Monthly Archives: May 2011

Faith

This gallery contains 12 photos.

“A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.” – Bob Harrington Three bird species that I rarely show. Ovenbird (warbler)Eared (not Horned) GrebeBrown ThrasherTwo very different views of Great Sand Dunes N.P., … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Life In The Slow Lane

This gallery contains 11 photos.

I’ve always preferred to live life in the fast lane.  That is except when I was out in nature.  Then I could never slow it down far enough to satisfy me. The past year has seen me live most of my life in the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Another Day at The Ranch (Backyard?)

This gallery contains 9 photos.

Currently the second most prolific bird in the backyard.  White-crowned Sparrow. As some of you may know, you can buy hanging baskets full of appropriate small bird nesting material.  I enjoyed an hour of watching and photographing a series of … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Cowboy Stuff

This gallery contains 8 photos.

One of the great periods of my life was the 20 years I spent with horses.  Just like I photograph everything in nature, I embraced every aspect of the horse world.  I had an American Saddlebred, Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Arabians … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuts & Bolts

This gallery contains 15 photos.

Spiderwort.  I used the tried and true method of isolating a flower against a clean and simple background to make sure the viewer was focused on my subject.  I used a 300mm lens instead of my trusty 105 macro in … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Misfit

This gallery contains 6 photos.

mis-fit (miss fit) somebody who does not belong When I was just a young lad, I had a teacher ask that “just once could I do what everybody else does”.   When I was married my mother in law proclaimed, “you certainly do travel … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Celebration

This gallery contains 13 photos.

Please allow plenty of time for the pictures to become clear, after they have downloaded. Celebrating Life Through Nature A Glorious Morning…Guadelupe Mts. N.P., TexasBuckeye Butterfly on Purple Coneflower, IllinoisBumble Bee & Purple Coneflower, IllinoisMale Rose-breasted Grosbeak, WisconsinMale Pine Grosbeak, Colorado Female … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Etiquette Ideas to Enhance Watching Wildlife

by Ron Toel Every year millions of people travel for vacations. If asked what they saw, the wildlife will always be a part of their reply. Much of the experience of wildlife watching is that one never knows what they … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

For Just a Moment

This gallery contains 9 photos.

Life itself is a series of moments woven together into a great journey.  Moments are a very fleeting thing whether they are about our live’s or the making of an image.  One of the reasons I never went into the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Think Small

This gallery contains 18 photos.

Please excuse me if I do not label all of my insect images the way I do with birds, mammals and places.  My books are not with me and I struggle to remember all of those names.  When they do occur to me … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments