Nov 19 2010 Fall Foliage

Nature's own foliage arrangement.

Nov 18 2010 Sky High Tree

A skeletal tree soaring against a bright blue fall sky.

Nov 17 2010 Fall Vines

One of the things I like about walking through the seasons is being able to observe all of nature's changes.  Everything looks so different now in late fall with a lot of the foliage gone.  The bare bones of the plant structures become visible and new vistas open up.  I like the skeletal look of this tangle of branches and vines.

Nov 16 2010 Tree Trunk Series

Here is another unusual tree trunk.  It's kind of strange ugly, which makes it interesting.

Nov 15 2010 Perspective

As I was photographing this tree, and I didn't even see the bicyclists in the background.  But their presence in the photo makes the tree look absolutely huge!  Isn't it a great image?
 

Nov 14 2010 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 13 2010

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 12 2010 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 11 2010 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 10 2010 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 9 2010 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 8 2011 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 7 2010 Tree Bark Series

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 6 2010 Tree Bark Series

I'm way behind on my posts!  I worked over time and it all went down hill from there!  Catch up time...

Come take a walk through the woods with me, and focus on tree bark.  One of the things I love about taking pictures is that the camera can isolate parts of an object and turn it into something else entirely.  Where as the eye tends to take in things as a whole and is distracted by "noise" in the environment of the object, the picture can focus in on a single aspect, and the eye can analyze it in a new way.  And it is so easy to crop photos with the editing software, enhancing this aspect of pictures even more.  Just look at these fantastic textures and colors....

Nov 5 2010 Hermit Crabs

All those little "pebbles" are hermit crabs! They have one large claw. At first I thought they were very large bugs. When I approached them, they would scurry into their holes in the sand, and drop in feet first, holding the claw aloft like a flag!

It reminded me of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland:
"the crab disappeared quite slowly, starting with the legs, and ending with the claw, which lingered for quite some time after the rest of him had gone." 

Nov 4 2010 Egret

I took this picture this summer, in Hilton Head. This friendly fellow was just hanging out by the dock where the deep sea fishing boats came in.

Nov 3 2010

Deep within,
I'm found again;

Beside the still blue waters.

Nov 2 2010 Listen

Listen, really listen.  To others, and to your heart, and to "the still, small voice within".

Nov 1 2010 A New Dawn

Circumstances don't matter.  It's your reaction to them that counts.