Our Happy Acres

In this neck of the woods, winter is still holding its grip on everything outdoors. It will be March before anything is flowering out there. Even so, there’s still a nice variety of flowers to photograph inside.
This Pink Star Christmas cactus plant is not very big yet, but its later blooming habit makes it a [...]

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On a recent getaway to Florida with my wife (where we found record cold temperatures awaiting us instead of the warmth we were seeking), I sought out interesting subjects for macro photography. I was looking for objects that might not be all that interesting on their own, but would be unusual when photographed closeup.
Like this [...]

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Today I decided to have a little fun and focus on three colors to photograph: red, green and blue. This theme comes courtesy of David Perry’s recent assignment to pick one of the three colors and make a picture that features the color. Restraint is not exactly one of my strong suits, so I decided [...]

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All three of our cats decided they wanted to be photographed this week. Puddin and Sidd are always ready to ham it up, but Shel is often elusive. I got her on my lap then sat the camera on the computer desk for this one-handed shot.
To see more close ups and macro photography, visit Macro [...]

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I know a lot of people regard poinsettias as the quintessential Christmas plant, but for me it’s the amaryllis. I remember growing them years ago, when there were only a few varieties to choose from. They were often just sold by color, with red being a common favorite. These days there are probably hundreds to [...]

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I took these photos of Orange Jewelweed on a fall trip to Brown County (Indiana) State Park. My wife and I went on a guided wildflower walk there, led by a park naturalist. It was a wonderful and very informative two hour walk that opened our eyes to the many native wildflowers in our own [...]

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