Rose

The saying, 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet', I believe to be true. Thie rose is just one of many different flowers that grow in my yard.
I have to admit, different flowers have a slightly different aroma to my untrained nose. The rose, and all the other flowers are still nice to view.


Subject: Rose
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Bunny Rabbit

All kinds of critters visit my backyard. This rabbit was kind enough to decide and see me so I could have a chance to at least to get a photograph of them.
I enjoy all the little creatures. Sunflower seeds are always in my bird feeders.


Subject: Rabbit
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Follow the Leader

I'd like to think that this was a game of 'Follow the Leader', but that is just what a school of fish do.
Carol took this shot while in Belize diving with her husband Cris. I really want to try scuba diving and snorkling one day. Visiting Belize, well, that would be a big plus also.


Subject: School of Fish
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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Cavern

Another photograph of many that I have from my trip to the Natural Bridge Caverns near San Antonio TX. The rock formations there are really an amazing sight to see, and a must visit location for folks visiting in the area.


Subject: Caverns
Location: Natural Bridge Caverns
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Upper Cascades

The Upper Cascades are above the Lower Cascades. Well, duhh. Just kidding. They are in the Hanging Rock State Park in NC, near Danbury and Walnut Cove.
It's good to see gas prices going down, maybe I can get back up there soon again ......


Subject: Upper Cascades
Location: Hanging Rock State Park, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Slow Falls

As the water slowly falls over the many rocks on its journey downstream, it remains a restful place for reflection on life, and the too hurried pace it often takes.
This is another photograph from Hanging Rock State Park, NC. A very nice place to visit to anyone in the Triad area.


Subject: Waterfalls
Location: Hanging Rock State Park, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Mountain Laurel

Mountain Laurel does grow larger when it gets a bit further south than in the Nothern states, so that it is nearly treelike in height and weight near the mountainous areas of North Carolina, but further north it remains smaller and shrublike, topping out at about 8 or 9 feet.
Many names have been given to Mountain Laurel by the settlers and native Americans, among them, ivybush, calico bush, spoonwood, sheeps laurel, lambkill (because it is poisonous to the animals as well) and Clamoun.


Subject: Mountain Laurel
Location: Hanging Rock State Park
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Cavern 2

Another photograph from the new Album on Caverns I've added to my website. Natural Bridge Caverns are just Northeast of San Antonio TX. A great place to visit to see the wonderous world underground.
In many places, the formations go from floor to ceiling. Very amazing sights. Take a trip to San Antonio TX and see for yourself.


Subject: Caverns and Caves
Location: Natural Bridge Caverns, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Cavern

I had so many photographs of the Natural Bridge Caverns near San Antonio TX that I liked, I created an Album for them. So far, just 20 are in there. The formations of the silt filled water dripping from above created amazing effects. Just so cool (no pun intended on the temp in the caves) to see.


Subject: Cavern
Location: Natural Bridge Caverns
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Sailboat

Sail boating is a great time for folks in Corpus Christi and the many visitors that visit the marina there. The Marina is a safe place to berth for your visit, and there are many great restaurants in the area to enjoy fabulous meals, from 5 star restaurants, to a good Tex-Mex dinner.

Subject: Sailboat
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Inside the Palm

This Palm photograph was taken a while back while in Corpus Christi, TX. I believe it is from the Sago Palm species. There are quite a few species of palm. Several are harmful to dogs if they eat the nuts or leaves. Dogs will eat most anything. Well, I will to, but that's a different story.


Subject: Sago Palm
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Lady Lex

Lady Lex has a very long story. She is also known as 'The Grey Ghost'.
If you'd like to read more, place this into your browser.
She has had a very glorious career in her service. She is now berthed in Corpus Christi and folks visit her year round as a fitting museum for her past work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29


Subject: Lady Lex
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Fitzgerald Coat of Arms

This is a scanned image from a print I bought while in England in '98. Of course I had to research my Fitzgerald name while there. In time, I did find this shop that had all the information that I was looking for.

This is the Coat of Arms for the Fitzgerald name.


Subject: Coat of Arms
Location: England
Medium: Photography

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Coral and Fish

Fish are lazily swimming around coral in Belize. Some of my friends are scuba divers, and enjoy vacationing in Belize. I'd love to go there one day. The water looks so blue and clear. It really looks to be a lot of fun to see sights like this.


Subject: Coral
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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Turtles

Another photograph of turtles from a pond in Corpus Christi, TX. They do enjoy sunning themselfs to warm up. I've read that turtles were around 200 million years ago.


Subject: Turtles
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography

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Baby, Mom, and Dad Turtle

These turtles are resting on a log, warming up in the sunlight. This pond in Corpus Christi TX is a place I went to often for relaxing and enjoying nature.
In my mind, I think of Baby, Mom, and Dad spending time together.


Subject: Turtles
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography

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Fishermen

As fishermen try thier best to snag a big fish for dinner, birds are flying looking for cast offs or bait fish to tempt thier bills as the sun goes slowly down.
This photograph was taken from the access road off South Padre Island Drive (SPID) between Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff, TX.
I'm sure that these fishermen are having a good time, and I hope they caught thier limit on fish.


Subject: Fishermen
Location: Flour Bluff, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Pink Flower

Yes, yes. I am flower stupid. As far as I know this is a pink flower, lol. That is the best I can do for now. I was using the macro lens attached to my camera.
I then used Picassa to crop some and bring out the color a bit more. And the final touch was using Photofiltre to remove any small imperfections I decided to remove.
Photo editing software does come in handy.


Subject: Pink Flower
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Bob Hall Night - Looking South

Another night time photograph of Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi, TX. I'm looking and shooting south on these photographs as the tide is slowly retreating into the sea. Now times like this are very relaxing and needless to say, visit Corpus Christi yourself. Enjoy the drivable beaches (yes you can drive on the beach there).
I've seen lots of folks surf fishing along this beach. Soon, I'll find a few and post those as well.


Subject: Bob Hall Pier
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Bob Hall Pier at Night

Night time photography can be rather tricky. A sturdy tripod is a must have item, along with using the timer on the camera or an external shutter release. There are various settings on the camera that should also be adjusted such as ISO that can help.

This is a night shot of Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi, TX. I like the street lights and clouds in the photograph along with the lone walker strolling on the beach. It was taken in an of 2008, and as you can imagine, the weather was still very mild. I was probably wearing a short sleeve shirt to be honest.


Subject: Bob Hall Pier
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Dragonfly 2

Dragonflies are very ancient insects, they already flew around when the dinosaurs ruled this world. The dinosaurs disappeared, but the dragonflies remained. Today we have about 5000 species of dragonflies all over the world.

Some more interesting info about Dragonflies. Did you know that some are called Damselflies?


Subject: Dragonfly
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Dragonfly

The adult dragonfly will hunt and often eat on the wing. It will also look for a mate. Dragonflies mate in flight, and are often seen flying in tandem. When the dragonflies have successfully mated, the female will look for a suitable pond where she will lay her eggs and the cycle begins again. Adult dragonflies can live up to 2 months.

I found that info on dragonfly site, a lot of interesting information about Dragonflies such as some nymph (while living in the water growing) can stay that way for four years.


Subject: Dragonfly
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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A Stingray

Another cool underwater photograph from Carol while in Belize. She has done a great job and I hope that you view her work on my Online Gallery.
This is a stingray, skimming the bottom as they often do. Just don't step on one by accident. You might not like the stinger or barb going into places you'd rather they not be going into.


Subject: Underwater Stingray
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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Squirrel at Lunch

This guy is really enjoying the nut he found for lunch.
I'm a nature guy. I enjoy all that Mother Nature has to offer us if we just take the time to slow down and look.
So slow down and take the time to smell the roses along your path thru life.
Good advice. Use it .....


Subject: Squirrel
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Lake on Trail

This is another photograph from the trail between Strawberry Rd in Summerfield, NC to Bur-Mil Park. I took this shot on the same day as the previous picture. I've seen folks riding bikes, Moms pushing the young ones in strollers. I very nice place to be when it is not as hot as it is right now.


Subject: Lake on Trail
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Vines Gone Wild

In Guilford County, NC, there are a lot of walking and biking trails to enjoy. The trail I was on this day mid Dec of last year goes from Strawberry Rd in Summerfield to Bur-Mil Park. I didn't walk that far on this day. But I did take a side trail to get this shot of a vine covered tree. It was mid Dec, so of course all the leaves are long gone.
A very peaceful way to get excerise and enjoy nature with all the fresh air.


Subject: Vine Covered Tree
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Table

I'd have to say that this was different.
Aaron, great past boss from work invited me to his and Trishs house on a river near Corpus Christi while I was there to train folks. They cooked some great steaks and I had the best time visiting folks in a long time. I could go on and on about thier house, but maybe later.
They did tell me the story behind it, but I forgot it, lol.


Subject: Boot Table
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Underwater

Another cool photograph of underwater shots from Belize. Carol did a great job. Yes, someday I'll have to learn to scuba dive myself.


Subject: Underwater
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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Long Necked Baby

A while back, I said that I'd post a bigger photograph of the Baby Giraffe from the Asheboro Zoo in NC. Personally I like the cropped in one.
I've seen pictures of myself. My neck isn't that long, but sometimes I think it is close, lol.


Subject: Baby Giraffe
Location: Asheboro Zoo, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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A Secret

That is what this photograph seems to say to me, a secret shared between kin folks. They are at the Asheboro Zoo. It seems to me, they are thinking something like, 'Hey see that kid up there? He looks good enough to eat! Cross your paws he falls over here'. Well maybe they think that. You never know .....


Subject: Lion Cubs
Location: Asheboro Zoo, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Coral in Belize

I found out to my mistake, that Carol took the underwater pictures. My Bad. They've been to Belize several times (I really want to go one day). That looks like a lot of fun to do, swim with the fish, see the sights myself.
One day, one day .....


Subject: Coral
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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In Flight

Description: The pond in Corpus Christi I mentioned before has allowed me to take some really nice photographs. I caught a shot of this bird flying as the sun was going down a good while back. After a long day at work, a very relaxing place to unwind.


Subject: Bird at Sunset
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography

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Lost Cause

Description: Some things are a useless cause.
Just not worth the effort on attempting to complete.

Ahh . . . . . rather 'Dark Words'.

Good thing I don't feel that way. In the movie 'If you build it, they will come', comes to mind. Life takes time to build your thoughts, personality on who you are and where you want to go, and who you chose to be. We all take detours along the road. A normal thing.

My life to the point I am now, several detours have happened. But the dream is still there along the lines of the movie I mentioned.

Life is what you make of it. Your call.



Subject: Cedar Log
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Thunder Moon

Description: For some reason, this is called 'Thunder Moon', and I'm not sure why. It might be because Jupiter is near by. I saw Jupiter, however it was not close enough to get them both in the same shot. Oh well. It was close to midnight when I took this photograph.


Subject: Full Moon
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Cattails

Description: Lake Higgins on Hamburg Mill Rd in Summerfield NC is a great place to kayak. I went there with a brother and sister while vacationing in NC over Labor Day a few years ago. This is a photograph if some cattails blowing in the wind I caught while on the water. I had a great time kayaking, and plan to do it more often when possible.


Subject: Cattails
Location: Lake Higgins, Sumerfield, NC
Medium: Photography

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Christmas Road

Description: Christmas Season of 2006 I decided to walk around my old 'hood, to photograph the many decorations everybody puts out. I liked the lighted bag images the best. The way they curve around the road just hits me right.


Subject: Lighted Bags at Christmas
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography

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Clouds at 3000 Feet

Description: I like flying. There is something about being way up in the air, looking around, and getting from point 'A' to point 'B' quick. Of course that was before all we have to go through now, before we even get on the plane. Still, it's worth all the hassle.
I haven't the foggest idea what state I was flying over, but I was heading back to Corpus Christi. I'm also guessing about the 3000 feet, but that's probably a good guess.


Subject: Clouds and Flying
Location: Somewhere in the Sky
Medium: Photography

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Pond at Sunset

Description: Yes, I like sunsets and ponds. Places and images like this are just very relaxing to me. While living in Corpus Christi, I visited this pond on the corner of Holly and Rodfield road often. Just up the road from where I lived, and an enjoyable place to unwind after a long day at work.


Subject: Pond at Sunset
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography

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Sunrise

Description: While living in Corpus Christi TX, I lived in an Apartment for over a year. Yeah, didn't really like it, (living in an Apt) but it made sense at the time. One nice thing was the field right out back where I parked. The sun would come up in the mornings, and if I liked it, I'd go back inside and grab my camera.


Subject: Sunrise in Corpus Christi
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography

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Coral

Description: Another photograph from Cris, a good friend of mine that dived for the Navy in Vietnam. He's told me stories about how big the lobsters grew there. Maybe sometime I'll repeat a few.
Anyway, Him and Carol were in Belize diving (she stayed on the boat I think) on vacation. He was kind enough to allow me to offer his photographs on my site.
Very cool pictures.


Subject: Coral
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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Cool Markings

Description: This butterfly has some cool markings on it. It hung around my 'Butterfly Bush' for a good while, tasting various blooms. Staying on one for a minute, then wandering (you know how Butterflies fly) over to another one. They are rather funny to watch.


Subject: Butterfly
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Ants View

Description: Now if I was an ant, this is what I would be seeing. It reminds me of the movie title 'Honey, I Shrunk Myself', or an image from the Jack and the Bean Stalk story. But I do have an active imagination. So you have to keep that in mind ....


Subject: Ants View
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Splash Down

Description: Storms often travel thru NC during the summertime, rarely stay very long. Just a fast storm, then moves on.
Last month I used a feature on my camera that allows me to take 3.5 frames per second. That comes in handy for fast action shots such as this, to be able to get just the right effect I want to share.
It came out real good. I've been told it looks like a 'crown'.


Subject: Rain Drop
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Grapes of Wrath

Description:
Yeah, right, you are probably thinking.

Sorry but that is the 'words that popped into my head' while I was working on the photograph. Personally I like the angles, the way the leaf vein draws in the eye, and the way the light shines and bounces off the grapes and leaves. So it has nothing at all to do with the famous book.

But again, that's just me and my thoughts with nonsense.

What can I say??


Subject: Grapes
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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White and Red

Description: Yes, as I've said many times in the past, I do not know one flower from the next (with a few exceptions that is). I've always been honest about that. This is a rather cool flower, I like the contrast of colors on White and Red. Maybe it's just me, I hope you like it also.


Subject: Flower
Location: Summerfield, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Marina at Sunset

Description: Corpus Christi has a very nice marina, with many sailboats berthed there. I went there one evening after working my Consulting job in June of last year.
I do like sunsets, and the sailboats with downtown Corpus Christi make a very nice foreground.


Subject: Marina at Sunset
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Corpus Christi Postcard

Description: I'd be tempted to say that this photograph of Downtown Corpus Christi TX is almost Postcard perfect. I took it during a trip down last Jan. Corpus Christi is right on the Gulf of Mexico, and about a 2 to 2 and a half drive to Mexico. I only made that trip once, a long time ago.


Subject: Corpus Christi Postcard
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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School Time

Description: Now this is cool! I would like to do this and experience the sights like this myself someday. Yeah, I'll have to learn a lot, but it would be worth it. The 'Deep Blue Sea'. I understand the water is clear in Belize. Maybe one day I'll be able to see for myself.


Subject: School of Fish
Location: Belize
Medium: Photography

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Elephants

Description: Yeah, yeah, another photograph from the Asheboro Zoo in NC. I'll try to space them out some.
These elephants seem to have a good life at the zoo. They get free food and a nice place to live. Make a trip over to see them and all the other animals there. I know you'll have a good time.


Subject: Elephants
Location: Asheboro, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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Zoomed Baby Giraffe

Description: Another photograph from the Asheboro Zoo. I took a picture of a baby giraffe and cropped in on it. I'll post the full size one soon.
I have to say, that is a cute face there.


Subject: Baby Giraffe
Location: Asheboro, NC
Medium: Photography
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi

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