Local Butterfly Gardens

One of my first still life settings.

HDR image of a sunset in Indiana from years ago.

Dallas at sunset via an HDR image.

One of my first HDR images; wall mural in Dallas, TX.  Used small tripod on floor.

Bridges in Jacksonville, FL.

Aloe vera plant ready to blossom.

This is a sun rise with clouds and smoke in the sky from the fires in Florida.

In the greenhouse at Kanapaha Gardens in Gainesville, FL.

Gladiolas

Taken at neighbor's new Lily pond.

This guy kept coming back to the same spot - so I took some time and got a shot.

Have a black cloth or something black to place behind a flower when composing the shot.

Neighborhood Gladiolas are in bloom.

Gladiolas in the evening.

Lay on the floor with your camera close to the cat toys and wait for the shot.

Statue of Samuel Clemens in Hannibal, Missouri.

Chief Keokuk at Keokuk, Iowa, overlooking the Mississippi river.

Tough year for Lotus flowers on lakes in Florida. Too much heat too early in the Spring.

Early Lotus blossoms on Orange Lake in Florida.

From an air-boat on Orange Lake during a late afternoon in Florida.