Watch where you step! If this little toad hadn’t moved as I was walking by, I would have completely missed him (or squashed him!) His coloration perfectly matched the leaf litter where he was hiding!
Panasonic Lumix GM5, 12-32mm lens @ 28mm, ISO 500, f/5.5, 1/60″ exposure.
I’ve been getting to know a new camera and putting it through its paces on some of my favorite subjects. This shot of Cobb Brook in low water seems to indicate that the camera might be a keeper…
Here are a couple more:
Panasonic Lumix GM5, 12-32mm lens @ 27mm, ISO 200, f/20, 2.5″ exposure
I was making dinner the other evening when I heard a bump on the window by the sink and caught a fleeting glimpse of a bird fluttering down. Looking out, I saw this yellow warbler sitting on the arm of one of our front porch chairs. It was stunned but still alive. I went cautiously outside to take a closer look (and to make sure the cats hadn’t heard it as well…) Gradually the little bird came back to its senses, but not before allowing me to get close enough to snap several shots with my iPhone. It shortly took off into the trees seemingly none the worse for wear…
We were paddling on Indian Lake in the Adirondacks the other evening—dodging showers—when the sun streamed out from behind the clouds in a spectacular display of crepuscular rays (a.k.a. “God rays”).
Sony RX100mIII, ISO 125, f/4, 1/60″ exposure.
I was shooting right after sunrise on a coolish summer morning—the temperature was in the mid-50s. I checked out the ornamental thistles in our knot garden and came across this bumble bee slumbering on one of the blossoms. A few more minutes of sunlight and he began to get active. I checked out the same flowers in the late evening as well and found a couple of other bumbles settling in for the night…
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/5.6, 1/1600″ exposure.
On our way back from kayaking on Lake Champlain on Sunday, we drove through this hayfield in Orwell. The fresh-cut round bales dotted the field out to the horizon line of the Green Mountains.
Sony RX100 III, ISO 125, f/11, 1/200″ exposure
Tiny droplets of morning dew cling to the fine hairs on red clover leaves in our front field.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/13, 1/1000″ exposure.
John Hadden Photography 