raygradel

Be Yourself

Be Yourself

A lone old oak, strong in its sense of self. He did it his way.

A lone old oak, strong in its sense of self. He did it his way.
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PENTAX K100D Super

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Aperture 67/10 ISO 200 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 90/1

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Nov, 2016

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I was driving some back roads admiring the clouds when I saw what I thought would make a great foreground subject to use with them.

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I find the endless variety of flowers and insects fascinating. I try to shoot whatever looks my way.

This old cedar was standing here when I used to come up to this bluff 40 years ago. It has quite the local reputation.

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This entire flower is only about an inch across.

He was very content burrowed into my jacket.

I love nature. Whether its a sweeping landscape or a feeding insect we all have a place in the natural world order. The complexity and interdependency

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A frozen water droplet on a twig. This drop is about 2-3 mm in length and if you look closely you can see my boots in the reflection as I took the sho

Seek and you will find. Beauty is all around us.

We got our usual late March snowstorm and naturally it did not stay on the ground long. I managed to capture a little remnant after work before it dis

I nearly missed these little flowers driving down the road in search of subjects to shoot.

He loves to burrow into my jackets or blankets. It must make him feel secure.

It took some baiting and coaxing with walnut chunks but I was finally able to capture the rare and elusive snapping chipmunk.

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