Pictures of Nature

By mere luck I noticed this heron hiding amongst some small pines at the water's edge and caught a picture of him in hiding. I paddled a...

I took this picture on Sunday over at Sarah Duke Garden. Skies were gray and the lack of direct sun made for great photos. We'd had rain...

Pretty needles and not-so-pretty needles. Just a few yards apart on the same path.

This pond is in southwestern Wake County near Harris Lake. I was hiking early in the morning along side it.

There's a turtle in that picture above. Even if you click on it and look at it full size, the turtle's not easy to see. In fact, you...

The title says it all. It started pouring while I was hiking this past weekend and I took a picture of some drops on the end of pine needles...

I visited with some alpacas yesterday. I was at a roving house party near Pittsboro, NC on Saturday and took this picture at an alpaca farm ...

This little guy visited me today. I live away from wooded areas so I don't see these guys very often. I was quite happy to get a few goo...

Just before 7am in the morning, when I arrived at Lake Hartwell this past Saturday.

The sun almost all the way down while kayaking across Lake Hartwell in SC.

It was a rather cold morning today and this dove was all fluffed up trying to stay warm. The poor little dear. I almost forgave the beast fo...

I snapped this picture while hiking along a creek yesterday. It was a gray overcast day, quite chilly, and that coolness is reflected in the...

Just get a look at that crazy glint in this squirrel's eye. That guy is nuts!

A little photoshopping on this image. I emphasized the withered apple and decreased the contrast on the background. Sue me!

I took this picture on Sunday and while I love the rich yellow color, it looks almost like some of the petals are missing. I can assure you ...

Lovely green fronds Mimosa leaves between me and the sky. Now living on my desktop wallpaper. A little bit of NC summer inside with me.

Yes, I'm quasi-quoting Monty Python there. "So, if she weighs the same as a duck...?" This particular duck was found today at...

The sun is rising above the trees as I stop paddling for a minute to admire the scenery.

I went out on the lake at 6am, about 25 minutes before dawn, and saw this bird at a point between two coves. I only got a few pictures of th...

I was taking a picture of a heron while close to shore and got pushed onto the small rocks alongside the shoreline. It was hard to take a st...

Here's the fellow I was referring to in that last post. He was quite a ways away. I was using my 12X zoom and it's a little fuzzy du...