Articles submitted to Floral and Fauna

“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.”
-Audrey Hepburn.

Challenged to break the photography rules recently and came out with this. Actually like this image of a lingering daisy touched by rain.

A late blooming sunflower drinks in the early morning sun just north of Denver International Airport.

Sought to limit my pallet to primary colors for this pair of early morning sunflowers just north of Denver International Airport.

Caught a fly having his breakfast at the center of an early morning sunflower. The field is just outside the north edge of Denver International Airport. Processed using Skylum Luminar 2018 RAW Develop and Golden Hour presets.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.

Three (near macro) of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.


Two of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.


One of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Punkah Wallah, Calf of Man Style, it was very hot!
In India and Pakistan, a punkah wallah or punkahwallah (Hindi: पङ्खावाला, paṅkhāvālā) is a manual fan operator. The most desired were deaf because they were always within earshot of confidential conversations.

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Recent visit to help the Bird Observatory Wardens.

Recent visit to help the Bird Observatory Wardens on the Calf of Man.

15th March, 2017. Sunshine warm enough for ice creams.

I live in the Isle of Man where we have some beautiful flora & fauna. I love to catch images that please me and bring joy to others. I like to experiment with my Nikon DSLR and my iPhone camera. I do like photo editing but some of my best photos are natural captures.