Archives
A Sample of Pop’s “Bee” Images

Another Day at Work

Apis Workers' Party

Predator

Some of Your Beeswax

Sedum Bumbler

Look of Defiance

Chicory Bee

Bumbling Bees

Garden Cafe

Buzz By Here - To Infinity and Beyond

Pick Your Poison

Blind Side Attack

On a Mission

Honey Bee on Sedum

Covering the Cosmos

Center of the Cosmos

Three's a Crowd

Popular Spot

On A Pedestal

A Sample of Pop’s “People” Photo Collection

Big Harry Fireworks Display

To Impress the Girl

Different Perspective

Sweet Ride

Perfect Little Piggies B&W

Flipping the Light Fantastic

Festival of Flights

To the Crowd's Delight

Amish Go Round

Wondersome One

The Stars In Her Eyes

Tuesday's Child

Sleeper Hold

Considering the Next Move

Sugar and Spice

Front Porch Portrait

Caged Competitor

Early Adoration

Child In the Ligtht

Stroll Through the Weeds

Attention Grabbing

Eye Contact

On the Line

Eyes of Wonder

Rounding the Curve

Troubadours of Basin Spring Park

Down by the Creek

Sun Day

Catching Some Light

EAA Fireworks

Hear Me Roar

Orange

Avid Gardener

Monarch, Butterfly, Coneflower, Nature
I found this monarch butterfly carefully tending the coneflowers in a Missouri flowerbed.

I seem to be seeing more monarchs this year. I recently learned the monarch is also called by a variety of other names – milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown.

You can get a better, larger view of this one by clicking on the photo.

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30 Second Sunrise – Kewaunee, WI – 06-09-18

One morning, when I was at the beach in Kewaunee, Wisconsin to photograph the sunrise, I set a small video camera on the hill of the park and let it record the sunrise.  This is the result.  The camera doesn’t provide the highest quality but I think it is still interesting.

The most impressive part of this video is the gradual transformation of the sky; the changing colors and moving clouds.  The most interesting part of this video are the little dots that move from left to right. They are the fishing boats leaving the Kewaunee harbor in the early morning hours. If you watch closely, you can also see two fishermen walking along the pier to fish at the end, near the lighthouse.

 

Exceeding All Expectations

Pano, Panorama, Panoramic, Lighthouse, Sunrise, Algoma, Lake Michigan
The Algoma, Wisconsin lighthouse and piers stand guard over the harbor as they await the sunrise over a calm Lake Michigan morning. Algoma is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

As with other the images I captured and have posted from this particular morning, I’m impressed with the colors and textures in the sky and how they’re reflected in the water.

Though it doesn’t look like it here, this is a huge image.  It’s large size comes from the fact that I joined (or “stitched”) three separate shots into one image in order to capture as much of the scene as I could.  When snapping the shutter, I’m careful to overlap the edges of the shots so the software can find similar pixels and match them to each other.

Unfortunately, this panoramic format doesn’t show well here because of the limited space allotted for images.  However, as I usually do, I urge you to view its full-screen version by clicking on the photo.  Hopefully you have a large monitor – the bigger the better.

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Praisin’ In The Grass

Sunrise, Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Beach Grass, Morning
It was a calm morning on Lake Michigan just before the sunrise. This view of the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier was viewed among the beach grass on shore.

This turned out to be a good morning to catch the sunrise. (06/19/18) I decided to grab this shot, a few feet away from the shore line, for a different perspective. It was still pretty dark when this image was captured. You’ll notice, the lighthouse light is still on. My shutter speed was set at 1/4 sec. It was a very calm morning.

You can view a larger, more detailed version of this image by clicking on the photo.

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Show Me Your Wonder

Kewaunee, WI, Sunrise, Beach, Lake Michigan, CloudsThe beach at Kewaunee, Wisconsin is the perfect place to catch a dramatic scene as the sun rises behind their lighthouse and long pier.

This was a great morning to be on the beach with the sky providing a nice show and a few sunbeams. Not many were at the beach to experience it; just me and a young couple cuddling with themselves and their smartphone.

This image is actually a panorama – where I “stitched” two photos together to include more of the scene than is possible with a single frame.  Usually, my panoramic images are pictures that are joined side-by-side. This image is comprised of two images stacked, one on the other. With my camera in “landscape” orientation I took a photo of the lower half with the lake and the beach and then a photo of the upper half with the sun and clouds. Together they give you the taller, “portrait” orientation image you see here.

Of course, the final image is nearly twice the size and resolution of a normal photo, giving you more detail. To see that some of that detail, click on the photo and a new browser tab will open with a full-screen version of this image. Then, to zoom in, click on the full-screen image.

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Three Amigos

Daffodil, Daffodils, White, Orange, Spring
I found these vibrant daffodils brightening up a small park in rural Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. This is a positive sign that spring has finally sprung in our neighborhood.

Near Bruemmer Park and Winter Park, on Kewaunee County’s highway F, is a small log cabin.  In front of this cabin is a boulder with a bronze plaque that is dedicated to the achievements of Ransom Asa Moore; dated 1929.  The plaque states, “As superintendent of schools of this county and as agronomist, and a builder of the Short Course in Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, this tablet is placed near his birthplace and where in 1881, he first taught school.”

In this humble park area, there are a variety of daffodils that dot the park grounds in early spring. I usually try to make sure I stop by each spring to capture some of the beauty. There are other flowers that bloom through the summer, as well. I’ve used it as a setting for portraits in the past.

You can view a larger, more detailed version of this image by clicking on the photo. When you do, a full-screen version will open in a new browser tab.

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Bringing the Heat

Kewaunee, Lighthouse, Sunrise, Lake Michigan
The sun was proving it was a force to be reckoned with.  It seemed to be burning through the clouds to make itself the prominent feature of this seascape scene.

This, of course, is the lighthouse and pier at Kewaunee, Wisconsin; on the western shore of Lake Michigan.  This is sunrise view from June of 2014.

You can view a larger, more detailed version of this image by clicking on the photo.

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Springy

Flowers, Daffodil, Daffodils, Spring, MacroWhen the daffodils are blooming, you can be confident spring has sprung. I found these delicate beauties at a local park on a cool but bright spring morning.

This is a image that is worth viewing the larger version. If you have a large monitor you’ll see more detail in the petal’s texture and flower centers. To see the full-screen version, click on the photo.

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A Distant Hope

Sunrise, Winter, Cold, Ice, Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Kewaunee
In the midst of winter, beyond the horizon is hope for a brighter and warmer future. This is a winter sunrise view of the Kewaunee, WI pier and lighthouse – located on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

This is a view from the winter of 2014. This was taken from the shore, above the beach.

I was in the mood for a sunrise but the conditions have not afforded me much of an opportunity to a good one lately, so I browsed the archives and found this worthy contender. You can view another another image that was taken earlier the same morning.  I titled it, “Icing On the Lake”

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Apis Workers’ Party

Honeybees, Bees, Hive, Macro
This group of honey bees were busy gathering the small amount of honey that remained in some old honeycomb.

This is a “composite” image. To create this image I focused my camera on an area where the bees were working and locked down the position on my tripod. Then, I snapped a number of photos when bees were in the frame. Then I combined several of the images – with bees in various positions – in Photoshop. All of the bees you see in the image were exactly where you see them…but not all at the same moment in time.

I had it in my mind to create this image since the day I snapped the photos last June. I finally got around to taking the time to combine the bunch. There were four separate shots used to make the image you see here.

This is one you should view full screen. You can see some great detail in the in the bees. To bring up a full-screen image, just click on the photo.

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