When it rains, the snails really come out around here and I have been thinking about trying to shoot some close-ups of one. They are relatively easy to capture, even for me, and they sit really still when you take their photo. This is important because in order to take a close-up, I was planning… Read More The Snail Close-Up
I wandered around at Balcones Canyonlands NWR with my manual macro lens. It is a rather heavy lens, but it has a very wide aperture, 150mm focal length, and it is a macro so it has a short focus distance for close ups. I was planning on their being a lot of wildflowers along the… Read More Some Close-ups From Hiking
September is here and it is bearable outside in the day now. I go out hiking and often bring my camera to see what I can get. None of these photos are stunning, but nice enough to hit the shutter button I think. All of these photos were shot with a Nikon Z50, which is… Read More Some Hiking Photos
I go out for walks in the early morning and sometimes bring my camera in case I find something to photograph. The animals are often more active at dawn and I can get some good shots. On Saturday morning I found a big white egret at the pond that wasn’t too afraid to let me… Read More Some Fauna and Flora
I have two photos that I recently took that I kind of like but I didn’t know what to do with. They aren’t part of a theme or anything, so I will just post them here. The first one is a sunflower in front of the setting sun. I tried to line up the sunflower… Read More Two Random Photos
The Texas Spiny Lizard is native to the South central United States and parts of Mexico. They aren’t endangered at all and are quite common, and from looking at siting maps online it appears that they are mostly seen from central North Texas down to Northern Mexico. They usually run and hide or climb a… Read More Texas Spiny Lizard
On a bored Friday morning, I sat in the back yard drinking coffee (black, of course) and noticed a lot of damselflies in the grass. So, I ran in and grabbed my camera and watched and waited. I had to wait until they could get a little sunlight so their bright colors could really show… Read More The Damsel and the Dragon
I went out for a little shoot, but had mostly disappointing results. There was only one photo that I really liked. It was this butterfly perched on a stalk of long grass. I just think that it goes well against the background and I like the butterfly’s wings. A distant honorable mention would go to… Read More Butterfly
It must be dragonfly season if there is such a thing as there are plenty of them around these days. I wandered around in my front yard and took a few photos, partially out of boredom because my internet equipment decided to die on me. The other part was fun. I saw a purple dragonfly… Read More Dragonfly Close Ups
Devine (not to be confused with Divine) Lake Park is a nice little city park in Leander with a lot of trees and a pond and it is very close by to me. In the summer you can see the sun set over the water from one shore and I try to remember to go… Read More Some Devine Lake Photos
