Category Outdoors

America’s Roadside Bloomery

I had a thought after I posted this image of Black Eyed Susans (and other flowers) taken yesterday on a Floyd County roadside. Here it is:It would be neat for contributors from all over the country to offer their images…

A Field Guide to Light

That title contains some essence of what I’d like any potential photography book to be about. In some cases, the actual subject of a photo would be of most interest. But more often than not, it would be about the…

Beauty Upon Beauty: Not

Black Vulture Glamour Shot spotted on the same country road from whence the chickory flower pictures came earlier in the week. I rounded a bend, and greeting me were three black vultures on three consecutive fence posts. Only one remained…

Hmmmm. My Ears Still Ring.

Nope. It don’t make me wanna holler hiDeeHo! (Reference to _____ — you boomers out there?) I’m talking about two rounds from the .44 magnum short barrel rifle, fired into the bank. I had nothing to shoot at, and didn’t…

Wildlife: Up Close and Personal

Ann called almost inaudibly from the kitchen. It almost seemed as if she were trying to talk without even moving her lips. Finally I made out what she was almost saying: turkey. Right. Here. I grabbed the camera and got…

Picture This

“The back page of an October issue of San Francisco magazine displays a vivid photograph of a small boy, eyes wide with excitement and joy, leaping and running on a great expanse of California beach, storm clouds and towering waves…