AwakeningMorning sunlight streams through lifting fog on November 1st, 2022. Despite the rural feel, this photo was taken on the side of a six-lane county highway in Illinois’ second most populous county. As soon as […]
Category Archives: New Work
New Work – Grain Elevator Sunset – Meriden, IL
The unique grain elevator with the twin headhouses in Meriden, IL witnesses a nice sunset on the tail end of a low pressure system that moved through earlier in the day on September 11th, 2022. […]
New Work: Autumn’s Exodus
It’s December 19th, 2021 and the winter solstice is two days away. The last remnants of autumn are still hanging on as some Staghorn Sumac frames a bit of remaining foliage.Nikon Z7, Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E, […]
New Work: Lichen on Gears
A lichen colony is forming on some old gears on an abandoned machine at the Fischer Farm in Bensenville, Illinois. Photo taken November 4th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Tamron SP 90mm f2.8 VC, 10 Image Focus Stack […]
New Work: Autumn Splendor at Churchville
The maple tree next to the old Churchville Schoolhouse in Bensenville, IL is just about at its peak autumnal glory on October 26th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E, Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer I’ve been […]
New Work: Preening Pelican
Preening PelicanNikon Z7, Sigma 400mm f5.6 Apo Telemacro on FTZ Adapter We went to the Brookfield Zoo yesterday afternoon and I brought along my Sigma 400mm f5.6 Apo Telemacro because I hadn’t used it in […]
New Work: Monarch in Bearded Beggarticks
A migrating monarch butterfly makes use of a large field of bearded beggarticks in early September, 2021.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E VR ED on FTZ Adapter The monarch migration seems to in full swing […]
Never Forgotten
Capt Patrick J Waters There’s a display of flags in Oak Brook today commemorating every life lost 20 years ago. Each flag is tagged with a ribbon (yellow for civilians, red for fire fighters, blue […]
New Work: Boneset Neighbors
A bumblebee and an ailanthus webworm are seen on some tall boneset in a patch of Illinois tallgrass prairie on September 4th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Tamron SP 90mm f2.8 VC Macro on FTZ Adapter I’ve really […]
New Work: Blue in Yellow
Blue in YellowA great blue heron framed by out of focus goldenrod on September 4th, 2021 in Northern Illinois.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E VR with FTZ Adapter Just a quick shot taken today while […]