Shot these with the Hipstamatic pinhole lens – works great on small objects!
iphone, Hipstamatic app
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Playing with pinhole photography 2 comments
Nature’s Camouflage Leave a comment
Can you spot the toad in the forest?
iPhone Hipstamatic
Forest Fire or Sunset? 1 comment
That’s what I asked myself as I was driving through Vermont on a recent evening. (It was a sunset).
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm
ISO 800
f/8
1/250 sec
Captiva Moment 2 comments
This heron joined us for watching the sunset at Captiva Island.
Church Mouse 3 comments
Actually I found this one in a barn in an abandoned mining town in Montana.
Canon 7D, 15-85mm
ISO 2500
f/5.6
1/10 sec
Big Sky Vistas 3 comments
Driving through Montana I am always fascinated by the wide open spaces, probably because there aren’t many in Connecticut. The bottom one is of the battlefield of the Little Bighorn, site of Custer’s Last Stand.
Storm Brewing 1 comment
I loved this ominous sky. It never did rain:
Winter Loneliness 8 comments
This lonely tree is in the marshland behind our house.
Unknown Star Wars Location? 5 comments
No, this is not some strange world out of the Star Wars saga. I captured this picture of Meteor Crater while flying over Arizona.
Cacti Heaven 1 comment
A visit to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix provides some great opportunities for black&white shots. Click on any pic to view them in full-screen slide show format.
iphone, Hipstamatic
ISO: 32
1/580 sec
f/2.2
lens: John S
Film: BlackKeys B+W
Bark 2 comments
Walking through the Vermont woods, I was struck by the beautiful birch tree bark everywhere. Click on any picture to see them as full screen slideshow.
Canon 5D Mark II, EFL 24-70mm f/2.8
Full Moon Rising 2 comments
Caught in Vermont, after the leaves were gone.
Canon 5D Mark II, EFL 70-200mm f/2.8
ISO 2000
f/5.6
1/640 sec
Frozen Foliage 1 comment
Found these leaves frozen in a pond in the Vermont woods:
Canon 5D MarkII, EFL 24-70mm f/2.8
ISO 400
f/5.0
1/160 sec
Last Fall Sunset 2 comments
Just one week later, all the leaves were gone. Good bye foliage, welcome stick season!
And happy Thanksgiving, everybody! 
iPhone. Edited with Snapseed
Still Life of Milk Weed and Bug Leave a comment
No need for further description:
Canon 5D Mark II, 24-70mm lens
ISO 100
f/2.8
1/2000 sec
Fall Moonrise Leave a comment
Canon 5D Mark II, 24-70mm lens
ISO 100
f/5.0
1/125 sec
Let the raking begin 1 comment
This is when beautiful fall turns into a lot of work:
Canon 5D Mark II, 24-70mm lens
ISO 100
f/2.8
1/800 sec
Fall Morning 1 comment
Sunrise in early November in Connecticut.
iPhone, edited with Snapseed.
Yellowstone Wildlife 2 comments
On a recent trip to Yellowstone, my son and I saw just about every major animal except moose: Bison, elk, coyote, bear (with bear cub), wolves. Here are a few shots I liked:
Canon 7D, 70-200mm f/2.8
ISO 640
f/10
1/100 sec
Fall Foliage 2 comments
Shot these two near Bristol, CT:
Forest Fire Aftermath Leave a comment
Hundreds of acres of forest in Yellowstone Park were destroyed in massive fires in 1988, requiring over 9,000 firefighters and affecting almost 800,000 acres of forest (bigger than Rhode Island). The remnants of that destruction can still be seen:
Canon 7D, 10-24mm
ISO 400
f/20
1/160 sec
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone 2 comments
Big Buck 1 comment
This 13-point elk buck was watching over a herd of elk in Yellowstone National Park. I was fortunate enough to sneak up for 2 close-ups without being noticed (well, the second picture he’s looking right at me, so who am I kidding?).
Canon 7D, EF70-200mm f/2.8 with 2x converter
ISO 400
f/5.6
1/400 sec
Close Encounter with a Bison Leave a comment
On a recent trip to Yellowstone, I saw this bison and took these photos while I followed it for an hour as it crossed Lamar valley, chomping on grass while generally ignoring me. He must have known he had nothing to fear from me. Figures, since he’s the largest land animal in North America, weighing roughly a ton.
Canon 7D, 70-200mm EF 2.8
ISO 640
f/10
1/20 sec
Lunar Eclipse 3 comments
A few shot from last week’s supermoon lunar eclipse. Click on any pic to see them in slideshow format:
Canon 7D, EF 70-200mm with 2x converter
ISO 800
f/5.6
1.3 sec
Geometry of Nature 1 comment
Mushroom Dreams 6 comments
Found a couple of mushrooms in our front yard that lent themselves for some experimentation with black&white processing. Click on any to see them in slideshow mode.
Canon Mark II, 90mm macro lens
ISO 500
f/4.5
1/80 sec
MA Waterfall 1 comment
Shot near Rowe, MA:
Canon 7D
ISO 100
f/5.0
0.3 sec
Perseid Meteor 2 comments
Captured at midnight over our local beach. Had I waited till dawn, maybe I would have experienced the promised 60-meteors-per-hour experience. Maybe next year…
Canon 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 1000
f/3.5
20 sec
Morning Calm Leave a comment
Fog-shrouded lake in the Adirondacks – captured before sunrise.
Field of Clover Leave a comment
The sunset behind our house lit up this field of clover beautifully. A reflector helped me get the great lighting on the second shot.
Canon 7D, 100mm EF 2.8
ISO 100
f/8.3
1/60 sec
Monarch Migration 1 comment
I encountered these Monarch butterflies during their migration southward. They had stopped at a tree that was covered with hundreds of them.
Summer Blossoms 1 comment
Finally the garden is paying some dividends!
Kayaks at the Ready 2 comments
Colorful kayaks and boats waiting for their turn in the Long Island Sound.
Canon 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 800
f/4.5
1/500 sec
Summer Storm 3 comments
Off the CT coastline.
Canon 7D, HDR capture
Purple Clover 5 comments
A gorgeous field of purple clover behind our house provided lots of opportunities to practice shooting at sunset.
Canon 7D, 100mm
ISO 100
f/3.5
1/320 sec
Critters of Sanibel 4 comments
Captured these during a walk through the nature preserve on Sanibel island:
Canon PowerShot G12
Still life with shell 1 comment
Found on Sanibel Island.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 320
f/4.5
1/80 sec
slight adjustments in Silver Efex 2
Birds on a Wire Leave a comment
Captured while looking out the window of the train to New York.
iphone
Beach treasure 1 comment
Found on Sanibel Island.
iPhone, Hipstamatic
Pelican Sunset 2 comments
Enjoyed watching this pelican cruise through the evening air in Sanibel, FL.
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Dawn in the Jungle 4 comments
Captured in Costa Rica’s Arenal National Park.
Canon 7D, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L
ISO 400
f/29
1/200 sec
Arenal Volcano Leave a comment
Fond memories of warmer weather in Costa Rica.
Canon 7D, 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO 100
f/5
1/1000 sec
Still Life of Weeds 4 comments
If I only knew what this is called, that so profusely grows in the field behind our house…
Ice Sculptures Leave a comment
Created by mother nature:
Apple Tree and Bench 1 comment
Canon 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 200
10mm
f/3.5
1/1600 sec
Edited in Silver Efex Pro
Ice Stalactites Leave a comment
Global Warming? 5 comments
No – it’s just the sun that’s melting the ice and snow around our house – finally!
Canon 7D, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro
ISO 100
f/2.8
1/2500 sec
Frozen Beach 1 comment
I got a taste of what it must feel like to cross the Arctic ice when I walked across the frozen bay of our little town beach (for 2 minutes). The tides caused much of the ice to break in unusual formations, as seen in the second picture.
Ice Floes on the Beach 3 comments
These ice flows were waiting for high tide to float and join their companions in the Long Island Sound:
Canon 7D, EF24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 250
f/10
1/160 sec
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 
