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Red Double Knock Out Rose in Bloom in Summer
This week has gone by in a blink. Yesterday we planted 5 oak trees before breakfast trying to avoid the mid-morning heat and by about 10am it was to hot to do anything outside. I looked over at our rose bush today, a red Double Knockout Rose (or aka a Double Knock Out Rose) and…
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Photographing Spiderwebs in the Rain
If you are new to this blog, this is my daily image of the day post. I try to do this as a daily post of a photo I have taken at one point or another, as often as I can. Today is a favorite photography subject of mine, just because they are usually very…
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Macro Photography of a Spider Web in Morning Dew
Something about spiders and spider webs makes for some neat subjects. Add a little morning mist or dew and they really light up. Macro photography is something I really like as well, and the combination of dew on the web and its size made for a great macro photography opportunity. This image of the day…
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Great Photos Use Contrasting Colors like Flowers and Spiders
In nature photography, one of the best things to find is some subject with contrasting colors. Of course, you are taking about nature, so it isn’t really up to you, but if you can find a contrasting color (that would be red/green, or yellow/black, or blue/green etc), it will make the image pop out. Sometimes…
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Callaway Gardens and Cecil Day Butterfly Center
Butterflies make great subjects. They stay still for you, or at least, they land some place long enough for you to usually get a half way decent image. You can also be creative when shooting butterflies. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia has one of the best butterfly displays anywhere in the country. They have…
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Macro Photo of Grasshopper on Barbed Wire
We all just need a place to hang out sometimes. Of course, we can’t all balance like this guy. I love macro photography, it gives you a chance to look at something very close and expands the number of subjects you have on any given day. This grasshopper is not very large as you might…
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens Cardinal Flower in Bloom
Sticking with the Spring feeling outside today, the Image of the Day is a Cardinal Flower, taken in Birmingham Alabama a few years ago. Birmingham has a very nice botanical gardens and it is always changing. I would go there to take photographs while I was attending UAB and there was always something new to…
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The Reddest Red Found in a Flower Bloom
Some images just jump out at me when I see them in nature, this one I loved because of its deep color. This will be posted as my first image of the day on this blog. I love contrasting colors in nature and two of the best (in my opinion) is when you can find…
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Photo Contest on Geocaching.com, We need your vote!
We are participating in a contest put together by Jeep and Geocaching.com in which the winner each month receives a new GPS unit and the grand prize winner receives a new Jeep. Below is our photo entry. Please take a minute to click on the photo and vote for our entry. Thanks!!!!
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I’m content creator and photographer in Opelika, AL. If you need help with a website or blog I can help.
