I take this photograph every winter. Witch hazels are small trees that usually grow next to shady streams. They bloom at odd times. The Pennsylvania native species blooms into November. A southern species, the Ozark witch hazel, blooms in late winter. This particular tree is a hybrid of the two. It’s probably bred for hardiness, […]
Temperatures were into the 50s this January day after several weeks of accumulated snow. So, I decided the subject of our One Picture a Day effort was going to be something melting, somewhere. I caught this moment suspended in time from the edge of a shed with blanket of snow sagging over the edge. Rather […]
For a while I owned the 18-135mm Nikon telephoto zoom, then the Nikon 18-200mm VR. The most interesting pictures with any zoom, are usually used either full wide or full telephoto. But 135mm or even 200mm is just too short to be exciting for telephoto. It’s too short to bring wildlife up close, even too […]