Long Exposure Photography At The Lake

I mentioned last week getting back into long exposure photography. The other morning I was out at Lake Monticello early to walk before it got too hot. I took some long exposure photos of the stars from the parking lot. Long exposure photography is enjoyable especially this time of year! Recent Perseid Meteors Long Exposure … Continue reading Long Exposure Photography At The Lake

Backyard Birding

It seems the post so far this week has been photography of birds. We'll go with the pattern one more day this week. In the evenings when I go down to my garden I seem to always scare birds out of my sunflowers. I've still got a few plants down there from sunflowers I planted … Continue reading Backyard Birding

Cut Off Creek Birds

We took our son to Cut-Off Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) a few weekends ago to spend some time outside before he had to go back to school. While there at the creek this pair of Whit Ibis (I think, again not a bird expert) kept hanging around the creek. They flew off but returned … Continue reading Cut Off Creek Birds

Perseid Meteors

At the beginning of this week I've been able to go out to Lake Monticello for one of my favorite photography outings. The Perseid Meteor shower. It is one of my favorite times but one I've not been able to do in several years! Either scheduling, weather, health, etc... the list of excuses is long. … Continue reading Perseid Meteors

Early Morning At The Lake (Again)

I've been on a pattern lately of some early morning photography. I went back to Lake Monticello for some more photos. While there for the photos I posted yesterday I thought of wanting to try it again. So, I went back on Friday morning before work! I ended up taking my favorite photo of the … Continue reading Early Morning At The Lake (Again)

Early Morning At The Lake

I mentioned yesterday attempting an early morning photo of the stars before the sun arose. One of my favorite photo outing is taking night sky photography. It's been a while since I've attempted it so this has been a good test hopefully preparing for one of my favorite night sky photo outings soon! The other … Continue reading Early Morning At The Lake

Early morning Night Sky Photography

It's been while since I've attempted any kid of night sky photography. The other morning as I was l leaving early to go walk (gotta beat the heat) I spotted a clear view of the stars across my backyard so I grabbed my camera and tripod to get a picture of the stars before the … Continue reading Early morning Night Sky Photography

Majesty!

The other morning I went to one of my favorite spots just East of Monticello to watch the sunrise. I wondered if it would be much of a sunrise this morning but in the first few moments as the sun rose it was pretty spectacular! I looked up on my phone the Hymn Majesty and … Continue reading Majesty!

Not Planned Photographs!

This week I'll focus on some recent photography opportunities I've had lately... I've found in the photography hobby my favorite photographs come from moment of when I'm not going for a photo but when I open my eyes and look around me in the moment of life I'm in. I've had three of those type … Continue reading Not Planned Photographs!

Killdeer

This week I'll focus on some recent photography opportunities I've had lately... A bird I remember watching since I was a kid is the Killdeer. The other morning I was walking around the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) pond at spotted some Killdeers near the walking path so of course I had to grab … Continue reading Killdeer