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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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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My happy place is a summer morning spent meandering along the trails.
Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve – Chesterton, Indiana
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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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Wordless Wednesday
Basking in the Sunshine
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Sunshine and warmth under the desert sky.
Beauty captured in Palm Springs, California.
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Summer blossoms in stages at Ogden Gardens – Valparaiso, Indiana
Macro Monday. in the garden.
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Three colorful birds with seemingly, a bit of attitude.
The one above is a goldfinch, I think. Feel free to correct me in the comments if that is not correct. Both finches, above and below, were photographed along the Great Marsh Trail at the Indiana Dunes National Park.
Last is a great blue heron, intent on making itself presentable at Kensington Metropark in Milford, Michigan.
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In the Garden – Standing out with a pop of red.
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Did you hear the drip drop of water drops? Are you listening?
“And the blind man said to the deaf man,
‘Do you see what I hear?’”
– Wayne Gerard Trotman
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A stately blossom, commanding center stage in the garden.
Ogden Gardens – Valparaiso, Indiana
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Macro Monday
Take a closer look as you wander through the garden. You just might see an insect as light as a petal, fluttering about from flower to flower.
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“We are told to let our light shine
and if it does,
we won’t need to tell anybody it does.“
– Dwight L. Moody
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Summer wildflowers along the Great Marsh Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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I came across a bronze face in the garden!
A sculpture by Igor Mitoraj. officially named Light of the Moon is one of many amazing art works at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge – Heads or Facial Features
Photographing Public Art Challenge #52
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– Pablo Nerudag
Silence of Summer
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Headed to Mackinac Island on Shepler’s Ferry
Reaching across Lake Huron
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View through a window, from the old to the new in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Monday Windows
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Pick a Topic – View through a Window
The peacefulness of morning at Long Lake.
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Owl butterflies were fluttering about at the Meijer Gardens Butterfly Are Blooming exhibit in April. I was able to take a few quick clicks during the lull of a butterfly.
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Uh, oh! This is the result when my panning is not fast enough to keep up with the fast takeoff of the US Navy’s Blue Angels.
Going, going!
And they’re GONE!
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Mynah birds – They seem a little bothered by the photographer, don’t you think?
Two of a Kind in Maui
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Sunflowers, the face of happiness in the garden.
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Taking a look back to bare trees along the Douglas Trail above and Dunbar Beach below – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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