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Like a Fly on Chicory

A large bee-like fly works a chicory blossom.

I was out shooting chicory blossoms along Camel’s Hump Road yesterday morning. This large fly happened to alight in the blossom I was focussed on. The crispness of the detail in the flower’s stamens and the fly’s wings and back, and contrasting colors really work for me…

Photo Info: Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm, ISO 800, f/13, 1/800″ exposure.

June 30, 2013 2

Fungus Among Us!

What do you shoot when it’s been raining daily for the past week? Why fungi of course! Here’s a gallery of shots taken this morning up in the woods behind our house.

Amazing white sea anemone-like slime mold on a fallen hemlock

Two tiny mushrooms on a fallen hemlock log

Orange slime molds

Purple turkey tail fungi

A tiny (2mm) mushroom on the side of of a spruce tree.

Stringy yellow slime mold on a fallen hemlock.

June 29, 2013 0

Midday Cumulus

This midday shot looks south from a favorite hillside about a mile from our house. The hayfield and cows (spots of brown…) are owned by the Taft family, one of just a handful of working farmers in the Huntington River Valley. With all wet and stormy weather we’ve been having recently, these kinds of clouds have been a frequent sight as the heat of the day piles them up along the higher terrain. Some build into cumulonimbus clouds dumping rain and flashing lightning.

Photo Info: Nikon D600, Nikon 18-35mm lens @ 35mm, polarizing filter, ISO 800, f/14, 1/400″.

June 28, 2013 0