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Al Sabo in Summer
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Al Sabo in Summer We're having a cool summer so far- just what we wanted! We did have some really humid days, and mostly we stayed out of the forest when it was muggy like that. Fo one thing, when it's warm and wet the black files and deerflies are awful, and the mosquitos are bad too. We got bug netting for our hats to keep them off of us, but the weather has dried up some so we haven't needed it lately. We do spray bug repellent all over us, and Flies Off spray for Gracie, but they seem to see that as simply a challenge to be overcome. A big problem is mosquitos flying into my eyes- I don't ever remember so many zooming into my eyes before. I haven't been taking quite as many photos as at first. I was shooting between six and seven hundred a hike for a couple of weeks, but I've backed off to two or three hundred lately. The meadows are ablaze with wildflowers- Jacob's Ladder, butterfly weed, daisies, coneflower, Queen Anne's Lace. It's a lot easier to capture closeups with the new camera, and one of the reasons for taking so many shots was to ensure I got at least one good one. Now I've got more confidence with it so I'm taking fewer shots. I still have a fair number of failures. Insects are fun to try to shoot too, as they harvest from all the wildflowers. I've got a ton of dragonfly pictures already- I never seem to get tired of them, they're so magnificent looking. And you see a lot more when you're stalking for good pictures of bugs and flowers. I noticed most of this stuff anyway before I started taking pictures, but I REALLY look at it now, and I see things I didn't see before, and others I study in a different way. And I get a much better and closer look at them, too. Dragonflies aren't really all that big, and you can study one in the viewfinder and in the uploaded photo. They'll never hold still that long in life! Milkweed is blossoming now, with those beautiful round clusters of pink and white flowers, and it's a good place to find all manner of bees collecting nectar to make honey. The wild rose is finished flowering now, and the four o'clocks are gone too, replaced by the summertime flowers. And the trails are used more this time of year- young women and men hiking and running. I always keep an eye open for photographic opportunities there. A few of those have been blessed events. That's enough talk. I hope you enjoy the pictures.           Become a member now and get a free tote bag. |
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I can't get enough of the beauty of nature!!!   WITHOUT PASSION LIFE IS NOTHING
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I can't get enough of the beauty of nature!!!  Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I don't remember when I've last seen the butterfly of this color. Wonderful pictures, KZ! Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I don't remember when I've last seen the butterfly of this color. Wonderful pictures, KZ! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I really like the detail in the first dragonfly shot  Everyone is on a different plane of intelligence. Some people's plane has not taken off yet!! 
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I really like the detail in the first dragonfly shot Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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We've had very few eighty degree days this year- a record for the last twenty five, which is fine by me. We have killer humidity here. Usually we will get some high eighty days early, like one or two in March, April or May, and by now we should be seeing a ninety once or twice at least, but it's stayed in the seventies. The other day it never got above fifty nine at the lake, in South Haven. UP kinda weather. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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more great shots. Love the green dragonfly, the dandelion poof, and the forest trail shots best, but all are good shots.
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more great shots. Love the green dragonfly, the dandelion poof, and the forest trail shots best, but all are good shots. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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The photos taken with your new camera are simple amazing. 
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Love them pics! I saw a neon blue dragonfly yesterday. We have been over run by spiders down here, which may be why we're not being over run by everything else. And flies, we've got lots of flies. The flies in the woods here were a mob of flies mugging anyone and anything after that rain in May. It got to where it wasn't worth going hiking without a bug net. They were driving Gracie crazy biting her ass and really were pissing me off. That seems to have tapered off a bit, although when it's damp they get worse. On the farm it was always said: "Gonna rain- the flies are biting." Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Thank you Sassy! Thanks for coming...and coming, and coming.... Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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The photos taken with your new camera are simple amazing. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I love the insect close ups! I need to play with that a bit...I really want to do a photo expose of mushrooms. We have so many varieties around here. I bet you do also. We should start a once a month photo blog, kind of like the monthly symposium. The two blog posts above this are fantastic also!
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I love the insect close ups! I need to play with that a bit...I really want to do a photo expose of mushrooms. We have so many varieties around here. I bet you do also. We should start a once a month photo blog, kind of like the monthly symposium. The two blog posts above this are fantastic also! We do have a lot of fungi, but I don't know much about them. I have a friend who loves gathering in the wild and she collects lots of edible fungi. Even though it's fairly hilly in southwest Michigan we don't have any really tall hills and it's hard to find enough elevation for long shots, and it's also hazy a lot of the time, so when you do get up high you rarely get a very clear day. I'm kind of naturally drawn to the things close at hand. A photographic symposium might be fun. I think my AssPlace page is kind of turning into one in a way. I've got some photographers as friends and they "Like" a LOT of photos. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I am married to a famous photographer. So cool! {=} Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I am married to a famous photographer. So cool! {=} Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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That is really great! Thank you for sharing! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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The paths have sure filled in from spring. A sasquatch could come out of the underbrush. LOL! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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yes indeed lovely pictures......... silky... 
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yes indeed lovely pictures......... Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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