Sunday View - 5 August 2018 Edition

Welcome To The Exploration Photography Daily View

Yesterday I finally got a chance to get out and shoot for a bit. As I mentioned in yesterday's post Kim and I stopped by The Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve (I mistakenly called it the Lizard Tail Nature Preserve) to see what it had to offer. And we pretty much found trails. And those trails certainly were not short of opportunity for me to photograph. But it was a little rainy and we were without bug repellent so we did not spend a lot of time. I did make the most of our time spent there though. And I was all ready to share some with you today. Then something else came along. This morning as I was cleaning up our campsite and getting ready to head home I saw a dragonfly perching itself on my truck's antenna. So I went inside our camper to grab my camera all the while telling myself the dragonfly would be gone when I went back out. But it wasn't. In fact I was able to get pretty close. I probably shot a hundred of so frames too. So for today's view here is my would be stowaway.

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Many people are afraid of dragonflies but I like them. And they look really cool close up.

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And here is Yesterday's View.

Saturday August 4, 2018

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Exploration Photography Daily View - August 27, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

What does one do on a hot and very humid day? Head right out into it and bring his camera along, that's what! Kim and I took a drive to Black Rock Sanctuary this afternoon for a stroll through it's footpaths and to get a little closer to some of our local nature. And of course I captured a lot of good stuff with my camera. Or should I say cameras.

Last weekend I picked up yet another film camera. But this one is special. It's one that I have wanted for many years. Though it is not an uncommon model it somehow eluded me. But last Saturday I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The camera is a Canon AE-1. And it is super clean and as far as I can tell fully functioning. I won't know for sure until I get the first roll of film developed but I have high hopes.

Okay, this isn't my best picture but it's the only good one I have of my newest find. The cool thing about it is it consists of three generations of camera. The Canon AE-1 35mm film camera in my hand, My Canon DSLR around my neck and the camera I shot this with in my other hand. My Samsung Galaxy S6 camera phone.

So since I haven't developed my first roll of film yet I am sharing a photo from my DSLR. I sot this along a river bank at Black Rock.

One of many dragonflies I saw today. I guess if there is something special about this particular one is that I nearly got stuck in some rather nasty mud while shooting this. And while I didn't get stuck It was sure a mess.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday August 26, 2016

And that's all for today folks. But I have a lot more to share so please be sure to come back real soon. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Exploration Photography Daily View - September 5, 2015

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today Kim and I took a drive to one of our favorite places. Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square Pennsylvania. If you have been reading my blog for a while you know that I love to photograph Longwood. From the great wide open views and the abundance of flowers and nature to the fountains and many specialized gardens there is just so much to see and record. And today's visit was a virtual treasure trove of opportunity. I have so much to share that I am still working out how I want to present it to you. I think there may be a few larger posts coming soon. But for today's photo I would like to share this with you.

The Waterlily Garden was loaded with Dragonflies. Specifically blue ones. You wouldn't know it from this photo but they are actually rather small. By luck and a little patience I was able to snap several of this guy (or girl? I really don't know). He looks white but that's just the sunshine. He is definitely blue.

As I said I have a lot to share and am working out how but for now I would like to leave you with this video. It is the same scene that I posted yesterday.

As usual I recommend viewing at Full Screen and in HD. And be sure to turn up the volume and enjoy the sounds of nature. It's a bit subtle but it's there.

And now I must go but I'll be back real soon. I hope to see you here!

Until next time...