Milk for Lunch

I was out taking a walk at a local nature preserve on my lunch today, and, as is my want, I flipped a piece of plywood that was lying on the ground.

I found this.

A female yearling Milk Snake/Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum. The above picture is more or less as found. The one [...]

Angela, 2009

For some reason, I get a really nice natural light on our porch on cloudy fall days.  This was taken almost one year to the day after the one in my previous “Photo Update”.

Mostly So My Mom Knows I'm Not Dead.

So it’s been about a year since I’ve posted here. Yes, I’ve been busy, but that’s no excuse. The good news is that some of that “busy” has been spent on herping and photography, and I’ve been able to add a modest number (10 to be exact) of species to the life list. I will [...]

Photo Update

All were taken on my new camera, a Canon Powershot A720 IS. Click on the photos below for the unobstructed version.

I think the biggest way my new camera has improved my picture taking has little to do with the camera itself. In researching cameras and, especially, reading the manual for my new Powershot, I have [...]

Don't Take My Powershot Away

Cuz you can clearly see what I’m capable of doing with it (click on all pics in this post for a higher resolution image).

Actually, the photo above was taken on my old HP 733 Photosmart camera. The Canon Powershot A720 IS (or perhaps the A650 IS) is the camera with which I hope to replace [...]

Hot Summer Herpin'

Make no mistake about it, South Carolina in late June is hot. I kind of knew this before I went to Myrtle Beach. Now I really know it. It didn’t help things that the first day there I got probably the worst sunburn of my life boogie boarding the 3-4 foot waves that were breaking [...]

Where's Waldo?