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11.20.2021 Don’t let the warm light fool you

it was cold on Mount Pollux yesterday morning. After shooting the frames for the eclipse, I went up on the hill ( don’t let the name “Mount” fool you either) hoping to catch the setting moon.  But there were thick … Continue reading

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10.26.2021 Autumn on Mount Pollux

This is what I was waiting for when I made the Moon in Maple shot this past Saturday.  Although the color in the sky did not materialize the sun illuminating the bare apple and distant foliage was  the picture in … Continue reading

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04.10.2021 Sun Fire

I’ve been driving by these birches for years and always thought I should stop but never did until this morning when the rising sun was washing them with fire. I happened by at just the right time as ordinarily I’ve … Continue reading

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02.23.2015 The Patten Redux w/Nuclear Sunrise

This is a similar but different image from that which I posted back in October.  Again, sorting through files I decided to give this a go as it includes the sun which I had avoided in the previous composition seen … Continue reading

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12.06.2014 There’s always one

Besides Monarch butterfly larva, milkweed is a hangout for a couple of other insects, including a variety of Milkweed Longhorn species, the larva of the Milkweed Tussock moth and Milkweed Bugs.   This image is of the bugs ( Oncopeltus fasciatus) … Continue reading

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10.27.2013 Corn Rows

Nothing happening this weekend.  So here is another from a few weeks back. Amherst used to be a farming town and the University of Massachusetts was originally called Massachusetts Agricultural College…Mass Aggie for short.  As the college grew into a … Continue reading

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