Category: photography
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Across a Crooked Bridge
Anyone up for venturing across a crooked bridge? I found this bridge quite by accident while exploring the Ritchie Nature Preserve in Chesterton, Indiana. It looks unstable, doesn’t it? I am always up for taking a chance and this time was no different. Yes, I made it across and back. Other than being rather narrow…
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Pretty in Pink
In the Garden – A pretty in pink hibiscus growing at Ogden Gardens in Valparaiso, Indiana. Flower of the Day
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A Perfect Pose
A tiger butterfly paused long enough in the garden at Gabis Arboretum for a perfect pose. Macro Monday
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A Bright Orange Sunrise
Got a super early start to the top of the Dune Ridge Trail to greet dawn’s first light. Was it worth it? Absolutely! Watching a bright orange sunrise slowly pop over the horizon made for a great start to a wonderful day. Indiana Dunes National Park‘s Dune Ridge Trail is about a mile long looped…
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A Morning Oasis
Overlooking the Great Marsh at the Indiana Dunes National Park is one of my favorite spots to greet the sunrise, a morning oasis. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Begins with an “O”
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Priceless Beauty in Nature
As I hike along well-known trails, I often wonder how many times I have missed the priceless beauty in nature by seeing the familiar things of the outdoors as normal or humdrum. Nature’s beauty, among the things that money can’t buy. CFFC: Mastercard – Things money can’t buy
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Sweetness of Pollen
A fuzzy bee paused from buzzing from flower to flower to feed on the sweetness of pollen in a sunflower in Peg’s Garden at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve. Ragtag Daily Prompt – Feed
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Blending of Colors
In the Garden – A blending of colors at Ogden Gardens in Valparaiso, Indiana. Flower of the Day
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Cusp of Falling
A single raindrop, on the cusp of falling down to the ground. A raindrop reflection captured at Hamstra Gardens in Wheatfield, Indiana. Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Cusp
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Popping Out From Within
Getting a closer look at a flower blossom and seeing its tiny parts and pollen popping out from within is one of the joys of micro and/or macro photography. This pink hibiscus was blooming this morning at Ogden Gardens in Valparaiso, Indiana Ragtag Daily Prompt: Micro