 SRX09366DxO honeysuckle |
 SRX09364DxO Thistle is so pretty |
 SRX09361DxO Queen Anne's Lace |
 SRX09360DxO jewel weed |
 SRX09357DxO on post in new garden |
 SRX09355DxO Some sort of allium |
 P9160035DxO With fill flash |
 SRX07028DxO on the job |
 SRX06690DxO Have no idea... |
 Front page website Ukraine |
 SRX05846DxO Flag Walker.jpg |
 Another screen grab |
 SRX05871DxO Little girl with Peace Sign.jpg |
 SRX05134DxO5 Junco |
 In-camera HDR |
 SRX04944DD Gift |
 SRX04948D What a gift! |
 SRX04816 Doe Across the Street |
 SRX04835D Two Deer |
 SRX04811D Squirrel Nest |
 SRX04381D Green Meadows Community Barbecue |
 SRX04295D Kudzu |
 Ready for Takeoff |
 SRX03793D Skipper |
 SRX03357D herding cattle |
 SRX03197D Green Heron |
:: The Big Tree Removal ::
|
 Eastern Box Turtle |
 Shot through window sidelight |
 SRX02060D How many? |
 SRX01887D Replaced the feeder! |
 SRX01546D A Closer Look |
 SRX00462D Noticing Me |
 SRX00262D Nonchalantly preening |
:: Testing In-Camera Flash With High Shutter Speeds ::
|
 SRX00132DxO Trying flash |
 SRX09814DxO Windy! |
 Louie's on Duty Again |
 SRX09525 |
 Not hostile rivals |
 Object of Their Affection |
 SRX09315 Darn |
 SRX09315 Replaced Bud |
 SRX09154 Not the sharpest... |
 SRX08987 Mrs. Hen Comes A Callin' |
 SRX09015 First customer |
 SRX08964 Not pleased |
 SRX08962_DxO Patriots |
 SRX08941_DxO Members of a Bikers' Group |
 SRX08932_DxO Bikers |
 SRX08849_Almost Peak Blue Ridge Parkway |
 SRX08840_Blue Ridge Parkway |
 SRX08452 Not Afraid |
 SRX08428 Black Swallowtail |
 SRX08389 At the King Apple Parade |
 You're supposed to be a butterfly! |
 SRX08124 Google Lens says Robber Fly |
 SRX08111 Milkweed Seed Pods are Fascinating |
 SRX07990_DxO Watching for Competitor |
 SRX07828 Common Buckeye |
 SRX07778 It's a boy! |
:: Just Another Turkey Morning ::
|
 SRX07619 Hot(?) Towhee |
 SRX00881_DxO toms on slope |
 SRX00903_DxO Look Who |
 SRX00926_DxO They kept scurrying back to mom |
 SRX00944_DxO So much fun to watch! |
 SRX00979_DxO Proud Mama |
 SRX00804 I feel better now.... |
 SRX00608 Quilt Garden at the North Carolina Arboretum |
 SRX00603 Special "Home" for Bees |
 Up Close Turkey Poults |
 SRX00478 Hen and Poults |
 SRX00463 He got me up this morning! |
 SRX00155 heading down slope |
 SRX00143 Eating seeds I scattered |
 SRX00134 Gorgeous.jpg |
 SRX00134 When the light is right |
 DSC00072 Pair |
 DSC09834 Early Evening Visitors |
:: Why I feed the turkeys ::
|
 DSC09659 Male American Goldfinch |
 DSC09655 Female Purple Finch |
 DSC09464 Hurry up! |
 DSC09468 As patient as I can be |
 DSC09379 They manage fine.... |
 DSC09295 NOT through my window! |
 DSC09245 Young'un taking a break |
 DSC09171 Almost forgot what a sunset looks like! |
:: crow_love ::
|
 DSC09126_DxO |
 DSC09077_DxO Goldfinches |
 DSC09075 across the street |
 DSC08878 A Dark Rainy Afternoon |
 DSC08844 Way, way up in a sourwood tree |
 Why this image is so large... |
 DSC08598_DxO Trouble |
 DSC08272 Neapolitan Ice Cream Morning |
:: Persistent Eastern Phoebe ::
|
 DSC08027 Snow + Cardinal = Pretty |
 DSC08045 Doesn't want to share |
 DSC08008 Doves like the heated birdbath |
 DSC08004 Knows I'm behind the window |
 DSC08002 Male Pileated Woodpecker |
 DSC07999 Male Downy Woodpecker |
 DSC07992 Pileated Woodpecker |
 DSC07976 Female Northern Flicker |
 DSC07970 Male Purple Finch |
 DSC07966 Female Northern Flicker |
 DSC07960 Female Cardinal |
 DSC07950 It has begun! |
 DSC07915 Male and Female Woodpeckers |
 DSC07923 Male and Female Pileated Woodpeckers |
 DSC07885 DxO regal |
 DSC07888 DxO foraging |
 DSC07889 DxO "Haven't I met you before?" |
 DSC07898 DxO in a hurry |
 DSC07906 DxO strolling.jpg |
 DSC07806 So where are my scraps? |
 DSC07581 Very tired after a big breakfast! |
 Female and Male Pileated Woodpeckers |
 Female Pileated Woodpecker |
 Playing it Cool |
 DSC07418 Male Pileated Woodpecker |
 DSC07325 Male Hairy Woodpecker |
 New Audubon Society Bird Food Recipe |
 He came calling for food |
 DSC01249 "No food here..." |
 DSC07130 |
 "Crumbs? What crumbs?" |
 DSC07042 Checking Me Out |
 Patiently Waiting His Turn |
 They Must Be Related |
 DSC06996_DxO Huh? |
 Long Wait at Chai Pani |
 DSC06899 |
 Haute Couture Asheville NC |
 DSC06964 Little Skateboarder |
 Felt monochrome was better |
 DSC06961 |
 DSC06881 Asheville, NC Busker |
 Charming Jack Russell Mix |
 DSC06892 Waiting... |
:: Vigil for Victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shootings ::
|
 Rainy Days Make for Smaller Dynamic Range |
 Where are those sunflower seeds? |
 DSC06851DxO |
 DSC06855DxO |
 DSC06856DxO |
 However....Olympus EM 10 ii |
 DSC06675 Right at me! |
 DSC06725 Nirvana? |
 DSC06693 Taking a breather |
 DSC06263 Bad feather day |
 "Further To Fly" music group |
 DSC05982 Really? |
 DSC05902 Mrs. Cardinal Stopped By |
 DSC05815 Feathery Seed Pods |
 DSC05841 Find the Caterpillar |
 DSC05556 DxO Molting Cardinal |
 Dpreview advice |
 DSC05481 Here's the OOC jpg... |
 PhotoLab conversion + Photoshop |
 DSC05441 Foundling |
 DSC05440_baby.jpg |
 DSC05388 Paper Wasp on Basil |
 DSC05396 Paper Wasp in Profile |
 DSC05421 Streptocarpella |
 DSC05309 Awaiting Florence |
 DSC05306 In scurried up to this post... |
 DSC05302 Glad I didn't cut these down! |
 DSC05292 female goldfinch |
 DSC05273 Molting Cardinal |
 DSC05271 Wild Kingdom! |
 DSC05265 waiting.jpg |
 DSC05158 Some day... |
 DSC05106 Rare visitor this year |
 DSC05012 Ominous Horse Fly |
:: Testing the RX10 iv for Difficult Duty ::
|
 DSC04438 Trying to look intimidated? |
 DSC04307 Male Eastern Fence Lizard |
:: Back to School Fest ::
|
 How hummers drive me crazy |
 DSC04126 Day Six! |
 DSC04119 Wanda's still here.... |
 DSC04092 Wanda's Wet |
 DSC03990 Mantis |
 DSC03980 Didn't completely get rid of the hazy look |
 Paper Wasp Tending Larvae |
 DSC03857 Drinking Paper Wasp |
 DSC03860 paper wasp |
 DSC03871 She actually let me shoot her outside! |
 DSC03842 Checking Me Out |
 As we were pulling out of our driveway early this morning...(shot with phone) |
 DSC03708 Pretty intimidating looking spider at mid-day |
 DSC03708_jpg_straight_from_camera_unedited.jpg |
 P8080156 Same spider and web with Panasonic 100-400 |
 DSC03621 Yellow Swallowtail |
 DSC03600 So what do you do when it's been raining non-stop for several days? |
 DSC03578 Drenched Sunflower |
 DSC03573 Sunshine for a gloomy day |
 DSC03554 Through front door sidelight |
 DSC03557 Sidelight Pecker! |
 DSC03532 Black Swallowtail Butterfly |
 DSC03541 The Obedient Plant, physostegia virginiana blossoms are almost open |
 DSC03456 They like garlic chives! |
 DSC03447 Hunting and Pecking |
 DSC03441 Very acute hearing! |
 DSC03430 Switching to "Standard" color |
 DSC03373 What a thunder storm we had late yesterday afternoon |
 DSC03345 I heard some birds in an oak tree |
 DSC03277 Sunflower Bud |
 DSC03261 Rose of Sharon |
 DSC03285 Later in the day |
 DSC03235 Wondering if he spies me through the sidelight |
 DSC03237_knows_im_there.jpg |
 DSC03222 Still Life |
 DSC03163 First touch of yellow |
 DSC03139_sweet_visitor.jpg |
 I love to plant sit! |
 DSC03086 Happy Spot |
 DSC03075 Checking me out |
 DSC03063_monarda_and_bee.jpg |
 DSC02942 My "boys" |
 Still around |
 DSC02882 between rain showers |
 DSC02876 ratty monarda |
 DSC02866 dragonfly |
 DSC02860 in a hurry |
 DSC02843 Not bothered by the rain |
 DSC02688 Can't get much closer |
 DSC02700 older nymph on zinnia leaf |
 DSC02683 running away from me |
 Butterfly Bush - buddleia |
 DSC02618 Am I too early for Thanksgiving? |
 DSC02620 Taking off |
 DSC02625 Up the slope |
 DSC02639 They just love showing off |
 DSC02541 Early morning in-camera hdr |
 DSC02499 I love this camera's hdr mode |
 DSC02492 Unidentified on Lemon Balm |
 DSC02486 In-camera handheld comparison Sony to Olympus with Panasonic 7-14 |
 DSC02482_ Testing slow shutter handheld in camera hdr |
 DSC02427 Lowe's End of Season Mark-Down |
 DSC02393 faithful katydid nymph loves cucumber blossoms |
 DSC02383_asclepias |
 DSC02363 lily |
 DSC02367 Horse Nettle |
 DSC02288 Sage Blossoms |
 DSC02341 front colors |
 DSC02315 katydid nymph after moving... |
 DSC02298 Cucumber certainly grow fast! |
 DSC02300_vetch |
 DSC02278 Going stir crazy! |
 DSC02265 In-camera hdr |
 DSC02271 Decanter insignia |
 DSC02121 Purple Vetch |
 in-camera continuous bracketing |
 DSC02095 from very far away... |
 DSC0208 Paper Wasp |
 DSC02085 Potter Wasp Nest |
 DSC02057_I did a double take... |
 DSC02058 Squirrel Damage |
 DSC02018 Thanks to digital technology... |
:: A Surprise Late Day Raccoon Visit ::
|
 DSC01815 Wonder what color this foxglove will be |
 DSC01833 wild (?) geranium |
 DSC01784 It's a young magnolia! |
 DSC01780 Fringe Tree |
 DSC01776 mace sedge |
 DSC01773 berry blossoms |
 DSC01764 Ducks |
 DSC01584 Back lighting was a challenge |
 DSC01571 Challenging lighting in outdoor tent |
 DSC01351 Very dim lighting at Haywood Community College |
 DSC01176 lots of ladies |
:: Bianca and her daughter, Donna Isabella ::
|
 DSC00788 Not only for birds! |
 DSC00742 Bright background isolated this speaker |
 DSC00702 Wants to replace Mark Meadows |
 DSC00592 Mockingbirds are hard to capture |
 DSC00537_DxO house finches like chickweed too |
 DSC00341 Rain, rain go away, but thanks for the photo op today! |
 DSC00333 Mourning doves are among the most charming of birds |
 DSC00267 Now the fun begins! |
 DSC09502_Lawrence Dobler |
 DSC09590_Carmina Burana Soloist |
:: Visiting the Connemara Goats ::
|
 DSC09042 Always be prepared! |
 DSC08970 bluebird |
 DSC08983 pine siskin |
 DSC08978 titmouse |
 DSC08924 Otto Luyken Laurel |
 DSC08916 I love in-camera hdr! |
 DSC08903 Talk about a difficult focus situation! |
 DSC08759 nuthatch |
 "Shazbot!" |
 DSC08796 in camera hdr |
 DSC08681 Must be a couple |
 DSC08717 Interloper |
 DSC08771 "Mine!" |
 DSC08776 Checking out a possible rival, or... |
 DSC08635 extra fine jpg |
 DSC08586 They know I'm watching! |
 DSC08556 grape hyacinth |
 DSC08548 carpenter bee |
 DSC0852 Late Day Charmer |
 DSC08457 Best friends |
 DSC08461 How handsome they are! |
 DSC08372 So that's who's making all that rustling noise in our woods! |
 DSC08329 Scratch Scratch |
 DSC08068 Really wants to take a bath... |
 DSC07944 "Really - would you mind your own business, so I can go about my scavanging?" |
 DSC07734 male pileated woodpecker with brown feathers |
 DSC07617 "Not guilty, Your Honor!" |
 DSC07356 ibis |
 Ospreys at Seagate Beach, Naples, Florida |
 DSC06756.JPG |
 Hummm |
 DSC06609 Sedum "Tile" from Home Depot |
 DSC06587 house finch love |
 DSC06562 Hellebore (lenten rose) buds |
 DSC06561 Pieris |
 DSC06552 brown wings |
 DSC06543 house(?) finch |
 DSC06525 On kitchen table |
 DSC06475 red bellied woodpecker |
 DSC06469 Carolina wrens |
 DSC06447 Northern Flickr waiting for the suet feeder |
 DSC06397 He figured it out! |
 Plan C |
 DSC06130 thinking |
 DSC06131 reaching |
 DSC06133 It's a start.... |
 DSC06127 harp player? |
 DSC06126 ha ha...you can defeat my skills! |
 Too pretty a pose to delete |
 DSC06087 DxO Viewpoint Perspective Correction |
 Not bad from a really small image |
 DSC06023 Can't you give me a bit of privacy? |
 DSC06005 crow in tree |
 DSC05983 way off in the woods - heavily cropped |
 DSC059343 less wary |
 DSC05889 Uh oh! |
 DSC05845 Find the interloper! |
 DSC05787 bluebird |
 DSC05756 waiting flicker |
 DSC05747 Male Yellow Shafted Northern Flicker |
 DSC05692 Almost scared them off |
 DSC05372_Severe trunk overexposure |
 DSC05372_Fixed Tree |
 DSC05465_DxO dove in rain |
 DSC05398 Contemplating exploding from overeating |
 DSC05244 waiting |
 DSC05255 |
 DSC05225 late afternoon sun |
 DSC05138 Nuthatch |
 DSC05151 Red Bellied Woodpecker |
 DSC04879 Yellow Shafted Flicker |
 DSC04911_DxO Yellow Shafted Flicker |
:: A late afternoon visit by some neighborhood deer ::
|
 DSC04770_DxO Two does this morning |
 DSC04684 Cardinal |
 DSC04667 On the run |
 DSC04588_DxO Infinitely Fascinating Pileated Woodpecker |
 DSC04574_DxO Drinking |
 DSC04566_DxO Looking Up |
 splash of sun_DxO.jpg |
 DSC04481 squirrel through window |
 DSC04337_DxO Dove |
 DSC04394_DxO pileated woodpecker on railing |
 DSC04401_DxO Aware Crow |
 DSC04299_DxO goldfinch |
 DSC04292_DxO Hairy Woodpecker |
 DSC04284_DxO Goldfinch |
 DSC04255 bit of summer |
 DSC04253 chickadee |
 DSC04245_DxO and Topaz Adjust HDR |
 DSC04244_DxO After raiding the suet |
 DSC04225 Mr & Mrs Pileated |
 DSC04144_DxO Processed.jpg |
 DSC04133 sunset |
 Sweet potato |
 DSC04048 Female Northern Flicker |
 DSC03949 a homeowner's work... |
 DSC03907 First Snow |
 DSC03908 green onions |
 DSC03914 Inconvenient |
 DSC03903_DxO denoised wren at me.jpg |
 DSC03897_DxO denoised carolina wren.jpg |
 DSC03871_DxO denoised Flickr.jpg |
 DSC03851_DxO Goldfinch |
 DSC03819_Red Bellied Woodpecker |
 DSC03814 Where all my bird suet is going! |
 DSC03712 Ooops! Forgot maximum Auto ISO was set to 800 |
 DSC03712 Noise detail full size |
 DSC03712 Background Denoised |
 DSC03699 late afternoon male cardinal |
 DSC03632 paper white narcisus in spot of sun |
 DSC03663 In Praise of Topaz Adjust 5 HDR Filtration |
 DSC03695 Who's in charge? |
 DSC03586 Cropped to about 30% of original image |
 DSC03586 with unsharp mask dehazing |
:: Carolina Concert Choir ::
|
 DSC03205 Nuthatch |
 DSC03180 Nuthatch |
 DSC03131 Male Pileated Woodpecker |
 DSC03113 goldfinch.jpg |
 Framed Bluebird |
 DSC03102 With a little bit of softening... |
 DSC02952 in camera hdr |
 DSC02876 Nuthatches are always good for a smile |
 DSC02545 Confrontation |
 DSC02492_3_4_Fusion-Natural GR.jpg |
 DSC02486_7_8_Balancer Bed No NR |
 DSC02477_8_9_Balancer.jpg |
 DSC02472_3_4_5_6_Balancer-f8 |
 DSC02388 A heated water bowl comes in handy on a cold morning |
 ORG_DSC02386 Late Afternoon Light |
 DSC02373 "Move over!" |
 DSC02346 American Goldfinch - Female in Winter Plumage |
 DSC02344 Male House Finch |
 DSC02335 Male Purple(?) Finch |
 DSC02271 Dessert |
 DSC02261 Female Cardinal |
 DSC02248 Not much to eat here |
 DSC02281 "Should I jump?" |
 DSC02283 Waiting for the pileated woodpecker to leave the suet feeder |
 DSC01983 Schlumberga - Thanksgiving Cactus |
 DSC01916 Sunset |
 DSC01845 with fill flash |
 DSC01833 auto white balance |
 DSC01802 nuthatch |
 DSC01798 schlumbergera |
 DSC01781 female downy woodpecker |
 DSC01792 male downy woodpecker |
 DSC01761 So near and yet so far... |
 DSC01754 Eating something that had been buried in one of the pots |
 DSC01749 How convenient a food burial site |
 DSC01743 "This is awkward - fill that suet cage, please!" |
 DSC01738 In my parsley pot?!!!! |
 DSC01231 kitchen fairy |
 DSC01217 Goldfinch |
 DSC01162 Lamp |
 DSC01112 backlit |
 DSC01091 bluebird on suet |
 DSC01709 Tough focusing situation |
 Face off |
 Next time I'll use a tripod with I shoot images for a gif animation |
 DSC01602 "Do you mind?" |
 DSC01456 Klutz |
 DSC01395 While looking for rafts on the river |
 DSC01382 Bryson City Museum |
 DSC01377 Swain County, North Carolina Heritage Museum |
 DSC01369 Tuckasegee River running through Bryson City, North Carolina |
 DSC01366 Everett Street Diner in Bryson City, North Carolina |
 DSC01356 Calhoun House Inn Dining Room, Bryson City, North Carolina |
 DSC01347 Along Everett Street in Bryson City, North Carolina |
 DSC01329 Shot through car window at between 60 & 70 mph |
 DSC01323 60-70 mph shot through car window |
 DSC01288 crow |
 DSC01286 quick sip |
 DSC01284 clever feet |
 DSC01279 female cardinal |
 DSC01168 about to jump |
 DSC01164 squirrel |
 DSC01234 uncropped |
 DSC01234 from across the room - cropped |
 DSC01217 seriously backlit |
 DSC01212 |
 DSC01206 Assassin bug with internal flash |
 DSC01190 obedient plant |
 DSC01157 From extra fine jpg |
 DSC01114 no NR |
 DSC01113 No NR |
 Checking out continuous + manual focus and focus peaking |
 DSC01033 bluebird notices me |
 DSC00984 Did I hear the sliding door? |
 DSC00815 iguana |
 DSC00742 Very difficult backlighting |
 DSC00756 The Carousel was running at a good clip |
 DSC00823 Gecko |