Sunday Stills: Macro & Mystery

I am participating in a photo challenge entitled Sunday Stills: Macro or Close-up Photography; Is There a Difference? by Terri Webster Schrandt. Here is what she has to say about macro photography: “Macro photography is also considered close-up photography. However, using a true macro lens yields the sharpest, tiniest details whereas a closeup may not […]

Tanzanian Nature’s White

Nancy Merrill Photography has a Photo a Week challenge and this week’s theme is “nature’s white.” All of the following were taken from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10 in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of northern Tanzania. Kori bustard male displaying his “whites”! Zebras are half white… …and many birds are mostly white, like this yellow-billed […]

CFFC: Mmmmm!

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is the letter M, with two m’s in the word. memoirs summit (Denali) national monument (Devil’s Tower, WY) modem mushrooms mammal momentum/movement (Women’s March in Chicago, Jan. 21, 2017) Mmmmmm!

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Nature’s Textures

Texture is the theme of Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge this week. Mushrooms always have interesting textures.Slick sidewalk in the rainRipples on the lake when the rain starts Stormy weather seen from inside a screen Tree in a forest

WPC: Textures in Nature

This Weekly Photo Challenge is about Textures:

Alaska 2016: Late afternoon hike in Denali

August 31, 2016 continued Our next activity wasn’t scheduled until 5:30, which was a hike on Rock Creek trail. Our guide met us at the lodge and we drove to the park. Once again, we were the only ones who had signed up for this tour! Only this time, there really weren’t any other people […]

A Photo a Week Challenge: White

This is my first time participating in Nancy’s challenge. I have had a fascination with mushrooms since about four years ago when I was in northern Wisconsin just after a rainy period, and there were mushrooms of all shapes, sizes and colors blossoming everywhere. Since then, I stop to take photos of mushrooms whenever I […]

CFFC: Dark Reds

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is pictures of dark reds (and related colors).