A walk in the woods

There's a little spot that I love to visit.  It's filled with beautiful little wild flowers and all sorts of things to photograph.  I look forward to my visits because each time I'm there, I'm rewarded with completely different images.

 

In every walk with nature, one receives more than he seeks.

John Muir

A visit to the "boneyard"

There is something about old relics that draws photographers regardless of whether they are amateur or professional shutterbugs.  I don't know why it is that we find a connection to our past in this way.  Recently a friend let me visit his "boneyard" (my term for it) and I am very grateful for the few quiet hours I was able to spend there.  For me, the challenge with photographing relics is to tell an interesting story - to say more than "here's an old vehicle".  I hope I've told stories worthy of the history of these subjects.

Ice cream anyone?

You've got mail.

 

A New Look

As you can see, I've updated the look of my blog.  I hope my friends who visit here periodically like the new look.
I am also making a few other changes.  Rather than frequent postings of a photo with an inspirational quotation, I have decided to post less often, and change the format to more of a "photo essay".  I'm excited about it - so let's see how that turns out.

Foxtail

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depends on simplicity.

Plato

"Smiling" pansies

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

Washington Irving

Roadside flowers

Recently, I have been reading a great deal about macro and closeup photography.  I came across an article about showing wild flowers in their environment.  I went for a bike ride to see what I could find along the road.  These are a couple of my attempts at this form of photography.

"There are flowers for those who want to see them."  Henri Matisse