Shadows and reflections on Chicago’s Cloud Gate also known as “The Bean”.
Sculpture by Sir Anish Kapoor
Settings: 105mm ISO 100 f/20 1/10 sec
Location: Chicago’s Millennium Park 4/30/18
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Light from the rising sun breaking through the fog.
“Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it.
But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth.”
– George Eastman
Settings: 50mm ISO320 f/14 1/640 sec
Location: Rogers Lakewood Park 12/16/18
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In the Garden
Tiny specks of pollen on a hibiscus at Friendship Botanic Gardens.
Settings: 200mm ISO 80 f/22 1/40 sec
Location: Friendship Botanic Gardens 8/5/20
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Vista through the desert to the mountains of California.
Settings: 105mm ISO 100. f/25 1/80 sec
Location: Living Desert Zoo Gardens 12/23/17
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A portal along the trails beyond terra firma to Lake Michigan.
Settings: 50mm ISO 31 f/14 1/60 sec
Location: Indiana Dunes National Park – Kemil Beach 8.3.20
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Through a Window
A view from the old to new in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Settings: 50mm ISO 100 f/14 1/60 sec
Location: Castillo San Cristobal – National Historic Site 11.18.18
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Macro Monday
Shades of green in the desert garden.
Settings: 105 mm. ISO 500 f/16 1/50 sec
Location: Oak Park Conservatory 3.10.20
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Sunrise shines on the Dune Ridge Trail as an orange sunburst.
Settings: 50 mm ISO 6400 f/14 1/30 sec
Location: Indiana Dunes National Park – Dune Ridge Trail 8.7.20
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Wildflowers, showing off their symmetry in nature along the trail.
Settings: 50 mm ISO 64 f/14 1/60 sec
Location: Indiana Dunes National Park – Dune Ridge Trail. 8.7.20
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Glanced up as I was driving down a dirt road and realized I was being watched by an eagle. Guess what I did next . . .
Settings: 300 mm ISO 100 f/14 1/80 sec
Location: Brush Creek Ranch – Saratoga, Wyoming 9.8.17
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Six Word Saturday – Easter tiger swallowtail and a coneflower.
Settings: 200 mm. ISO 80 f/20 1/40 sec
Location: Friendship Botanic Gardens 8.5.20
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A perfect place to take a seat and relax amidst the trees.
Settings: 50 mm ISO 4000 F/14. 1/30 sec
Location: Richardson Preserve 8.6.20
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Morning tranquility starts with the colors of dawn.
Settings: 50mm ISO 2500 f/24 1/20 sec
Location: Long Lake Public Access 7.4.20
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Cornflowers, swaying in the breeze.
Settings: 200mm ISO 50 f/16. 1/40 sec. handheld
Location: Friendship Botanic Gardens 8.5.20
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A western tiger butterfly with the freedom to flutter about.
Settings: 105 mm ISO 200 F/22 1/40 sec – handheld
Location: Butterfly House – Texas Discovery Gardens 9.23.19
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Look up at a sky of many colors.
Settings: 50mm ISO 100 f/14 1/160 sec – handheld
Location: Calle Fortaleza – San Juan, Puerto Rico 11.23.18
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Sunshine, bursting through the darkness along the trails.
Settings: 50mm ISO 125 f/14 1/25 sec – handheld
Location: Chellberg Farm – Indiana Dunes National Park 7.25.20
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There is beauty on beaches from the Pacific Ocean to Lake MIchigan. First, looking out at the Pacific from the edge of Maui.
Next, a view of the shores of Honolulu from the top of Diamond Head.
Lastly, the sun rising on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Sunday Stills – Beautiful Beaches
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Nasturtium (Indian Cress) – a blossom that hints of a fire in the garden.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 64 f/10 1/80 sec – handheld
Location: Gabis Arboretum 7.31.20
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Natural light of sunset shining in the darkness.
Settings: 50 mm. ISO 100 F/14 1/60 sec – handheld
Location: Michigan City Lighthouse
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Silent Sunday: Choo-Choo
Settings: 50 mm ISO 200 f/14 1/200 sec – handheld
Location: South Shore Line, Dune Park Station
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Trains & Railroads
Macro Monday
With macro photography, beauty is all in the details.
Settings: 105 mm ISO 6400 f/29 1/30 sec – handheld
Location: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve 7.26.20
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A family of three sandhill cranes along the trail.
Settings: 300 mm ISO 125 f/13 1/30 sec – handheld
Location: Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park
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Fresh honeycrisp apples, ripe and ready for picking.
Settings: 105 mm ISO 800 f/22 1/10 sec – handheld
Location: Garwood Orchards 9.5.19
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A cucumber beetle, creeping and crawling to the top of a tomato.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 31 f/11 1/30 sec – handheld
Location: Gabis Arboretum
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A showy geranium in the garden.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 250 f/9 1/30 sec – handheld
Location: Gabis Arboretum 7.31.20
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Contrasting perspectives from two seasons, summer and winter – warmth to iciness. Both pics are from the same location.
Which one do you prefer – the warmth of summer above or chilly cold of winter below?
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Take a seat on the boardwalk and enjoy the view.
Settings: 50 mm ISO1250 f/14 1/25 sec – handheld
Location: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve 6.18.20
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A morning of serenity with a horizon of blue on blue on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Settings: 50 mm ISO 100 f/14 1/25 sec
Location: Kemil Beach – Indiana Dunes National Park 5.25.20
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In the Garden – A coneflower, aglow in brightness.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 100 f/20 1/25 sec – handheld
Location: Ogden Gardens 7.24.20
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