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“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.

I see a climbing man on the branch.
This service berry tree was shocked by near zero temperatures and champagne powder snowfall. 1st frost was over 4 months ago, however, most of the days have been unseasonably warm, which fooled this and many other plants into beginning their spring growth.

After the fog burnt off, a beautiful patch of winter sun

On a dismal cold day a stray bit of light caught this bloom

21st October

Thursday 27th October

Taken on Weds, posting to celebrate John Puscasu's life, he passed early Sat 22 Oct. He was known for his butterfly and flower photographs. RIP John.

Ripened heads of native grasses hang heavily along tree shaded, walking path of Highline Canal at Green Valley Ranch Golf Course, Denver, CO

In the UK we only get small ants, but this was a fun shoot.

Managed to salvage this rose bush and almost missed the opportunity to photograph the floral world in my own backyard. Allowed the rose bushes to go wild over the last couple years; last fall did major pruning and results are satisfactory for the recovery.
Here, with the late afternoon bright summer sun backlighting the single last rosebud of the year applied diffuse, reflected filler flash to bring out the front petal colors while maintaining the translucence from the sunlight.

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Can survive saltiness, drought, hard ground.

Male Ringed Plover, difficult to photograph as they are very well camoflaged. You get near, they fly! About 6" long.

Nesting time on some of our isolated pebble beaches. Tern colonies are roped off but with a long lens some good shots, and not just Terns.

A Great Blue Heron gets a bit too close to a Red-Winged Blackbird's nest, and the blackbird quickly chases the much larger bird away. Keep in mind the wingspan of a red-winged blackbird is just over a foot, and the Great Blue Heron's is six feet! I think the blackbird managed to hitch a ride for a moment!

I shot this today with an old Canon Rebel and a $24.99 plastic Holga lens to prove that it's not about what gear you have, it's about how you use it. I know the focus is soft, it's a trait of this lens, but any CC is welcome.