Tag Archives: Moosehorn POnd
12.16.2022 Frog Friday…really?
It’s a rainy and unseasonably “warm” day so why not have another Frog Friday? Not current, of course, but one from the archives not shared before-2019 @40°F here this morning. Just a few miles away, maybe as close as Eliza”s … Continue reading
09.09.2022 Frog Friday…a sunny pair
The strong rising sunlight really highlights the texture of the frog’s skin. An earlier shot when the light was a little softer. I always like catching a reflection although this one isn’t too strong. I am making the most of … Continue reading
08.16.2022 Two-fer Tuesday
While looking for anything…it’s always good to keep your options open…I found a couple of colorful caterpillars over the weekend. Pearly Wood-nymph- Eudryas unio munching a grape leaf in Brickyard this past Saturday. There is another almost identical species, the … Continue reading
07.09.2022 Clear wings
The way the light is hitting the wings, they look like a collection of tiny windows. There is a bit of iridescent color and some sky reflection, but we can see right through them. Autumn Meadowhawk-Sympetrum vicinum-female There were quite … Continue reading
06.16.2022 Two Ponds, Two Firsts…well four really
On Monday I shot the damselfly, which was a first of that species for me. But just before that I made an image of a Large Cranberry-Vaccinium macrocarpon flower for the first time. I had seen some of the berries … Continue reading
06.15.2022 Things are heating up
While places to our south have had dragonflies flying about, and probably to a lesser extent here also, it is now getting warm enough here to see them regularly and a first time for me to make some photographs. This … Continue reading
06.13.2022 Texture and Tension (Surface…the good kind)
Sometimes the frog journey provides other subjects. Yesterday at Moosehorn Pond I heard but saw no frogs. Not surprising as it was a moderately chilly morning. However the lily pads are up and one or two had accompanying blooms. This … Continue reading
08.20.2021 You guessed it…Frog Friday
Bullfrog on a pad…sort of. These guys are always smiling although it often seems a wry smile. I should start bringing a bag of flies with me.
06.16.2021 Lily Pads as Pacman
While at Moosehorn Pond on the same day as the previous water-lily shot, I captured a couple of pads with nice water drops that accumulated during the rain just prior to my arrival. I picked out a couple with some … Continue reading
0-6.12.2021 Saturday Night Soaker
It was raining when I left the house this morning but radar showed it letting up to the north and, sure enough, when I arrived at the pond it had stopped. But the evidence remained. White Water-lily-Nymphaea odorata
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