This tiny mushroom seems to be pushing a small stone uphill like Sisyphus, the ancient Greek prince.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/6.3, 1/13″ exposure.
This garden spider was waiting patiently in her web yesterday morning as the morning sun was just beginning to lift through the trees to the east. Sorry for the cross-post for those of you who visit my East Street Weather Blog, but I really like this shot and wanted to share it.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/4000″ exposure.
I was back in my old stomping grounds of northeast Ohio visiting my mother after dropping off my daughter at college. My Mom & I went for a walk through fields and woods that I used to spend a lot of time in as a kid. It was interesting to see how things have changed—trees grown, fields vanishing to thickets and woods, old paths disappeared. This shot of Joe Pye weed shows a bit of color coming to the maples as well.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 800, f/4, 1/800″ exposure.
My 85 year old mother has been an avid and masterful gardener since I can remember. She’s still at it—planting, tending, weeding, watering—every day during the summer months at her home in northeast Ohio.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/500″ exposure.
Gorgeous cumulus clouds building above our house this early evening.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 58mm, ISO 100, f/13, 1/125″ exposure.
I stopped by a local farm stand to buy some sweet corn. This row of sunflowers was growing between a harrowed field and the road. I spoke with Henry, the farmer, and he said that these were “volunteers” that had popped up on their own after he’d harrowed in the field this spring.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/3200″ exposure
A somewhat creepy mechanical clown and reflections at the opening of the Pizzagalli Center at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 58mm, ISO 2500, f/4, 1/25″ exposure.
Visitors walk the spiral staircase at the Electra Havermeyer Webb memorial gallery at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 34mm, ISO 800, f/4, 1/8″ exposure
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