• Homegrown Pineapple (13-June-2017)

    Eight-Years Ago Today. Backyard Urban Garden in St. Petersburg, Florida.

    A Pineapple growing in my parent’s backyard urban garden. When I worked at the produce department at Publix, the manager told me that I could grow a Pineapple from the tops of the fruit we cut off and would have discarded. It would take a couple of years for the plant to grow big enough to produce the fruit again. Somewhere else I learned that calcium carbide can be used to induce flowering in one year old plants. The calcium carbide reacts with water to produce acetylene gas which is similar (but not the same) as ethylene.

    Pineapple. Backyard urban garden in St. Petersburg. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 138 mm, f/11 1/60 sec).
    Pineapple. Backyard urban garden in St. Petersburg. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 138 mm, f/11 1/60 sec).

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  • Snowy Egret and the Fisherman (12-June-2010)

    Fifteen-Years Ago Today. Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County, Florida.

    A Snowy Egret watching a fisherman casting at net along the beach at Fort De Soto Park.

    Snowy Egret (Egretta thula). Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens.

    More images from Fort De Soto Park from that day are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


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  • Question Mark Butterfly (11-June-2012)

    Thirteen-Years Ago Today. Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

    At first, I thought this Question Mark Butterfly was a dead leaf. Then it started moving along the old deck railing. It is very well disguised or camouflaged as a dead leaf although more so for in the fall, not the spring when most leaves are green. If you look closely, you can see the tiny white question mark on the back wing.

    Question Mark Butterfly. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 300 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 110, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/160 sec).

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  • Noctilucent Clouds (10-June-2013)

    Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage. Baltic Sea.

    Noctilucent Clouds viewed from my cabin on the MV Explorer while traveling from Stockholm to Copenhagen while crossing the Baltic Sea. Noctilucent clouds are high-altitude clouds that appear as glowing blue or silver streaks in the night sky, typically visible during summer months at high latitudes (or winter months in the southern hemisphere). They are tiny ice crystals illuminated by the sun below the horizon and only visible from the ground during astronomical twilight.

    Noctilucent Clouds Over the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 28 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 800, 28 mm, f/1.8, 1 sec).

    More images of Noctilucent Clouds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


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  • Sunset Sailboat Silhouette (09-June-2013)

    Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage.

    Sailboat passing in front of the setting sun viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer on the Baltic Sea. For several voyages we have been having a contest to capture images of ships passing in front of the rising or setting sun while at sea.

    Silhouette of a Sailboat Passing in Front of the Sun at Sunset from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Crossing the Baltic Sea from Stockholm to Copenhagen. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec).
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  • Firefly Trails (08-June-2018)

    Seven-Years Ago Today. Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

    Composite image of the fireflies flashing in my backyard. The composite was created from 564 images taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 56 mm f/1.2 lens (ISO 3200, 56 mm, f/8. 30 sec). The raw images were processed with Capture One Pro and the composite generated using Photoshop CC (statistics, maximum). I use the same method to create star trails.

    Firefly Trails. Composite of 564 images taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 56 mm f/1.2 lens (ISO 3200, 56 mm, f/8. 30 sec).

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  • My Little Planet (07-June-2015)

    Ten-Years Ago Today. Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

    A Little Planet View of my backyard. The image is a composite of 37 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Bower 8 mm fisheye lens and then processed with AutoPano Giga Pro. AutoPano Giga is no longer available/supported so I now use PTGui Pro to create little planet images. The two Sycamore trees no longer exist, the deck was replaced with a patio, and there are now solar panels on the roof of the house. Much of the backyard grass has been converted to a wildflower meadow.

    Little Planet View of My Backyard. Composite of 37 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Bower 8 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 8 mm, f/16, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro.

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  • Scutigera Coleptrata (06-June-2011)

    Fourteen-Years Ago Today. Indoor Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

    Scutigera Coleptrata also known as a House Centipede crawling on one of my walls. It is not a silverfish. Apparently, they eat spiders and other small insects, so I leave them alone. This image was taken with a macro lens and a flash. It was late at night, and I normally do not see them during the day.

    Scutigera Coleptrata (House Centipede) — Not a Silverfish. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR Macro + TC-E 20 (ISO 800, 210 mm, f/11, 1/250 sec) with SB-900 Flash.


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  • Puffin and Pink Flowers (05-June-2014)

    Eleven-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2014 Enrichment Voyage. Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

    While visiting the Lerwick lighthouse there were many Atlantic Puffins nesting along the cliffs. This Puffin was resting behind some pink flowers.

    Puffin and Pink Flowers at the Lighthouse in Lerwick, Scotland. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 320, 300 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec).

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  • Shadow Photographers (04-June-2010)

    Fifteen-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage. Day 9 on the MV Explorer, Caribbean Sea.

    The shadows of three photographers waiting for the sun to set on the deck of the MV Explorer. We were on the voyage as part of Michael Mariant’s “Ultimate Travel Photography” workshop. Every night we watched the sun set hoping to see and record the “Green Flash” as the sun goes below the horizon. Note the size of the telephoto lenses — mine was the small one in the middle.

    Shadow Photographers Waiting for Sunset on the M/V Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec).
    Shadow Photographers Waiting for Sunset on the M/V Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec).

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