Skywatch Friday

Driving through the Virginia darkness I had the familiar feeling of what I call a Lunar Distraction. As the clouds parted I realized it was a Full moon rising above the horizon and well, I had to stop..:-)

Aperature Mode, f:6.3, ISO 200, Sigma 170-500mm maxed, tripod.

Wordless Wednesday, a day late.

Miscelaneous Tuesday

Not much for today, I spent yeaterday in Ashland Virginia with not much to shoot. I did manage a couple of quick macros one of some weeds and a dying Mimosa blossom, the smells were still there and was quite fragrant..:-) I’m heading back to Tennesse for some much needed off time and a visit with Dibear, my mom.
Hava great day..Ed

Macro Monday: Day of the Dragonfly

One of my favorite bugs to photograph are Dragonflies even if the are a pain in the butt to shoot. This just makes me want my tube extention kit for my macro lens..:-)
The first one I got on the 4th of July this year and the rest are from last summer in Illinois.




Hava great Week..Ed

Sunday Stills: Wildflowers

These were taken last week in Perry Michigan, I was exploring an open field next to the little truckstop I was parked at. After I left Perry it was all clouds and rain for the next 4 days, good side, hight were only in the low 70’s..:-)



Have a great week..:-)

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Happy 4th everyone, I hope ya’ll are enjoying a nice backyard barbe-q and then some fireworks. Me, I’m in South Boston Virginia with no chance for either, but hey its no big deal. So here is my favorite flag pic and some fireworks shots from last year in Madisonville Tennessee near my hometown. Hava great day..Ed

Old Glory

Skywatch Friday

Its been a tough week for taking pix, its been cloudy and rainy all week for me. I tried for a moon shot last night but alas too cloudy. So here are a couple from on the road in Ohio.

Night-Mares

I’ve had this reoccuring nightmare for over 37 years, I can’t figure it out and don’t try. I first had this when I was around 7 and just had the same one a couple of nights ago.
I start out walking in a forest as a 7 year old and I get this wierd feeling I’m being followed. I walk faster and then I feel this hot fetid breath on my neck, the smell is like that of an open grave. I don’t turn around because I don’t want to see whats behind me so I walk faster, and faster then I start running all the time feeling the hot breath on my neck. I can’t seem to run fast enough, and thats when I see a tower at the edge of the woods and I make a bee line to it. I make it just inside the door and slam it closed just in time and hear a heavy WHUMP! as something hits the door behind it and the door creaks loudly but holds. As I catch my breath I start to smell burning wood and look just in time to see smoke coming from the door and a second later the door catches fire and I stumble back to a long spiral staircase leading up, I turn back to the door and as the door comes apart I see it, the biggest blackest horse I’ve ever seen. It had glowing red eyes, tendrils of flame coming from its nostrils, smoke on its hooves. It rears up and as it comes down it blows flames right at me, I dodge the flames and start running up the staircase for my life with the horse right on my tail. I can hear the hooves on the stone stairs but it can’t climb as fast as I can run, around and around, up and up, I stay just out of reach till I run out of stairs, I run at dead run right off the top of the tower and fall, down and down and just before I hit I wake up, covered in sweat. I have no idea where this comes from but after all these years it is just something I deal with. Oh well, maybe one day I’ll get back to the good dreams..:-)
hava great day….Ed

Wordless Wednesday

A really boring Monday

Well as I sat in the Wal Mart parking lot in Bay City Michigan I started wondering what it looked like for the bugs I photograph and I came up with this…

It took awhile to set up, I’m glad I had both triopds and my spare camera.
Then the rain clouds rolled in and the sky grew dark, and the temp dropped. Oh goody, maybe some lightning shots??? NOT! It rained, and rained, and rained, so I took an extended nap and fell asleep to the rain pounding on the truck, actually I was out like a light. When I woke up the sun was getting low on the horizon and sun started to peek out from behind the clouds and I was greeted by this sight…

Over the next couple of hours I spotted 4 different rainbows, it was pretty cool.
I’m in Waukegan Illinois this morning and heading to who knows where, hopefully somewhere interesting..:-)
Hava great day…Ed