something early this morning (about a half-hour from when this actually posts) that may or may not pan out, but I came across this one last night and knew I had my weekly subject.
First off, this was a weekly subject from last year, only back then I was doing the critters that I’d only ever photographed
Follow not my lead
I’ve had the reminder popping up for over a week that today is International Podcast Day, and so I have for you… no podcast. Yes, yes, I can hear your sigh of relief from here. I’d strongly considered one, and had a couple of topics to talk about, but the time just wasn’t there to accomplish this. What I did accomplish was important, though, and more people
Was that a September, or what?
Somehow, these months keep ending, which someone should be looking into – I’m sure this isn’t a good thing. But while it’s happening, we’ll at least keep noting this occurrence (until we don’t, anyway) with the month-end abstract. The first was not actually intended to be an abstract as such, but it worked out quite well as one, plus it looks cool. Or at least
Estate Find XXXIX (is late)
Actually, I was rather committed to not even having an Estate Find this week, both from not finding anything new and from having far too many other things taking up my time, but we’re pulling this one out in the last minute, kinda – it was shot in the early evening as we were rearranging things in the yard.
Okay, sure, it’s simply a Copes grey treefrog (Dryophytes
Not exactly annual
Kinda far from it, actually, but nonetheless, we have the return of Beware of Strangers Baring Gifs Day, with another fine selection of animated foibles, curiosities, and giggles. Once again, these were collected from various places online (mostly theChive.com) that were never
To make you appreciate what you have
It’s easy to take things for granted, so from time to time, it’s actually good for people to suffer a little just so they understand that their life isn’t normally bad at all, which is what today’s holiday is all about, since this is Now You Know It Could Be Worse Day. And humanitarian that I am, I’m prepared (well, not exactly, since this should have
Walkabout recommends: The Hudsucker Proxy
Despite being a Coen Brothers film, with writing and direction assistance by Sam Raimi, I’ve found very few people familiar with this one, and it’s a shame because this is a great little story on its own, even if it doesn’t quite measure up to the more popular films that they’ve made. This also came out in 1994, at roughly the same time as Forrest Gump, which naturally
Topic swap
There’s little doubt that I go through long periods where I’m photographing the same kinds of subjects – usually not intentionally, except insofar that I’m not making a specific effort to get more variety in. It’s been bugs, and frogs, and birds, and even aquatic macro at times just recently it’s been the lizards and occasional other denizens