Third Quarter 2016 was photographically slow starting out. My wife had just passed and I was busy taking care of her estate. And at that time, my desire to get out and photograph was at a new, all-time low. But after a lot of soul searching, I knew I had to return to what was previously my passion. I also came to grips that my late wife would not have wanted me to stop what we both enjoyed doing so much. As such, I decided to visit the Badlands NP in August to photograph the Perseids meteor shower above the beautiful, colored rocks of the park. The Badlands had always been a favorite destination for both my wife and me. Here’s a few images captured during that 4-day trip:
Combining several images into one, I put together this image with multiple meteors:
Other Badland images include this Bighorn Sheep ewe and her young lamb:
A grazing Pronghorn:
A favorite wildflower of the Badlands, the Evening Starflower:
After the Badlands, it was back home and time for some late summer prairie wildflower photography. Multiple trips to Snowball Hill Prairie yielded several nice images, like these Monarch butterflies that were migrating southward for the winter:
A brialliant sunrise over Snowball Hill:
And from my new home butterfly garden:
In the next post, I’ll feature some favorite trips and images from the 4th Quarter.