Author Archives: James Braswell
Subtle in the Sun
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This subtly-colored female Eastern Collared Lizard was captured as it sunned on a lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains: Not long ago, I featured the male Eastern Collared Lizard (Male Eastern Collared Lizard), in case you missed it or want to compare […]
Bad Moon Rising
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This beautiful moon was captured rising from behind the mountains of the Bosque del Apache of New Mexico: While packing my equipment after a full day of photographing wintering sandhill cranes at the Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, I looked around […]
Brilliant Color on a Hot, Summer Day
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This colorful, male Eastern Collared Lizard was captured as it sunned on a beautiful, lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains: While the female Eastern Collared Lizard is quite drab in color, the males exhibit the brilliant blue-turquoise-yellow colors that make them stand […]
Laying Low
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This large alligator was laying low, behind some vegetation in the Florida swamps: This image was captured pre-2004, when I was still shooting 35mm slides, captured during one of my Florida photography trips. I recently began converting some of those slides to digital […]
You Know It’s Winter When …
… you see Bald Eagles sitting peacefully next to other eagles! This image was captured pre-2004, when I was still shooting 35mm slides, along the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa. I recently began converting some of those slides to digital files. It will take some time to convert my many slides to digital, but I […]
Tropical Waterfall in the Dead of Winter
Today’s post features an image I captured last week at the St. Louis Botanical Garden, inside the “Climatron”. I visited a good friend for several days and we made our way to several gardens/museums around the big city. While visiting the Botanical Gardens, we spent most of our time in the tropical-controlled Climatron … much […]