Macro Monday
An unruly petal, standing out in defiance in the garden at Chellberg Farm – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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Standing Out in Defiance
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Unfurling Blossoms
The unfurling blossoms of a Bishop’s flower along the Great Marsh Trail captured with my iPhone. – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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View Through the Trees
A view through the trees of Lake Michigan from Lakeview Beach – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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Splash in Lake Michigan
Taking a look at the Lake Michigan shoreline from a summer sunrise to a snowy winter morning.
Ready to take a splash in Lake Michigan anyone?
The scene below may look warm without the snow, but it is deceiving. It was a cold January morning with the sand frozen solid beneath my feet.
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Lens-Artists Challenge #217 – Opposites
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – Pick a Topic (landscapes) -
Symmetry in Nature
Even after miles and miles of hiking, it still thrills me to find so many examples of patterns and symmetry in nature along the trails.
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Golden Glow of Sunrise
On my way to my morning hike at Pinhook Bog, I looked across an open field to the east. I decided the Indiana Dunes National Park trail could wait on me while I stopped to capture the golden glow of sunrise.
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Often Overlooked
It is Macro Monday once again and time to take a closer look at small details that are often overlooked. Both photos captured were last month along the trails at Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve in Valparaiso, Indiana.
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Shared with Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge = Close Up or Macro
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Completely Undone
“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression,
it must come completely undone.
The shell cracks,
its insides come out and everything changes.
To someone who doesn’t understand growth,
it would look like complete destruction,”– Cynthia Occelli
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Macro Monday
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Fat Albert
The United States Navy Blue Angels perform aerobatics throughout the US and Canada in F/A 18E Super Hornets but the opening act is a C-130 Hercules, nicknamed Fat Albert.
Used to carry support personnel, spare parts, and equipment from show to show makes Fat Albert a “must have” for the flights of the Blue Angels to succeed as they race through the skies.
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Beaming in the Sunshine
Beaming in the Sunshine
Macro Monday
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Silent and Motionless
Silent Sunday
Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park Silent and Motionless
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Sunshine and Shadows
Enjoyed another grand morning of sunshine and shadows at the Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park.
“I believe in the sun even when it is not shining
And I believe in love even when there’s no one there
And I believe in God even when He is silent“– Unknown
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That’s Close Enough!
Macro Monday
Stop! That’s close enough with that camera, missy.
I came across this colorful bee, buzzing from flower to flower in the garden at Chellberg Farm – Indiana Dunes National Park. After a few clicks, I decided it was time to walk away when it seemed to glare right at me.
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Connects you to the present moment
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Balancing on the Pacific
Balancing on the waves of the Pacific Ocean
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Abandoned
Don’t tell a soul, but I occasionally get off familiar trails to explore. On this day, I came across quite a surprise. An old, abandoned car overtaken by the landscape of the Indiana Dunes National Park.
Have you stepped off the beaten path lately?
“If you never get off-trail,
you never discover new landscapes.”– Maxime Lagace
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Surrounded by Green
White mushrooms, surrounded by green, have popped up all along the Chellberg Farm trails at the Indiana Dunes National Park.
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An Open Door
Sunrise over Lake Michigan is like an open door to the darkness at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk, Indiana Dunes National Park.
“The great fact in life,
the always possible escape from dullness was the lake.
The sun rose out of it;
The day began there:
It was like an open door that nobody could shut.”– Willa Cather
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Up Close and Personal
Wherever I happen to be (whether home or traveling), on most mornings you can find me hiking along a trail with my finger on the shutter of my camera ready to snap a picture. There is so much beauty in nature that rarely do I go through a day without seeing something that is worth stopping time and capturing forever.
The type of photography that brings me the most joy is macro photography. There is something so special about slowing down and getting up close and personal to a flower, insect, raindrop, or leaf and noticing the intricate details that are so often missed by walking right past while headed to the next destination.
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Meandering Along the Trail
My happy place is a summer morning spent meandering along the trails.
Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve – Chesterton, Indiana
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Are You Looking at Me?
All in the Eyes Spotted this bee as I was filling my bird feeder today. It sure seemed to be thinking, “Are you looking at me?” Yes, of course I was.
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