Fun Friday: Me, And My Shadow

While kayaking through a large field of American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea), I saw this image and immediately thought of the old song, “Me, and My Shadow”: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Canon EF 100-400mm, f/4.5-5.6 “IS” telephoto lens + Canon 1.4x TC (shot at 475mm) Handheld from a kayak, with IS “On” […]

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More American Lotus Images

From last week’s kayak outing, today I’m featuring some more American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) images that I captured from my kayak: And while I kayaked back to my take-out point, this beautifully backlit lotus caught my eye: The American Lotus plant is a very interesting and useful plant. Native Americans used to dig up the […]

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American Lotus (Re-post)

(This post originally published in July, 2010) – Note: Due to the Midwest drought, I was unable to kayak and photograph the American Lotus here this year … hopefully, I will be able to in 2013 :o) I’m going to highlight the American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in this post. The area where I kayak in […]

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A Kayak Adventure (Re-post)

(This post was originally published in June, 2010) With the slowdown in the number of rains moving through our area, I was able to get out in the kayak 3 times this past week. I am currently working a State Conservation area that is about 10 miles from my house. When I awoke yesterday morning, […]

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