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Pollinators at Work

By James Braswell | Published September 20, 2023

Today’s post features an image I captured over the weekend. I have 3 patches of Showy Goldenrod planted in the church butterfly garden and all are profusely blooming right now. Being an “end of season” bloomer, the Goldenrod is near the top of the pollinator’s wish list at the buffet table, this late in the […]

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Those Fabulous Fritillaries

By James Braswell | Published July 11, 2023

Today’s post features some images I captured over the weekend in the church butterfly garden, here at the Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri). The Fritillary butterflies are literally covering the flowers in the church butterfly garden right now! While watering some of the church gardens the other morning, I grabbed my camera and captured a […]

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That First Step Is a Doozy!

By James Braswell | Published July 6, 2023

Today’s post feature some images I captured while enjoying coffee on my front patio last week. It was a cool, quiet, early morning on the front patio … that is, until something came falling through the leaves and the limbs of the big oak tree. Then a “thud”, followed by a baby Blue Jay shaking […]

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An Oxymoron?

By James Braswell | Published May 23, 2023

Today’s post features a wildflower I captured recently while hiking around Burnt Mill Cave Conservation Area, located in the Missouri Ozarks: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon 180mm, f/3.5 macro lens Bogen 3021 tripod, with ballhead ISO 400 Aperture f/3.5 Shutter 1/6,000 sec. This image is a focus-stacked image of 7 […]

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One Week Old and Growing

By James Braswell | Published May 2, 2023

Today’s post features a couple of phone camera images I captured yesterday at my church here in the Missouri Ozarks. Yesterday the five baby Eastern Bluebird babies turned one-week old! While photographing them, one of the “toddlers” thought I was mom, bringing some food to the box: Photographic Equipment Used: Google Pixel 3 phone camera

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Spring on Missouri’s Woodland Slopes

By James Braswell | Published April 7, 2023

Today’s post features some Spring Beauty wildflowers I found growing along the woodland slope of a hiking trail in Ha Ha Tonka SP, last week: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon 180mm, f/3.5 macro lens Bogen 3021 tripod with ballhead ISO 400 Aperture f/3.5 Shutter 1/8,000 sec. Combination of 10 images, […]

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