A fungus among us.

Well, a not great day at the park. Busted my leg up a bit - ouch. But I did get some mushrooms on the bank of the Wet Prong Buffalo creek. And I didn't die - always a plus.

Well, I liked the fog.

Taken and posted lots of photos from here. Saw the fog, decided to stop, decided to take a photo,  decided to make it black and white, decided to post it. End of story.

A hike through the creek - Wet Prong Buffalo.

It was an off and on (mostly off) rainy day (my favorite time to shoot), but I managed to stay mostly dry (except my feet and legs). Made for a few nice foggy shots.

Noticed a pair of, I think abandoned, turkey eggs on top of a rock, and saw butterflies. Probably put up too many shots, but took a boat load. I think the last one is probably best.

All in all, a good day. Going to go all the way down the creek one of these days. Maybe covered about one fourth of the creek or less, lots more to explore.

From the mouth of Big Spring Cave.

The turkey eggs are on top of the big rock just left of center.

A pair of turkey eggs.

Was happy with the fog for a few shots.

Hemlocks! Interesting, didn't see that coming.

Well, here you go, more interesting patterns.

Just an interesting pattern.

Another timelapse.

Still playing around with timelapse video. This is from the state park at Nolin Lake. Mildly interesting, like the last one (mildly interesting). Throwing in a sixty second long exposure that is nothing to write home about.

Frog and turtle show, and some other stuff.

A cute bullfrog. A not-so-cute snapping turtle. And some other stuff.

I have been hitting Sloan's Pond occasionally, looking for frogs and or other critters. I haven't been seeing many frogs though compared to pervious years.

While I was playing around with the big lens shooting the frog and snapping turtle, I did a time lapse video. First time I have tried that. The video turned out surprisingly well, I think, considering I had no idea what I was doing. I have embedded the youtube video but it is pretty small here. If you click the title on the video (Sloan's Pond 2018 06 09), you can see it with more detail directly on youtube. It is nothing fantastic, but was fun to do. It is only 13 seconds long, so it is not a big chore to watch.

Finally, there is a 10 minute long exposure. I walked around the pond during the exposure with my headlamp. Not sure that added anything, but I found it interesting.

Caving!

My friend Jim, who is a caver, recently got into photography. He took me into a few caves and we had a good time with the cameras (thanks Jim). Jim was the lighting and idea man. I, mostly, was just along for the ride and took photos after he set the lights.

The two photos with light streaks are Jim walking back to the cameras after setting up a light.

A snake on the lake.

Well, of course the lake was crazy on memorial day weekend, but I did maneuver my way to a quieter cove. This little guy was moving along at a pretty good clip. Just fired off a long spray of shots. Only a few were decent, but as long as I got one, I was satisfied.

Not from the lake!

Wow, not from the lake. Refreshing.

Coming in for a landing.

This will, hopefully, be the end of the herons for a while. This guy is coming in for a landing near my canoe. It usually happens the other way (they fly away from me).

If more herons soon, then they will have to be really special. Of course I could change my mind, and 'special' is a relative term.

Another trip to the lake, another round of birds.

First of all, let me say, that the heron looks very cartoonish. I don't know the physics, but when the light levels are low and I have to bump up the ISO or use long shutter speeds.... The heron always looks cartoonish. Need to look into that.
They don't turn out that way at all in the sunshine, or even shade.

More bird shots from the lake. I just don't see this shutting down anytime soon.
One of the shots looks comical. The heron was facing one direction, but when he decided I was enough of an annoyance, he turned around on the tree stump to fly out of the cove. He looks really bowlegged in that shot.

This guy (above), may be a 'Prothonotary Warbler'. The guy below is, apparently, a 'Tree Swallow'. I could be wrong on both counts. Looked through google images.