It’ll taper off

I’m in a rut and I know it – there’s not a lot I can do about it, but there’s content at least, by a real human being too. Soon enough, these subjects won’t be visible for a while. I think.

First though, we revisit the end of month abstract – one of them, anyway. On the night that a persistent mist hung in the air, making the headlamp appear to be shining through read more

Mother May I?

… post the end of the month abstract?

Waaayyy too much like others, but this is what I got, except for some that have already been posted. Maybe I’ll go create another tonight (this is being written the night before it posts.) Anyway,


Give me credit for picking the right angle, at least. I took several from this vantage, because the depth-of-field was so short and the read more

On this date 18


So, listen: this time of year is mantis season, soon after the Chinese mantids (Tenodera sinensis) have hatched, and they’ve been a favorite subject of mine for a while now, so we might see a lot of these even in the posts from the past years’ photos – like this one. But c’mon, you can’t fault me for featuring this lovely alien read more

Auf wiedersehen, August!


So for August, we’ll have two month-end abstracts, and you can pick your favorite. Both were from central New York, a day-and-a-half and about five meters apart – well, my shooting position at least. The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) above was cruising past in the distance after sunset, with the light low enough that the shutter speed was too slow, yet the lens read more