My brother was kind enough to let me practice some panning shots while he rode his unicycle around. This was one decent photo out of a couple dozen rather blurry photos :) Even though it took a while, we were both rather pleased with the result.
Magnolia Sky
I was playing with my son underneath a magnolia tree, and happened to glance up and see a bit of sky through a crack in one of the branches.
Roundhenge
Apparently this is what a storm drain looks like before it’s installed beneath a street. I prefer to think of it as an alien space pod that crash-landed near the parking lot.
Like moths to a flower
This is one of two photos of this moth that I was able to capture (click the picture to see the other one in my Flickr gallery) and I had a difficult time deciding which one to post. I eventually settled on this one because even though there is more going on in the frame, I like the colors and somewhat larger depth of field. And that drop of water on its hindquarters is kind of cool too.
Midwest Thunderstorm
I got this shot last week in northern Iowa along I-35, and was originally a little bummed that I couldn’t find a way to shoot the storm cloud without getting the chicken houses and windmills in the frame. But the more I thought about the photo afterwards, the more I realized these elements capture a bit more about what midwestern life really is all about.