Yearly Archives: 2015

This is from Madagascar. This mineral is iridescent. It has its own mineral term named for the shimmering blues and greens – labradorescence. This isn’t a reflection but instead light entering the specimen and reflecting from a twinning surface which can be observed as parallel color lines inside the stone.

While waiting for the fireworks to start I was struck by a thick layer of fog coming off the mountains. Just after the fireworks show started the fog and a huge cloud descended enveloping them. Most people left but for those of us who stayed an occasional break revealed this […]

This is Flat Creek which runs through the quaint mountain town of Montreat in the North Carolina mountains. This long exposure captures the reflection of rhododendrons lining the creek. The creek’s motion is slowed to cloud like white ripples. I shot this from a small tripod perched on a boulder […]

  The bee in this photo is sipping from a flower with legs dangling down. Using high speed photography and robotics, researchers have found honeybees flap their wings 230 times a second. No wonder it is so hard to capture their amazing flight with a regular camera!

Rhododendron blooming in the southern mountains. Here in the Black Mountains of North Carolina the relatively mild climate allows the rhododendrons to grow into trees. They are at their peak of flowering now at higher elevations. Ethos foreground flower is tinged with the pink of new flowers which turns to […]

While hiking in the Black Mountains of North Carolina some massive clouds developed sending sun rays down on the mountains. Several holes developed in the clouds revealing small patches of blue high above. I shot this with only a trace of the peaks to give a sense of scale. This […]

Driving over the mountains from Tennessee to North Carolina today I stopped a few times to admire the summer clouds and mountains. I waited for a shadow to darken the foreground peak which gave it a slightly surreal look compared to the lush green in the distance.

Okay so this skipper butterfly stuck its tongue out since it had just finished feeding on a nearby flower. But since it was directed at me I figured maybe it was also bring a bit sassy for the camera