Golden sunflowers and the blue, Colorado sky
If you look close, there is a bee in there as well. My photo excursion this morning was pretty much a dud so when I returned to the house, I…
Geese on golden pond
Not a bird I normally photograph but happening on this scene I had to snap some captures. Taken last weekend, the early morning sun had bathed the landscape in gold.…
Pronghorn buck catches some air
The most fleet-footed animals on the plains, pronghorn are not only fast, they are pretty skittish. This handsome fellow proved that true on both counts. He was fine with me…
Backlit touch down!
Normally backlighting is not desirable in photography and certainly I probably would have preferred direct lighting for this shot but I actually kind of like how it turned out. The…
Bald eagle performs a fast flyby for Freedom Friday
Finally! It had been a while since I had a quality photo session with my favorite subject, the bald eagle. This past Sunday I was intent on fixing that and…
Sleepy common nighthawk
On our camping trip on Colorado's northeast plains a few weeks ago I spotted lots of these birds early in the morning. As you can tell, they were not exactly…