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This year’s most common butterfly sighting

The Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitionius) is the state butterfly of Florida. They used to be a rare sight in my butterfly garden, but this year are the most common sight so far. The Orange Cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum) is the most popular plant in the garden so far this year too. It’s grown too big for […]


Stop and shoot the flowers

Just a reminder that no matter how busy or hurried you are, you should always be willing to stop for a moment and listen to the call of the flowers. If you have your camera with you, that’s all the better.


Red Buckeyes and what they attract

Ruby throated hummingbird.
Cloudless Sulphur butterfly.


Lunar Eclipse

My best shot on a night of fighting with the clouds.
Update: View my whole set from the evening on Flickr.
The photo above was my first shot posted of the event and that got it picked up on a couple of eclipse stories (1, 2) on Yahoo! News. It was viewed over 3,000 times during the […]


My December “Photo Assignment” contribution

The photo was published as part of Derrick Story’s “Photo Assignment” gallery for December 2007 on The Digital Story web site.
View the photo on Flickr


Signs of Spring

Shot with “super macro” on my new camera.


A nice moon shot

Thanks for this shot go out to my new monopod and a photo tip sheet I read recently.


Butterflies and the late bloomer

A pair of Gulf Fritillary butterflies sample the nectar of one of my Giant Mexican Sunflowers (tithonia diversifolia). The flowers are Fall bloomers and come on after the regular Mexican Sunflowers pretty much go into demise for the Fall and Winter. This morning the low hit 28 degrees bringing the first freeze of the season […]


Good Morning Dish

The view from the office window on a Fall workday morning. I’ve been enjoying the light play of the sunrise on the bottom of the satellite dish for the past couple of weeks or so.


Goodnight Moon

The view from the back porch on a Fall Sunday evening.


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