Monochrome Maniacs: Double Lion

Double exposure of lion statues outside a mausoleum at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana. Gear: Holga 120 CFN toy camera.

Photo Hunt #175: Ripples

The guidelines for this week's photo hunt theme, ripples, suggest attempting to avoid water, sand, and flags. However, the first thing that came to mind was this picture taken in January. The water in our backyard pond was low. The pump would run until the float in the filter box dropped enough to shut it off. Then a little water would flow into the box, raising the float, and turning on the pump. This cycle went on for some undetermined amount of time. The temperature was low enough that a thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the pond. The intermittent action of the pump resulted in the rippling pattern you see in the picture, as the water flowed toward the filter box, which was just below the image.




PhotoHunt

Skywatch Friday No. 58

Western Sky at Sunset

Monochrome Maniacs: Second Amendment

A well-regulated militia subdues a menacing giant.

Spider on Dewy Web

After experimenting recently with alternative forms of photography with the Lensbaby, and more recently a Holga plastic camera which--get this--uses film (!), I decided to delve back into the high resolution digital world with the Nikon D90 and the macro lens. I like this one, and thought it would be a good one for Nature Notes.

Click to enlarge, unless you're arachnophobic.

See more nature pictures at Rambling Woods

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Mellow Yellow Monday #31

Tiger Swallowtail

Water Lilly

Skywatch Friday No. 56

Late afternoon sun through the trees, captured with a Nikon D90. Lensbaby Composer lens, and an empty Robert the Bruce Ale bottle serving as a filter.

Advice to Young Poets

Never pretend
to be a unicorn
by sticking a plunger on your head

by Martín Espada, from The Republic of Poetry

Peter and Daniel Cory, ca. 1986

Taurus or Death in the Afternoon

This week's entry for Monochrome Maniacs and Shadow Shot Sunday.