Fun Friday: Fall’s Peak Colors

By Jim | Published October 26, 2018

Today’s post includes a couple of images I captured yesterday, after returning from a last-minute trip to Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks for some fall photography … more on that later. A few days earlier, when I left for my photo trip, the leaves around my rural Missouri home were making some big changes. But […]

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Fall Colors at My Rural MO Home

By Jim | Published October 22, 2018

I went out this morning about a half-hour before sunrise and launched my drone to grab some aerial images of my rural Missouri home as the fall colors begin to invade: I’ll try to grab more images as the color progresses! Photographic Equipment Used: DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone, with 8.8mm lens ISO 100 Aperture […]

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Those Fabulous Fall Leaves

By Jim | Published October 27, 2015

I enjoyed a few days “off” and have been busy chasing fall colors around the Midwest. I spent 3 days in Madison County, Iowa (anyone ever heard of the “Bridges of Madison County”?), photographing the 6 covered bridges and fall colors. Had some nice weather and lots of photo ops, even though I missed peak […]

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Beginning of Fall

By Jim | Published October 6, 2014

Saturday morning I made a visit to the nearby prairie, hoping to find a dragonfly crusted over with frost (our first frost warning of the fall season was Saturday morning). Unfortunately, no dragonflies were found. But several wildflowers were still blooming and the first signs of fall colors were exhibited by many of the Sumac […]

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Reaching Peak

By Jim | Published September 28, 2014

Fall foliage while I was in Rocky Mountain National Park this past week, was phenomenal! Today’s post includes some images I captured along Bear Lake Road, and one image at Bear Lake: Bear Lake: And a few images captured along the road from Moraine Park and Bear Lake (Bear Lake Road): All of today’s images […]

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Alberta Falls

By Jim | Published September 24, 2014

Well, Day 2 at Rocky Mountain NP was another “keeper”. The morning started out with very little elk activity at Moraine Park. After a short while, I packed up and drove to another spot where elk often occupy in the park, the Beaver Meadows area. Bingo! A very large bull elk was tending to his […]

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When Rainouts Are Fun!

By Jim | Published September 23, 2014

Well, the first day in Rocky Mountain National Park has concluded. And the weatherman was correct … rain, rain, rain! :o) May sound like a lousy day, but it actually was a very rewarding day, despite the recurring rain showers. Arriving at Moraine Park (a wonderful place to photograph elk inside the Park) about a […]

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Working At Home

By Jim | Published November 14, 2013

Brrrrrrrr … getting cold in the morning here. So cold, that I decided to “work at home” the other morning. That way, I would be close to the house … and warmth! I should clarify things. I love the fall and winter, and even enjoy getting out in the brisk mornings. But the first few […]

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Clark Tower & Fall Colors in Winterset City Park

By Jim | Published November 13, 2013

Today’s post concludes my recent travels to Iowa’s Madison County for photographing the famous covered bridges in the fall colors. The images today were all taken within the Winterset City Park. First, here is an HDR image (a combination of 7 images, with varying exposures, combined together via Photomatix) of an old cabin that sits […]

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The Signs Are All There

By Jim | Published November 6, 2013

A quick hike across the Missouri landscape yields signs of winter are now upon us! Stack up the firewood … fill the propane tank … winter is nearly here!    

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