An abstract from 2015, one that came out very well – this is not bragging (well, much,) but recognition that the odds played out in my favor. The reflections are all from the sun on rippling water, so each of those sparkles was only there for a millisecond in time – it would be easy to have too many clustered together, or too few, but the line meandering up the frame
Author: Al Denelsbeck
Nowhere to go but up
As of now – like, right now, as this posts (which is 10:27 PM local, or 03:27 UTC tomorrow) – we have passed the December solstice, and the days are getting longer again, for those of us in the northern hemisphere. The daylight hours, anyway – we’ve been through all
Living in the past XXVI
For a couple of years, I was on a quest to obtain detailed pics, and video, of a peculiar optical trait visible in one particular species of spider many spiders likely have the same trait, but it’s only visible in the magnolia green. The anterior median (front middle) pair of eyes is used to accurately judge the distances for jumping, and as such
Profiles of Nature 59
We’re trying to keep the post count up, so of course another Profiles was going to sneak in. You only have yourself to blame*
Today we have the honor of meeting Enkhtsetseg, currently quite high in demand as an animal trainer for movies without a CGI budget. – you can interpret “animal trainer” in two different manners because they both work, just don’t
Living in the past XXV
For as many photos as I have of Carolina anoles, I can easily recall the circumstances of this one, because of the distinctive ‘comma’ pose (helped by how it was framed, I’m sure.) I’d gone through the NC Botanical Gardens for a while and had seen not the faintest hint of anoles, which was rare, and I was on my way to the parking lot when I spied this one
Living in the past XXIV
Not much exposition needed here of course – it’s cropped from a larger frame, but otherwise is as-shot, no enhancement in saturation or contrast. Sometimes it just works. Though I’ll take credit for seeing the potential in the nearby raindrops…
We need some others
I first began this post just after Memorial Day in this country, which didn’t spark these thoughts because I’ve had them for a while, but it brought them up again at least. It’s a federal holiday, one of only a handful, intended to honor and respect members of the US military who died in service. We also have Veterans’ Day, which honors those who served, especially those
Tripod holes 51
N 36° 8’41.23″ W 77°24’51.27″ Google Earth location
Boy, did we need something cute after last week’s offering! The Girlfriend looked over my shoulder while I was editing this photo for inclusion, and so I asked, “Remember this little squirt?” She most assuredly did, and with good reason. Twelve years ago, we were paying our first visit to
Living in the past XXIII
Yeah, another spider, but seriously, this was going to come up because it’s my favorite spider portrait. So far, anyway. Listen, I know that “favorite spider portrait” is a phrase that most people maintain really shouldn’t exist, but if you’re gonna do it, you might as well take a little pride in it sometimes, right? And to my warped brain and I, this
Utterly robbed
My calendar has been reminding me of the Geminids meteor shower for the past week or so, which was due to peak overnight last night, but the temperatures have dropped significantly for the past week as well. Since the Geminids are touted to be one of the better showers and we had nice clear skies, I finally got motivated to bundle up, go out, and try.
And indeed, it was a notably active shower, more