This photo may be a little too abstract to have meaning but I'll post it anyway. Hundreds of seagulls have moved on to the tires that form one of the breakwaters at the Spring Creek Marina on Lake Oahe in South Dakota. And on the two previous mornings as I slowly motored by to go out sailing, they took flight as I passed. On this day I was ready with my camera: I had about 30 seconds to get photos before the birds were gone and circling overhead. I took about 15 photos as I passed but this is the only one I liked.
Here's a less abstract version (click). While you're here, check out the Spring Creek deep water marina on the amazing Lake Oahe. (click)
Canon 5DII 1/800s f/16.0 ISO400 58mm
I went to the Redlin Art Center in Watertown to get some exterior shots and instead I got geese. Everyone probably knows that when geese fly together in their "V" formation, they get better mileage. 
I have juxtaposed a winter scene today with yesterday's photo of late July lilies - primarily because I wanted to use the word "juxtapose" in a sentence. Mrs. Connor, one of my high school English teachers, would be proud. So here's an obscure (and perhaps rhetorical) question: How is the porter scene in Shakespeare's Macbeth a good example of juxtaposition? Public praise to the first person who answers correctly.
Nature does a pretty good job of providing worthy subjects, doesn't it? Photoshop does the rest.
Yesterday's Alaskan adventure was to motor to Kruzof island and ride Yama Rhinos (a heavy duty ATV) through the woods. This is one of many spots where hardwood trees have grown along the narrow, rough and pond-rich roads.
Here's another one from the Raptor Center we visited in Sitka, Alaska. I don't know the story on this beautiful bird aside from the fact that he/she is a survivor who now has a permanent home showing off to photographers and other visitors.
Dead flowers covered in frost on a cold November morning. Try thinking of that when you are about to bemoan the humidity or heat or thunderstorms that are part of summer in our beautiful state.
Our hens and chicks have decided to bloom this year and this is what the flower looks like. It measures 3/4" from tip to tip. Each of the round ball-like structures ringing the center of the flower will be a smaller bloom. Without a macro lens, all of this would be easy for the camera and the eye to miss.
The wheat is a not yet ready to harvest in our state but I noticed that it is getting close. This photo was taken a few years ago north of Watertown on a dewy morning just as the sun was coming up.
