A ravenous spider takes down prey on my deck railing - with macro video of a pounce!
Might as well jump
Spring birds
The lazy bird photographer strikes again!
When the Chips are Up
Chipmunks are great subjects for lazy and impatient wildlife photographers who really just want to play with new gear.
Driveway finds
The wonders in the yard never cease.
Phantom tendrils
Looky who stopped by for a portrait session.
Chipping away
Need a dose of cute? Look no further. Plus bonus video!
Clown of the forest
A familiar, but amenable forest favorite gives me a few choice poses.
Another migrant
Another gorgeous little migratory songbird blows through the yard!
Hummingbird outtakes
Hummingbirds looking silly.
Can I put this on my resume?
I develop a lawn maintenance skill, but is it marketable?
Even tinier dudes in my yard
A macro look at some even tinier visitors to my yard!
Found Glory
Newly fallen leaves make for great subjects in the autumn. And luckily you don't have to go farther than your backyard!
My new homebase
Back when I lived in NH, I could and did spend hours in my yard photographing tiny things of beauty. It was barely 1/2 an acre of sand and weeds (for the most part), but it kept me occupied and occasionally intrigued. Now I'm in the northwoods of Wisconsin on a bit more land and... Continue Reading →
Doing that thing I do
More from the yard. Everything was shot with the legacy OM 90mm f2 macro except for the amanita. My husband is used to it by now. If I see something, I can't sit still until I shoot it. Sometimes just a new idea about how to shoot something will obsess me until I do it.... Continue Reading →
Elusive Wildflowers – Part 10 – Garden Loosestrife
Another one that's not elusive in the sense that it's rare, but that I've never encountered it before. This post combines my love of wildflowers and my yard macro thing from the last post. I spotted these guys in an overgrown garden that's being reclaimed by weeds. Sigh. Laziness. That's why I can't have anything... Continue Reading →
There’s this thing I do
that I call 'Yard Macros'. It's when I go into the yard for some camera therapy. I live in the 'burbs. On a tiny plot of sand. I suck at gardening. As much as I'd like a nicely landscaped yard, I don't (once I attempted it, but it didn't take). I can't stand yard work or... Continue Reading →
Corvus Mortis
Finally a post that fits the blog name. Without going all Disney on you about the cycle of life, death is most certainly part of it. While I don't seek out dead things to photograph (even though there's plenty of roadkill these days), I didn't avoid it when presented with an opportunity. I thought there... Continue Reading →
Mining Bee Macro
A follow up to the last post, I went out back to the carpet of whitlow grass again and found it buzzing with tiny mining bees (1.5 cm or 5/8 in). The sun being strong, but slightly diffused by clouds I went back in for the camera. So glad I did - Isn't she sweet?... Continue Reading →
