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Fun Friday: How Bees Make Honey
Yesterday morning, I decided to go check out Snowball Hill Prairie, a wonderful prairie remnant near my rural Missouri home. This past winter, the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) did a controlled burn on the remaining half of the prairie (the first half was burned in the winter of 2016) and I wanted to see what […]
Posted in 2017, Blog, Fun Friday post, Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: 2017, behavior, Blog, Cass County, hover fly, insect, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, prairie, Snowball Hill Prairie, spiderwort, spring, wildflower
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Fun Friday … From the Vault
Today’s “Fun Friday” post comes from the “vault”, and features a wonderful, Green Metallic Bee that is busy pollinating one of my favorite prairie wildflowers … the Spiderwort. I have been away from blogging for about a week, due to a very hectic schedule. Last weekend I had a booth in the Stillwater Art Show […]
Faves of 4Q 2016
Fourth quarter began as usual, with foliage showing the signs of fall, such as this Slender Bush Clover found on Snowball Hill Prairie: Not far from the clover, I found 3 Rough Blazing Stars: And I have to include one of my favorite finds at a local hardware store, some fun-loving Mums (which 2 […]
Posted in 2016, Astrophotography, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Landscape Photography, Macro Photography, National Park, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: 2016, Arches NP, astrophotography, Blog, Cass County, fall, insect, kayaking, landscape, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, National Park, nature, nature photography, photography, prairie, travel, wildflower, winter
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Faves of 3Q 2016
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 […]
Posted in 2016, Astrophotography, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Landscape Photography, Macro Photography, National Park, Nature Photography, Sunrises/Sunsets, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: 2016, Badlands NP, Blog, Cass County, insect, landscape, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, National Park, nature, nature photography, photography, prairie, Snowball Hill Prairie, summer, travel
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Faves of 2Q 2016
Today’s post features some of my favorite memories and images of nature that I photographed during the months of April, May and June. If you missed the first quarter’s images, you can find them here (“Faves of 1Q 2016”). Now, on to the second quarter! In spring and early summer, I am usually busy photographing […]
Posted in 2016, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Mammals, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Wildflowers
Tags: 2016, behavior, bird photography, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, insect, kayaking, macro photography, mammals, meadow, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, prairie, spring, summer, wildflower
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Damselfly
On my last kayak outing, I found a Damselfly (species unknown) perched on a plant leaf and hanging over the water. Here are a couple of images I captured of this wonderful insect: The damselfly differs from the dragonfly by the way it carries it’s wings. While the dragonfly lays it’s wings out to either […]
Posted in 2016, Blog, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak
Tags: 2016, Amarugia CA, behavior, Blog, Cass County, damselfly, fall, insect, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography
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Royalty on the Prairie
A couple of mornings ago, I spent about 4 hours on Snowball Hill Prairie, photographing the last of this year’s wildflowers. Transitioning into fall, the last of the wildflowers are now in bloom, while lots of wildflowers are already setting seeds for next year’s color. Arriving before sunrise, there was not much happening except for […]
Posted in 2016, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Fun Friday post, Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: 2016, behavior, Blog, butterfly, Cass County, fall, insect, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, Monarch, nature, nature photography, photography, prairie, Snowball Hill Prairie, wildflower
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Early Morning Dragonflies
During my last kayak outing, I captured several dragonflies in the early morning, as they rested along the bank of the lake: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark 2 body Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-5.6 IS lens Handheld from the kayak, with IS “On” ISO 500 Aperture f/5.6 Shutter 1/125 sec. to 1/800 sec.
Posted in 2016, Blog, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak
Tags: 2016, Amarugia CA, behavior, Blog, Cass County, dragonfly, insect, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, summer
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More Flying Beauties
Today’s post features some more winged beauties I photographed in my rural Missouri butterfly garden a few days ago. I’m hoping the rain eventually ends so that I can get back out and photograph more of these beauties. As fall approaches, a lot of the fall wildflowers (several species of asters) are preparing to bloom […]
Posted in 2016, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Nature Photography
Tags: 2016, Blog, butterfly, Cass County, insect, Missouri, moth, nature, nature photography, photography, summer
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Fun Friday: A Special Visitor
A very special visitor appeared in my new butterfly garden a few days ago, a Clearwing Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris thysbe) dropped by for a visit. Seeing this little jewel flitting about and collecting nectar, I ran inside the house and grabbed my camera. Here are a few of my favorite images I captured: I am […]
Posted in 2016, Blog, Insect Photography, Nature Photography
Tags: 2016, behavior, Blog, Cass County, hummingbird moth, insect, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, summer
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