I just like the composition of this one.
Panamanian Golden Frog
In frog land, goiters* are sexy.
* Well, technically, it’s the sounds the goiters make … which isn’t much better.
Eagle
Yeah.
Sometimes I feel this way about America too.
Bald Eagle
Eagle realizing that today, decades later, he has no idea how much the doggie in the window actually was.
Factory
Vignetting, or the tendency of light to be more concentrated in the center of an image, falling off at the edges exists on most lenses but in most modern contexts, isn’t very noticeable.
In the air, though, there’s seems to be fall-off when you pull the UV contamination out of the image.
Sometimes that’s okay.
I 35 W
There have many times I’ve been driving on 35W, when I’ve wanted to pull over and get a nice shot of the skyline.
Should have thought about just pulling up instead.
Dunes
The Great Sand Dunes National Park looks a lot smaller from the air.
Minneapolis
In most cities, people stay inside when it gets cold.
In Minneapolis we just celebrate the new parks that appear once the ice is sufficiently thick.
Mountains
Notice how, whenever you see skiing on TV, they only show the parts of the mountain with snow on?
Waterwalk
The metadata tells me that I took this photo on October 31st last year, so I’m just going to say that this is the best bridge costume I’ve ever seen.
Duck
Remember when water was wet?
Squirrel
Squirrel suddenly realizing that the phrase “you should learn to pick your battles” uses the word ‘pick’ as in ‘to pick at a scab’, and suddenly understands why so many people fight and lose the same battles over and over again.
Black Widow
Remember to hug someone today.
Burrowing Owl
This owl would like to wish some of you an irritating Hey, Remember You’re Still Single Day, in case you somehow missed all of society’s usual micro-aggressions on the topic.
Bee
Slowing posting because AfterShot Pro doesn’t yet support my new camera, so I have to edit in Lightroom, which takes forever.
Worth it for some shots, I think.
Squirrel
Squirrel that is puzzled as to why a highly intelligent invasive species that can eat everything and forms collaboration groups to invent new ways to defend its members wants to spend so much time being afraid of things.
Humans are weird.
Mountain
Never understood why there wasn’t more skiing in Arizona.
Jumping Cholla
Oh the wintertime is coming
And the cacti sharply blooming
And the wild jumping cholla
Grows around the fairy duster
Will ye go, madam go?
And we’ll all go together
To not pluck jumping cholla
All around the palo verde
Will ye go, madam go?
I will build my love a tower
Near dry and barren fountain
And on it I will pile
All the garnets of the mountain
Will ye go, madam go?
And we’ll all go together
To not pluck jumping cholla
All around the palo verde
Will ye go, madam go?
If my true love she were gone
I would surely find another
To not pluck jumping cholla
All around the palo verde
Will ye go, madam go?
And we’ll all go together
To not pluck jumping cholla
All around the palo verde
Will ye go, madam go?
Let us go, madam, go?
Prairie Dog performing King John
Look, who comes here! a grave unto a soul;
Holding the eternal spirit* against her will,
In the vile prison of afflicted breath.
* Possibly taking liberties with the depiction of spirits
Ground Squirrel
Squirrels have all the answers:
How did I get here?
You opened your web browser and viewed this post.
How do I work this?
Try the scroll wheel or arrow keys. There’s usually more to see.
Where is that large automobile?
If it’s not where you left it, call the number on the towing sign.
What is that beautiful house?
About $40,000 in materials and $80,000 in labor that is being sold for $1,500,000 because you can look out the windows and see water.
Where does that highway go to?
Vanishing middle America. Maybe take that large automobile on a leisurely journey instead of battling the airport next time.
Am I right?
Not often.
Am I wrong?
Yes, that is your usual state.
My God! What have I done?
You just spent five minutes laughing at a squirrel that never went to school, yet knows more than you do.
Squirrels are also rather judgmental and condescending.