Hello to all and welcome!

I can't really say what you should expect to see here as I've never before tried blogging or anything similar. It'll have to be a work in progress. I'll probably talk about photography in general (and mine in specific) as well as point out different things that are going on that I find interesting or worth commenting on. If anyone (assuming anyone actually ends up reading this) has questions or suggestions on topics, feel free to let me know.

I'm here you're with me, here at the beginning of all things.

Roger

p.s.  Comments and feedback are very welcome.

Photo of the Day - 7/23/2014

July 23, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

Following on yesterday's photo, here's a shot taken while on the Charles Bridge in Prague.  It's surprising sometimes how much of a difference a little thing like a pigeon can make to a photo.


Photo of the Day - 7/22/2014

July 22, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

Here's a shot of the Charles Bridge in Prague.


Photo of the Day - 7/21/2014

July 21, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

Some days things just go your way.  On this particular one, I was at the Arboretum, just wandering around shooting whatever was of interest.  I finally settled down and set up my tripod to shoot some dahlias.

Almost as soon as things were locked down, a cute little red squirrel ran down to a branch of the tree next to me, and posed.  Not wanting to be offensive, I asked it very nicely if it would wait for a minute while I finished getting my dahlia shots.  M. Squirrel chittered for a second and ran back up the tree.  So I went and finished shooting the flowers.

As I finished, the squirrel came back down; this time with a pinecone the size of its head.  I swung the camera around to get some nice images while it posed with its snack.  First, it contemplated starting at the big end, but that was too awkward.  So it then slowly turned around the pinecone to proceeded to eat from the pointy end.  Me taking some pictures of it along the way.

My favorite one was the first in the series where the pinecone looks the most intimidating (and mirrors the squirrels head).

Red Squirrel with PineconeRed Squirrel with Pinecone


Photo of the Day - 7/20/2014

July 20, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

Here's a photo of a green heron who just caught a fish.  And yes, it is a green heron even though I have never seen any green on one.

fishing green heronfishing green heron


Photo of the Day - 7/19/2014

July 19, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

Sometimes you're walking along and something catches your eye.  Who can say why it appeals?  Or why you noticed it this particular day when you've walked past the same path many times in the past.  Today's photo is an example of that.

This was taken on my first trip to France, possibly in Arles (but where doesn't really matter).  I was walking along a tree-lined street and the bark caught my eye.  It was multicolored and patchy and random but interesting enough to take a picture.  I then asked one of the others in the group what kind of tree it was, and was told it is a plane tree.  Not something I knew, but figured it must be something specific to Europe.

That Thanksgiving, I was in New York visiting with my parents.  Feeling a bit restless, I went for a walk around the block to get outside and get away from everything.  Right as I was almost home, I looked to my left and saw some trees with multicolored and patchy and random looking bark.  Sycamore trees.  Just like the plane trees in France.  Standing in front of the neighbors house.  The ones my parents had been living next to for almost 40 years.

This shot is from France, not New York.  But it could have been either.

Plane tree barkPlane tree barkclose up of the bark of a plane tree (or sycamore)

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