Tag Archives: landscape

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An Atmospheric Morning

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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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New Work: Oaks in Downpour

A grove of oak trees in Northern Illinois as seen in a downpour on August 29th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Z Nikkor 50mm f1.8S A grove of oak trees as seen during a downpour from some late […]

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Geese and Snow – Mt. Emblem Cemetery

Both snow and temperatures are once again dropping in Chicagoland on February 10th, 2021. I stopped by Mt. Emblem Cemetery on my lunch break and decided to get a shot of geese congregating around some […]

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The Pitfalls of Perfectionism

SteadfastGrowing between two of the three individual falls that make up the whole of Rifle Falls, this tree makes a nice counterpoint of stability amid the rush of flowing waters around it.Pentax K-5, Pentax DA […]

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The Balancing Act

This is a photograph I took on the same outing to White Pines that I took the Columbine photo I featured in this post. While the Columbine photo is probably one of my favorites for […]

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On the Trail: Starved Rock State Park

A phone grab from earlier today in Kaskaskia Canyon in Starved Rock State Park. This is one of Illinois’ most popular state parks and had not opened with the rest earlier this month because of […]

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A Little Bittersweet

Apologies for the late post today. I ended up wandering out towards the northwest corner of the state. It was something of a weather chase/grain elevator project/state park project/random wandering kind of day that didn’t […]