A Butterfly. That's all.

Haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately. The few that I have taken, put nicely... let's just say... they stink.

All Frogs - All the Time

Hey, I realize this is becoming the 'all frogs - all the time' channel, but I had to make a trip to Cave City anyway...

There were two particularly handsome frogs out at the pond (Sloan's Pond) that were kind enough to pose for some shots - although one would have been much nicer if he was facing me. I didn't think I could convince him to turn around so I worked with what I had.

A polarizer filter (and tripod) was used for all but one shot.

Oh, and one turtle.


And a few landscapes.
These are 30 second exposures (the pond shots).

First Dragonfly of the Season

Friday, May 14th
When I have spare time, I have been driving by Sloan's Pond on the way home from Cave City.

Friday was a cloudy, slightly rainy day and the frogs were croaking loudly. I didn't see many frogs but I sure could hear them.

This dragonfly shot has nothing on last year's shots, but it's a start.

400mm, heavily cropped

I'm throwing in a frog for good measure.



Saturday, May 15th
After seeing a few frogs at Sloan's Pond Friday, I decided to drive up Saturday night and peck around. I got up there much later than planned.  We stayed a few hours (a friend went with me).

Last year I got a pretty good shot of a frog illuminated by my handy-dandy LED flashlight. Before packing up, I grabbed the zoom to give that a quick try.

There were several small frogs on the lily pads, none particularly close to the edge of the pond. Here is one shot that came out ok.

15 second exposure

Barren River Flooding

 Bowling Green Ky

Well I haven't been to the bridges to take pictures for quite a while. Thought I might as well get a few shots with the water up from the weekend rains.

The day shots were taken around 2pm CST, the night shots were from 7 to 9pm CST. The walking bridge was closed due to high water when I came back at 7 - bummer. There were fairly large crowds both times.

3 Minute Exposure

30 Second Exposure (all the following)

One Dozen

Three Springs Lake

Last Year's Tails

A pond in Edmonson Co.

Second Grade at the Zoo

Haleigh & Harley

To those who have said I need to take pictures of people...
Here you go.

Robin in a Tractor

I'm Warning You!

Not in good sharp focus but I'm putting it up anyway.

Cumberland Falls

28mm, 10second, f8, iso100, nd1000 filter

Thursday afternoon/night, I had to go to London Ky for work. Stopped by Cumberland Falls before daylight Friday morning. Oh, it was cold. I like to complain about that, among a multitude of other things. More about the cold, my continuously recurring theme, in just a bit.

While I am not excited about about the actual falls shots, I did get some nice orange sunrise light. These are all long-exposure shots.

I have been here long ago, but do not remember much about the area. The lower viewing areas were gated and locked, however I had easy access to the upper levels. The place was deserted; I was the only person there. I stayed as long as I could as I had calls Friday. When I got back out to the parking lot, the sun was bright and the river was nice. My hands were really cold and my equipment was starting to form frost. I had cleaned out my truck on a recent Sunday, when the temperature was near 70. Unfortunately, I erroneously put my winter stuff (gloves, trooper cap, etc), in the house (hell, it is 70 degrees, how can I possibly ever need all this crap again). Anyway, the short story is that my hands were getting stiff. The river was beautiful. I was running late. I fired off a couple of quick shots, and hit the road with the heater blasting.

I will be back – I am a cry baby – and boy was I glad, on this particular morning anyway, that internal combustion engines put out large quantities of wasted heat that can be pumped into the cabin on a cold morning (or, in simpler terms, the heater was nice and toasty).

Did I mention that I was cold?

47mm, 10second, f8, iso100, nd1000 filter

24mm, 6second, f8, iso200, nd1000 filter

It's Cold, And Snowing...

And I'm standing on the side of the road taking a picture. I'm cold, and this is a barn. The big white fuzzy spot is just a snowflake falling near the front of the lens. It didn't snow that long. I just happened to be passing by while the flakes were big and fluffy.

Location: Avalton, as I was driving to Scottsville.

Mr. Ed???

I had to make another trip to Cave City today. After the service call, I had some time so I decided to take the long way home through the park (Mammoth Cave NP). Right before I entered the park, I saw this horse sticking his head out of the barn door. I whipped the truck around and went back. I parked in a church parking lot that was across the field. He was still in front of the door but did not stick his head back out. I was a little far away, this is 400mm and cropped. It was gloomy out (I tend to like to shoot in gloomy weather). These shots are at ISO800, maximum aperture (f5.6), 1/180th second. I did use the top of the truck door to help steady the lens, which is what made them usable at all. I didn't get in a rush to pull the shots in as I was not expecting a lot. They are all soft, but pleasant.

I am looking forward to Lightroom 3, as I continue to find myself hesitant to pump up the iso.

I didn't wind up taking any through the park.

'Are You Looking at Me?!!!' or 'Got Bread?'